Look at the roster of the current NBA champions:
Tony Parker - France
Manu Ginobli - Argentina
Marco Bellinelli - Italy
Boris Diaw - France
Tiago Splitter - Brazil
Patty Mills - Australia
Cory Joseph - Canada
Tim Duncan - US Virgin Islands
Aron Baynes - Australia
That’s the future of the NBA.
I think aron is more kiwi, OMG, Patti aint-I-pritti Mills is more aussie than
Aron Baines??
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In fact, once the NBA banned hand-checking 2004, players from foreign countries who learned basketball from sports academies started to become a lot more effective. Properly coached, these players’ ability to move and distribute the ball is literally driving American players who learned basketball through the AAU and one year of college crazy. Indeed, new players like Jabari Parker and Andrew Wiggins will likely have to learn the ball distribution aspects of FIBA rules basketball within the next 4-5 years as teams all over the NBA start to seriously recruit the best European players.