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European players more skilled - Bryant
Los Angeles (AFP) - European youth basketball coaches are doing a better job of teaching the game's fundamentals than their US counterparts, and the results show in the NBA, Lakers superstar Kobe BryanBryant, speaking after the Lakers' 109-106 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night, said that players such as the Grizzlies' Spanish big man Marc Gasol -- and his brother Pau -- have been given a better background in basketball basics."In America, it's a big problem for us," Bryant said, in comments reported by the Los Angeles Times. "We're not teaching players how to play all-around basketball.
"That's why you have Pau and you have Marc and the reason why 90 percent of the (San Antonio) Spurs roster are European players, because they have more skills."
In fact the reigning champion Spurs are a veritable United Nations of basketball, with a team featuring French players Tony Parker and Boris Diaw along with Argentina's Manu Ginobili. Italy, Brazil, Australia and Canada are also represented on their roster as well as the United States.
Bryant said his own skills owe much to the childhood years he spent in Italy when his father, Joe Bryant, played basketball there.
Had all of his early basketball education come in the United States, Bryant said, "I probably wouldn't be able to dribble with my left, shoot with my left, have good footwork."
Six months from now some studious in Media will repackage it, post it, then wait for the ESPY guys to contact him to shine his shoes and show up for an award that nite. Pear shaped tones, slick as cat off a hot rock avoiding the black connotation at the get go he'll be a sage.
i just became a bigger fan of kobe bryant after reading this
Backpacking Europe this summer gonna be sick tbh. Gonna visit the homeland and pay tribute to the best continent in the world. Lol Kobe ting on n!ggerball as well
Another cancer story...
that'll be fun, i'm also planning either a 10 or a 13 day tour around europe, gonna hit a few of the major countries germany france austria italy etc
Yeah I'm doing a 10-14 day trip hitting France Belgium and netherlands
airfare is so mother ing expensive, where do you get your tickets from?
You need to date someone who works for the airline (make sure it's an international airline) so you can get either cheap tickets or free rides.
yeah right on bro you just keep on sucking that 14 inch ....suck it hard and suck it fast...now take your tongue and slide it across his ass....now lick the from his ....oooohhh yeah that's it.....
I can't believe a grown man sits in a room and actually types that out to another grown man then reads it and thinks "post quick reply" is a good option.
yeah right on bro you just keep on sucking that 14 inch ....suck it hard and suck it fast...now take your tongue and slide it across his ass....now lick the from his ....oooohhh yeah that's it.....
I could have just posted this..instead I chose to jack a few lines....
You have to be at least partly to type that out to another man and not vomit in your mouth just a bit.
Who listens to rap? Not clicking but are those really the lyrics? Smh
Kool your boy know his place in the world, better take notes and you too can be like kobe
you and I both know I'm not gay so why even waste your breath going there.....act like an adult Da Mini Cock
Don't get so defensive. Gay is the new black.you and I both know I'm not gay so why even waste your breath going there.....act like an adult Da Mini Cock
Kirby is absolutely right that AAU ball is a cancer that destroys the fundamental development of young players. I remember back in the days when a top 5 draft pick could change the fortunes of a bad team overnight. Now, pretty much any player but the number 1 pick is a "project" that is drafted on "potential."
That said, American players, despite their lack of fundamentals, are still better players on average than Euros. For all the offensive fundamentals Euros have, they're pretty bad on the defensive side of things and Euro bigs typically can't rebound worth a .
This also isn't a Euro vs. American thing, since Americans were the ones who taught Europeans those fundamentals in the first place. It simply illustrates how fundamental development has changed in the post-Jordan era, with every aspiring inner city player wanting to be "Like Mike," and treating team basketball like a glorified one-on-one contest. Pretty ironic since Jordan was fundamentally sound, but kids who grew up on his highlights and commercials didn't get the full story of how Jordan really played the game.
Kobe also "has no room" to criticize, since his game often devolves into a AAU-style war of one-on-one attrition. Kobe does have great individual fundamentals, but his team game fundamentals are pretty bad.
So predictable.....lol. I quite enjoy seeing Kobe Derangement Syndrome on full display...betweeen you and DMC im guaranteed to get my high. Lol....
OCD to KDS
I'm agreeing with Kirbs.
Haven't read much about this, I figured this is some kind of shot at Swaggy P?
If I ever go to Europe, Scandinavia peninsula would be my first destination tbh. Scandinavian es are super hot and I'm still saying this even though I'm no longer as much of a Johansson fan as I once was.
She's not Nordic she's jewish
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