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How did Serbia separate itself athletically from the rest of the eastern bloc?
Posted on 7/31/24 at 12:14 pm
Posted on 7/31/24 at 12:14 pm
Obviously they have Djokovic and Jokic who both are or have recently been the best in their sport, but watching assorted sports over the last week and it seems like they are good or competitive in pretty much everything.
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Posted on 7/31/24 at 12:17 pm to Broski
Dunno. Slobodan probably knows.
Posted on 7/31/24 at 12:38 pm to danilo
Sure, but Slovenia seems to be a much better performer than the other two.
Posted on 7/31/24 at 1:21 pm to Broski
Yugoslavia (Serbians and Croatia) dominated European basketball and brought stars to the US in the 80s....and after the collapse and war, still dominated separately.
Why that region arose as a basketball hotbed and talent and breeding ground over Italy, Germany, France, UK (well, they refuse to play American sports out of arrogant spite) who knows? Perhaps it's the Eastern bloc Soviet influence and directive as the Soviets invested heavily in sports programs run by the government and were into basketball long before the rest of the Continent.
Why that region arose as a basketball hotbed and talent and breeding ground over Italy, Germany, France, UK (well, they refuse to play American sports out of arrogant spite) who knows? Perhaps it's the Eastern bloc Soviet influence and directive as the Soviets invested heavily in sports programs run by the government and were into basketball long before the rest of the Continent.
This post was edited on 7/31/24 at 1:24 pm
Posted on 7/31/24 at 1:24 pm to Broski
Yugoslavia was always a competitive nation in the 60s and 70s in basketball. It just got overshadowed by the US and USSR.
What gets me is Brazil and even Argentina not being as competitive in basketball. There was a time in the late 80s that Brazil was on the cusp and sending high level talent to play in the European basketball leagues in Spain and Italy. Oscar Schmidt comes to mind
What gets me is Brazil and even Argentina not being as competitive in basketball. There was a time in the late 80s that Brazil was on the cusp and sending high level talent to play in the European basketball leagues in Spain and Italy. Oscar Schmidt comes to mind
Posted on 7/31/24 at 1:27 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Why that region arose as a basketball hotbed and talent and breeding ground over Italy, Germany, France, UK (well, they refuse to play American sports out of arrogant spite) who knows?
Former Yugoslavia countries are some of the taller people on average. Not that height alone is the end all be all: Dutch are famously tall (on average) as well and we don’t see them on court too much.
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Argentina not being as competitive in basketball
Seems like they had their moment with a great crew in 2000-2008ish. Assume an outlier. Didn’t really have a next generation or pipeline to continue pumping out greats.
Spain had a good run too. Didn’t medal in Tokyo or the 2023 world championships. Let’s see where they go in the future
This post was edited on 7/31/24 at 3:04 pm
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