Comments on: How basketball players are groomed in Spain vs. USA http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/06/how-basketball-players-are-groomed-in-spain-vs-usa/ Basketball - NBC Sports Fri, 24 May 2013 20:15:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: craigw24 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/06/how-basketball-players-are-groomed-in-spain-vs-usa/comment-page-1/#comment-52963 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:48:32 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=30860#comment-52963 1) Basketball started in the United States.
2) Look at the comparative populations and weather in Spain vs the USA.

We get by on talent and therefore feel we are the best. To think we have nothing to learn from the rest of the world is the height of hubris.

We don’t have to copy another country, but we should be able to learn from them.

]]> By: cancionisimas http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/06/how-basketball-players-are-groomed-in-spain-vs-usa/comment-page-1/#comment-52959 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:44:03 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=30860#comment-52959 Spain this summer:

GOLD MEDAL- U20 European Women Tournament
GOLD MEDAL- U20 European Men Tournament
SILVER MEDAL-U19 World Women Tournament
GOLD MEDAL- U18 European Men Tournament
BRONZE MEDAL- U18 European Women Tournament
BRONZE MEDAL- U16 European Men Tournament
GOLD MEDAL- U16 European Women Tournament

I expect gold on Eurobasket too, but we’ll see…

Ten years ago (when the team U19 with Navarro, Reyes, Pau Gasol (bench), Raul López and company won USA on the Wold tournament) we were a country not only behind USA, of course, but behind Serbia, Greece, France, Italy, Lithuania, Russia…

]]> By: ljl2 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/06/how-basketball-players-are-groomed-in-spain-vs-usa/comment-page-1/#comment-52954 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:39:35 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=30860#comment-52954 I guess we are taking liberties with how we define “best” when it comes to “best players in the world” (see – Ricky Rubio)

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