The end of Euroball?
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| ballerblogger.com found this 8/19/2008 on www.ballineurope.com [flag] |
With the arrival of more and more current NBA players to Europe and the first ever High School player signing directly out of HS with an Euroleague team, I asked myself the question if this is the end of our beloved “Euroball”?
Josh Childress, Brandon Jennings, Earl Boykins, Jannero Pargo, Shawn Kemp and so on… The names of US born players, that are/were legit NBA guys ...
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The Fundamentals
Published 8/19/2008 by Brandon Hoffman at ballerblogger.com
... Ball in Europe: “But first of all, talking about Euroball requires an explanation of what Euroball is. Some purists may say that there is no Euroball at all, with everything seen in Europe a copy of something that has previously existed in the United States. I don’t agree with this. Euroball is something like a mix of the famous “Greek battles” of the 1990s, the ex-Yugoslavian or Lithuanian passing game and shooting, the Spanish passion, the Italian style mixed with some Turkish blood and Russian money. Added to all this, you imagine seven footers that shoot three ...
