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  • fsquid
    Banned
    • Jul 2002
    • 17635
    #1

    I have another argument to the Euro v. NBA debate

    I was going through some Euro websites to see how former Memphis players were doing. I saw that many Euro teams play 34-40 games in their domestic regular season before their playoffs. It looks like these teams play 1-2 games a week in their country with some playing additional continental matches. I'm wondering if this means that the Euro teams get to practice more than NBA teams. In the NBA, you are usually playing 3-4 times a week and there isn't really a chance to have a good 2-3 hour practice.

    Just food for thought, but that could be a reason why the Euro teams seem to be more organized. I'm sure if some of the better minds in the NBA only had 1-2 games a week and could have a good hard week of practice on a regular basis, we would see some wild stuff.
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    • CMH
      Making you famous
      • Oct 2002
      • 26203
      #2
      Re: I have another argument to the Euro v. NBA debate

      The only argument I will present in this (and this is more devil's advocate than my opinion) is that actual game-time may teach more than practice.
      "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace

      "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

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        • 4BiddenKnight
          Pro
          • Dec 2004
          • 617
          #3
          Re: I have another argument to the Euro v. NBA debate

          Their Xs and Os maybe more organized, but I still believe that playing the actual game teaches a lot more because you are playing the actual game.

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            • X*Cell
              Collab: xcellnoah@gmail
              • Sep 2002
              • 8107
              #4
              Re: I have another argument to the Euro v. NBA debate

              I agree with playing the game teaching you more than simply practicing... but there is a huge difference when it's Pro Basketball and something like college or high-school.

              The coaches on the Pro level do have great basketball minds (even the worst of them), and within practice, their teaching skills and practice productivity has a much larger effect than you'll see in a level like high-school. I see teams practice day in and day out, and some of the players finish the season the same (or worse in some cases) than when they entered.

              I see this case in football mostly. With a super-gameplan, and enough practice, sometimes you see teams like the Titans take down the big guns (we ALMOST saw them finish the Colts win streak). In highschool, the worst team in the division can practice all they want. They are still going to get their @$$ handed to them by the number 1 team in the division.
              SAN ANTONIO SPURS

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                • Pointguard
                  MVP
                  • Jun 2005
                  • 2977
                  #5
                  Re: I have another argument to the Euro v. NBA debate

                  Originally posted by fsquid
                  I was going through some Euro websites to see how former Memphis players were doing. I saw that many Euro teams play 34-40 games in their domestic regular season before their playoffs. It looks like these teams play 1-2 games a week in their country with some playing additional continental matches. I'm wondering if this means that the Euro teams get to practice more than NBA teams. In the NBA, you are usually playing 3-4 times a week and there isn't really a chance to have a good 2-3 hour practice.

                  Just food for thought, but that could be a reason why the Euro teams seem to be more organized. I'm sure if some of the better minds in the NBA only had 1-2 games a week and could have a good hard week of practice on a regular basis, we would see some wild stuff.
                  I think regardless, the Euro teams will be more organized, team related game. Not to diss that style or the European talent, but thats the way you play with less skill, because it makes the game so much easier and simpler. NBA players/teams could play 1-2 games a wek and pratice more, but there is still going to be a majority of 1v1, up and down fastbreaks, ect.

                  I dont think its a bad thinkg at all either way. Both ways can win, both ways are playing basketball. Overall, I dont think a NBA team vs a European team is effected by the amount of pratice, because once you get to play with a group for 3-4 months, games/practices are all the same.

                  But when considering the World Championships, then definately that plats a factor. Not only do they play longer together, but the biggest thing is cut with ball, movement, passing is easier translated than 1v1 when you havent play together but a couple weeks.

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                    • Pointguard
                      MVP
                      • Jun 2005
                      • 2977
                      #6
                      Re: I have another argument to the Euro v. NBA debate

                      Oh and I agree somewhat and its an excellent observation. Also, playing half as many games allows the Euro's to be fresher I'd think.

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                        • amra01
                          Pro
                          • Sep 2002
                          • 688
                          #7
                          Re: I have another argument to the Euro v. NBA debate

                          I can't agree cause none of the national teams practice together they just meet a month before an event. But it's the same team every 5-10 years cause there is no national team with so much talent like the US team. It's easy to pick the 20 best players and most importand everybody wants to be a part of their national team unlike US players.
                          Euro players are fresher but they lack on speed and strength also so it's the same thing.

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                            • 4BiddenKnight
                              Pro
                              • Dec 2004
                              • 617
                              #8
                              Re: I have another argument to the Euro v. NBA debate

                              Isiah would be too friendly of a guy to take an offer from Bird like this.

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