How many Euroleague teams would legitimately be PLAYOFF teams in the NBA?

[catch24]

Serious question...

With full health throughout so there wouldn't be ANY excuses, how many teams (and which ones) could compete for a playoff spot in the NBA?

[Mr. Jabbar]

The Euroleague champion wouldn't make the playoffs even if they played in the East.

Let that sink in for a moment.

[Foster5k]

The Euroleague champion wouldn't make the playoffs even if they played in the East.

Let that sink in for a moment.

37 year old Kobe would look like peak Jordan in the current Euroleague.

[Mr. Jabbar]

37 year old Kobe would look like peak Jordan in the current Euroleague.

LeBron could win the Finals there

[Foster5k]

LeBron could win in the Finals there

Nah, he'll just collude with the top players and make some role player Finals Euroleague MVP.

[TemporaMutantur]

In before Euroleague's meltdown.

[Mr. Jabbar]

Nah, he'll just collude with the top players and make some role player Finals Euroleague MVP.

damn, so true

[RRR3]

LeBron can win in the finals in the NBA too, given that he has two championships as the best player

Jesus this board

[Choke94]

CSKA Moscow, Real Madrid, Olympiakos, Panathinaikos, Fenerbahce Ulker and possibly Barcelona, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Khimki Moscow would be play-off candidates. Especially in the East...

[KG215]

I'm guessing no Euroleague team could make the playoffs if they were in the West. Maybe there's a very small handful that could if they played in the East?

[dannywpt]

I'm guessing no Euroleague team could make the playoffs if they were in the West. Maybe there's a very small handful that could if they played in the East?

This, maybe the very best Euroleague teams could get like a 5-8 spot in the east.

[Dr Hawk]

Real Madrid

[bdreason]

The current Euroleague Champions, Real Madrid, consists of mostly ex-NBA roleplayers. Maybe they make a 7-8 seed out East, but I wouldn't put money on it.

[CavaliersFTW]

None. Euroleague teams usually get crushed in pre-season exhibition games where NBA teams play D-League guys that haven't even made the final NBA roster.

I remember when Shaq met "EuroShaq" and it was ugly, Shaq manhandled him like a rag doll and Euro-Shaq just looked like an immobile 6 foot 8 fat guy. Euroleague teams are good no doubt, they are professional athletes playing a professional sport. But they are not NBA good. The best players in the world, European or American or otherwise, all end up playing in the NBA. It's the top league. The cream rises to the top.

[scandisk_]

LeBron could win the Finals there