International big men

[Nash]

Is that the future? So many of them are already here doing some good work now most of them are young guys with a lot of guys with potential.

Guess Kobe was right.

D-Mo
Valenciunas
P Gasol
M Gasol
Nurkic
Splitter
Asik
Mirotic
Vucevic
Dieng
Kanter
Embiid

Incoming:
Saric
Pleiss

Americans need to start developing their big mens skills and not only use them for size/athleticism or the internationals will completely own the big man position in the future.

[lilteapot]

Is that the future? So many of them are already here doing some good work now most of them are young guys with a lot of guys with potential.

Guess Kobe was right.

D-Mo
Valenciunas
P Gasol
M Gasol
Nurkic
Splitter
Asik
Mirotic
Vucevic
Dieng
Kanter
Embiid

Incoming:
Saric
Pleiss

Americans need to start developing their big mens skills and not only use them for size/athleticism or the internationals will completely own the big man position in the future.

Why is this a problem?

[Nash]

Why is this a problem?
it is not a problem. just a very interesting and telling development.

[Andrew Wiggins]

Is that the future? So many of them are already here doing some good work now most of them are young guys with a lot of guys with potential.

Guess Kobe was right.

D-Mo
Valenciunas
P Gasol
M Gasol
Nurkic
Splitter
Asik
Mirotic
Vucevic
Dieng
Kanter
Embiid

Incoming:
Saric
Pleiss

Americans need to start developing their big mens skills and not only use them for size/athleticism or the internationals will completely own the big man position in the future.

Cousins, Love, Aldridge, Anthony Davis, Monroe, and Griffin are all in their 20s and better than all those guys except for maybe Marc and Pau

Asik and Splitter are as average as they come skill wise. They get by on physical tools, defensive acumen, and motor

[SpanishACB]

Asik and Splitter are as average as they come skill wise. They get by on physical tools, defensive acumen, and motor

:biggums:

has great vision and passing for a big man.
and actual post skills, he just doesn't use them in the system he plays.

[I<3NBA]

AD will be shitting on all those euros for years to come

[TaLvsCuaL]

AD will be shitting on all those euros for years to come
AD will become one of the best PFs of all time if He stays healthy but Op has a point. Europe is producing tons of good big men lately.

[Andrew Wiggins]

:biggums:

has great vision and passing for a big man.
and actual post skills, he just doesn't use them in the system he plays.

he's a good passer but he's got no touch at all and is a poor finisher around the rim. you can have great post moves but it doesn't mean much when you can't consistently convert them. he stiff arms an ungodly amount of hook shots and would be a liability if he was counted on as a serious option in the post.

[Andrew Wiggins]

AD will become one of the best PFs of all time if He stays healthy but Op has a point. Europe is producing tons of good big men lately.

this isn't a new thing though...there's been great international big men for the last 20 years...
hakeem
sabonis
ewing
mutumbo
yao
dirk
divac

and there's loads of average to above average ones on the same level or better than the the guys...ilgauskas, okur, etc

[CeltsGarlic]

D-Mo!

[ralph_i_el]

I think bigs get more attention from scouts. International big men are less likely to fall through the cracks compared to international guards.

[SpanishACB]

he's a good passer but he's got no touch at all and is a poor finisher around the rim. you can have great post moves but it doesn't mean much when you can't consistently convert them. he stiff arms an ungodly amount of hook shots and would be a liability if he was counted on as a serious option in the post.

yes but you make it sound like you put any C on the spurs system and it automatically works

deandre jordan would struggle per example

[Euroleague]

:biggums:

has great vision and passing for a big man.
and actual post skills, he just doesn't use them in the system he plays.

Splitter is an absolute scrub. He has nothing but size and athletic ability, and a willingness to play defense.

He sucked his entire career. He sucked the whole time he was in Brazil's national team, the whole time he played in Europe, and he sucks now.

[Milbuck]

Splitter is an absolute scrub. He has nothing but size and athletic ability, and a willingness to play defense.

He sucked his entire career. He sucked the whole time he was in Brazil's national team, the whole time he played in Europe, and he sucks now.
He's also 10 times the player Spanoulis ever was.

[Euroleague]

He's also 10 times the player Spanoulis ever was.

10 times worse