Kobe says European players more skilled than Americans, blames AAU

[Budadiiii]

are you trolling or just stupid?

Am I missing something?

[SpanishACB]

Am I missing something?

Manu played from 21 to 26 in Europe. The influences to his game should be obvious; that's clearly what Kobe is talking about, since they were in the same league at the same time... somehow the guy I quote thought Kobe was a geographical retard when in reality he just missed the point himself.

[Budadiiii]

Manu played from 21 to 26 in Europe. The influences to his game should be obvious; that's clearly what Kobe is talking about, since they were in the same league at the same time... somehow the guy I quote thought Kobe was a geographical retard when in reality he just missed the point himself.

[aau]

i'm callin bullshit on aau damaging young ballplayers

you've just been given the opportunity of hosting a
prestigious middle school youth camp that starts
on friday and ends on sunday . . . . in terms
of player development what does your
first and final hour look like

you'll have a dunk contest or 3pt shootout along the way
but for the most part it's all about skill development
you'll have 8-10 stations and every kid no matter
how big or small , , skilled or unskilled will do
the same things that everyone else does

from this camp you grab a few kids and form a team
develop them for 4 years to the point you think
they're pretty good . . . . it's the college
viewing period and vegas is offering
bigfoot - the adidas 64 and fab 48

you also get an invite to the salt lake city nationals

hahaha , , , where you goin . . . . . myself
i'm hittin up vegas . . why? cause that's
where the scouts will be . . . . . why?

cause that's where the top talent will be

normally young talent is immature so if they're
looking for kids with good skills to play
a cerebral game and graduate

if that's what you got

go to salt lake

[aau]

Seriously I'm having a hard time comprehending what you're writing. Why do you type like that?

that's ok , , shouldn't be that difficult

never liked book writings . . . too many words and i'm
already long-winded . . . besides ,, grew up reading
newspaper columns and prefer that format better

[aau]

Also, strong username to topic and post ratio..

could talk about this all day

got 3 kids in the league and that's just the first batch

of them
one we had to literally kick in the ass just to shoot the ball

hopefully you'll be seeing his lil cousins in a few - the oldest is
playing college ball now (not to put too much on it but the
closest thing to the doctor I've seen) and the youngest
is 15 years old 6'9 240 just started the 9th grade

parents phone hasn't stopped ringing

could post youtubes for days

but i'll wait

[aau]

didn't mean to turn spiritual and should have said we
instead of I because it's totally a huge team effort

it just grinds me to see the coaches get the shaft when
a lot of times these kids have to live with these guys
oftentimes for a pretty large part of their lives

you guys think it's about getting paid when for the
most part it's all out-of-pocket for the coaches
only a few get the nike or adidas deals

i'ma hop off this soapbox saying the most difficult thing
is keeping them eligible and in school with the hope
they can even get into college because most
can't afford it


that's the main goal for most

[Rooster]

I agree with Kobe for the most part except we developed guards here better than anywhere. Generally, Euros are much better skilled but they are very unathletic and soft.

[BigMacAttack]

that's ok , , shouldn't be that difficult

never liked book writings . . . too many words and i'm
already long-winded . . . besides ,, grew up reading
newspaper columns and prefer that format better

You write like an AAU produced ball player. You can spell and do flashy things like hyphenate words but you have no idea about the basics such as full stops and capital letters.

[fandarko]

Somebody tell Kobe that Manu is from Argentina.

He did play in Italy for four years before joining the NBA.

[plowking]

Kobe is full of shit for the most part when he speaks about ball today and prior, just like most players.

[Yao Ming's Foot]

You write like an AAU produced ball player. You can spell and do flashy things like hyphenate words but you have no idea about the basics such as full stops and capital letters.

[dreamwarrior]

Blame it on the culture. Back in the 90's every kid either posted up like a big man or drove to the basket like Jordan. Nowadays when I go to the park I see kids dribbling like God Shammgod and then shoot the ball like Lisa Leslie. WTF

[JtotheIzzo]

America still produces the most players and American imports dot the international landscape so they must be doing something right.

AAU is a real threat to school based teams and that makes people uncomfortable, but I think it is a good thing as the school season isn't long enough and AAU gets the kids more reps.

In Canada the best hockey players don't play for their high school they play midget AAA (an age group, below it is bantam, above it is junior) from there they either go the US college route, or the major junior route. Major junior produces the bulk of NHL players.

AAU is more similar to that, but is needs regulation to keep the sketchy guys away from kids, but to be fair, these incidents are few and far between.

People are averse to change, and AAU is a threat to NCAA and high school leagues.

[Sharmer]

This is common knowledge. That Euros are more skilled.