Kostas Papanikolaou Says European Basketball Has Better Defense Than NBA

[Euroleague]

Ricky Rubio, Mike Fratello, Chris Kaman, Rick Pitino, Larry Bird, Kobe Bryant, Joakim Noah .....

Have all said that European/internmational basketball has better/more physical defense than the NBA, and of course threads have been started in this forum in all of those cases.....

Now, Kostas Papanikolaou has said the same thing:

https://translate.googleusercontent....ZUztwaz3hP8-ig


Of course, the trolls in this forum all claim the exact opposite is true.

[Fallen Angel]

Kostas is also a shit defender and shit scorer, so any decent defense that would come at him would seem amazing in his eyes.

[Dr Seuss]

"It's very different piece of basketball in Europe and America. In Europe there are more closed defenses pay more based on strategy. It decreases the rate case. In America there is confidence in the player's talent, more freedom, do not put players into molds and specific style."

this the quote you're referring to?

[Rooster]

Kostas is also a shit defender and shit scorer, so any decent defense that would come at him would seem amazing in his eyes.

He was once a promising minor league prospect until he went to the pros .

Anyways their defense could not stop our C Team tearing new holes and obliterating by 30 points.

[zeerghit]

kostas actually is decent defender.. hou fans will agree with me

[qrich]

Well, in order to rate NBA defense, he has to get a substantial amount of playing time first, doesn't he?

[HurricaneKid]

Dude is a career 35% FG shooter and he says defenses are worse here? I shudder to think what he must have shot in Europe.

The big difference is that there is no Def 3 seconds in Euro ball. It makes a BIG difference.

[bdreason]

Easier defensive rules. Inferior defensive players.

We see it at every International competition. The U.S. players, regardless of their offensive output, are able to dominate International competition defensively.

[outbreak]

Mods.

No where in the link does he say europe has better defense. Blatant troll thread lol.

Some players you mentioned have said thed is more physical but physical does not mean better it just means refs allow more contact

[Marchesk]

The 60s Knicks would own.

[zeerghit]

u guys dont even watch euro ball but know everythink right?

[Rooster]

u guys dont even watch euro ball but know everythink right?

Hmmm

We used Lamar Odom as our center and still annihilated the competition by 30 points

[kennethgriffin]

kobe didnt say euro league was tougher. he said the international/Olympic games were more physical


kobe also said European players have better fundamentals


thats about it



stop making shit up OP

[zeerghit]

Hmmm

We used Lamar Odom as our center and still annihilated the competition by 30 points

dude cmon.. im not trying to say that euro ball ir better than nba.. not even close!

[90sgoat]

Euroleague and NBA changed places around 2005.

Back in the 90s we used to laugh at Euroball and think they were soft and didn't play D. Because back then good D was man to man.

We also laughed at how a Euroleague player would drive and pass up the layup to kick it out to the 3 point line. You did that back then and the coach would scream to take it right to the basket instead.

NBA = 1990s Euroleague

Weak sauce.