ie. Greg Odin, Mayo, etc.
2006-07-08 02:55:04 · 8 answers · asked by Larvin 1 in Sports ➔ Basketball
If European leagues are inferior, as many of you have answered, why are the NBA teams drafting teenage Euros up and down the 1st round and sidestepping NCAA players?
2006-07-08 07:55:12 · update #1
They're high school kids. Their dream has always been to play in the NBA and become rich and famous. Sure they could be a star in the Euroleague but who would notice? Everybody watches the NBA. The NBA is what everybody cares about including those kids. Besides they don't want to leave america and live completely different lives in other countries. They're not ready for that sort of thing.
2006-07-08 04:09:31 · answer #1 · answered by #15mwu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there isn't more money. If there was more money, do you think Lebron James would be playing basketball in Cleveland, Ohio? Soccer, OTOH, gets a flock of players to Europe from around the world.
All athletes, like all people, follow the money trail.
2006-07-08 10:04:40 · answer #2 · answered by stevis78 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is very little money in European basketball. Besides, the "culture shock" for American teenagers would be much too great.
2006-07-08 10:35:00 · answer #3 · answered by dmspartan2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
American players want to make it to the NBA. If you go to Europe, your exposure to NBA scouts vastly decreases. Besides, the leagues in Europe are completely different from the NBA.
2006-07-08 10:06:37 · answer #4 · answered by ~O.N.E.~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well my guess is the basketball there isn't near as good as it is here. They also will get paid a lot less. Plus, that would mean a family move. Their lives would be changed completely, just for no being patient
2006-07-08 11:13:16 · answer #5 · answered by lildrumuboi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the devil you know is better then the devil you don't know.
besides who wants to move away from home.
2006-07-08 11:03:30 · answer #6 · answered by K-SOLO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because its nice to be at home when you are a teenager
2006-07-08 11:01:43 · answer #7 · answered by John D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe they dont want to?
2006-07-08 10:05:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋