NBA play in the last decade or more has developed a style of play which emphasizes more showy lay-ups and showy running plays rather than fundamental skills - because being showy with the fancy lay-up shot ensures sneaker contracts and the like. Europeans have concentrated on boring looking but effective 3 point shots and standard by the book lay up shots and so on.
Fundamentals over showmanship.
Exactly. Since there are very few shooters in the NBA, the players are lazy away from the ball. In international play it shows. You can allow most NBA players to catch the ball because they can't shoot. The international players catch and shoot the 3 well. NBA players don't defend and don't shoot.
I don't even watch the NBA.
They leave college and I lose interest. I can't quite place my finger on what about the NBA game is boring, but I just don't get into it.
Maybe it's that we don't have an NBA franchise, and after that I just don't care. I'm a UC Bearcat fan, and I love the college game, but the NBA doesn't keep me as a fan.
Season is too long, defense isn't that important, and I'm convinced they don't play 'til the last quarter.
I agree that the NBA guys aren't are best candidates for international ball. They've probably forgotten how to play defense....the Lebron James' case, maybe he never learned how.
(Go Bearcats! Go Wildcats (Kansas State under Bob Huggins.....best of both worlds. Huggs left Cincy (BA, 79) for KSU (MS, 96).)
Name of the game. Couldn't have said it better, Korvac.