Giannis Antetokounmpo: "In Europe, the defenses are tighter."

[Euroleague]

http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/antetok...a.4017399.html

Για το αν θα μπορούσε να κάνει αυτά που κάνει στην Ευρώπη...

Γιάννης: "Το μπάσκετ είναι μπάσκετ, όπου και αν παίξεις. Σίγουρα στην Ευρώπη είναι πιο κλειστές οι άμυνες, αλλά την μπάλα χρειάζεσαι".

Interviewer:

"Could you do the same things [as in NBA] in Europe?"

Giannis Antetokounmpo:

Wherever you play, basketball is basketball. But certainly in Europe, the defenses are tighter."

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Officially add Giannis Antetokounmpo to the LONG list of NBA players and coaches that have said European basketball has better defense than the NBA does.

[plowking]

Sounds like NBA defenses are better. The fact he can't shoot, and people back off him here just reaffirms the fact that NBA defenses are smarter and know how to defend him better.

Cheers for the update.

NBA still> Euroleague (mid level basketball league)

[Inferno]

Inferno: OP is a fa[COLOR="Black"]g[/COLOR]got

[Euroleague]

Sounds like NBA defenses are better. The fact he can't shoot, and people back off him here just reaffirms the fact that NBA defenses are smarter and know how to defend him better.

Cheers for the update.

NBA still> Euroleague (mid level basketball league)

[Overdrive]

Tight doesn't mean better. Just means the paint is more crowded. Paint camping is allowed, because of real zone and no def 3 seconds, but teams like greece get killed by jump shooting gods like Nigeria.

[You Cant Ban Me]

that face when 3ball i mean euroleague makes a thread http://i.imgur.com/mM2LRmk.gif

[Milbuck]

Giannis accomplished more in the pros and is widely acknowledged as a better player than Spanoulis ever was. Has been since he was just 17, making all star teams in Euroleague.

[Richesly]

What?

He meant tighter as in the players usually play tighter on their men.

[Milbuck]

What?

He meant tighter as in the players usually play tighter on their men.

Agreed. What I took most out of his comments are that he's better than Spanoulis ever was.

[qrich]

Shiotklis Shitsianshitis: "In America, I can't play. Here, I brute dominate."

[HoopologyPhD]

In Europe, the men's jeans are also tighter, this is not a good thing.

[Nick Young]

If Giannis was in Euroleague right now he'd be averaging 43 ppg, 15 rebounds per game and 9.3 assists per game at least at very high percentages.

If Brian Scalabrine was a 70% shooter in Italian league, Giannis would shoot at least that.

Be glad the GOAT Greek went to America to play real basketball. 1 year in of Giannis in Euroleague and the rest of the Eurosofts would retire out of shame from the beatdowns Giannis delivered to them.

[CavaliersFTW]

If Giannis was in Euroleague right now he'd be averaging 43 ppg, 15 rebounds per game and 9.3 assists per game at least at very high percentages.

If Brian Scalabrine was a 70% shooter in Italian league, Giannis would shoot at least that.

Be glad the GOAT Greek went to America to play real basketball. 1 year in of Giannis in Euroleague and the rest of the Eurosofts would retire out of shame from the beatdowns Giannis delivered to them.

Should be noted, Scalabrine was a 70% THREE POINT shooter in Italian league. That's how bad their close out defenses were.

[kentatm]

isnt the 3 point line still shorter in FIBA than it is in the NBA?

that would account for things like "tighter D" b/c there is less space to work with.

[Blue&Orange]

Should be noted, Scalabrine was a 70% THREE POINT shooter in Italian league. That's how bad their close out defenses were.

He played 7 games in the italian league, shot 10 3's and made 6. Yep never happened in the NBA, random scrub making 6 of 10.

He played 3 games in the euroleague went 5-13, .385.

Impressive.