The Case for Boban Marjanovic

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http://www.nba.com/global/nba_rosters_feature_100_international_players_2015_10_27.html

The only list that matters is that on opening night, 100 foreign players were on NBA rosters. That's 2 of every 9 NBA players. 100/(30 x 15) reduces to 2/9.

If foreign players disappeared, 2/9 of the teams would need to disappear to maintain the same player quality per team. The last 7 (30 x 2/9) expansion teams can thank the infusion from Europe for their existence.

In NBA history, average player quality leapt twice...in the 1960s from the black infusion, and in the 1990s from the foreign invasion. This allowed for future, or compensated for past, league expansion.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
As Syrian refugees are to Republicans, so European basketball players are to posters in this forum.
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I used to back you up in every thread like this till you basically said that I stink. Then I lost interest.

No need to create lists. They are here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_basketball_players_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foreign_NBA_players

And don't forget revenue from foreign fans watching their countrymen in the NBA. The foreign presence makes U.S. owners and players richer.

http://www.nba.com/global/
 
Ohh I see because I said that they rarely equate to more than bench players, I am trying to put series numbers on the ones that are here and close the border to new ones coming in... gotcha.
 
Schilly said:
I am far from trolling. I have seen these European players touted over and over again on the web all over, in reality very very few pan out into much more than a roll player. Percentage wise I am sure fewer American players pan out but it's a much larger pool to pick from for sure. Lets look at our own Joel Freeland from last season. He was MVP Runner up in the ACB league, arguably the best Euro League. Here he was at best a backup. My opinion on this is that evaluating European players is like evaluating mid major and lower college level players, mostly due to the fact that the style of game is vastly different. The best figure would be going down the list of players taken in the Top 10 over the last 10 years and seeing how much success is found there. And of that weed out the players that played College ball in the USA instead of 17U ball in Europe.
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A lot of truth to this. Kristaps did OK in Europe last year, and his predraft workouts drew comparisons of Yi Jinlian.

But put him the starting lineup in the NBA, the dude is balling out on his way to become the ROY. Goes either way with scouting European players. They seem to place a lot of emphasis on seniority in doling out PT over there, rather than on talent (not unlike the Lakers apparently), so it's hard to get a grasp on who will be good, and who will bust.

I'm reassured however, about Neil because he was the very first NBA GM to meet with Porzingis in the predraft process this summer. He seems to know what he's doing. Really curious to see our interest in Dragan
 
Why Not? We had a Sabonis. I would go for a Boban Marjanovic
 
Yep, great call Rasta, he's looked fantastic so far.

But you're right if he has true potential he will stay in San Antonio.
 
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