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Originally Posted by campinginalaska
Basketball internationally is, and forgive me if I come off rude but, trash. It's pretty apparent that Americans still dominate the sport and the international aspect doesn't help at all because the best Euroleague player is probably a sixth man or occasional starter on a mid-tier NBA team, it doesn't help that some of the best players in Europe are literally Americans who couldn't get beyond the G-League.
American football has a much bigger playerbase within the United States and a lot of college football players who are on the NBA level but just can't hack the practice squad because of roster limits. The ability to change this, add more teams, make Football international or just create a spring league in FOF9 would counter any concerns anyway, especially as the game would adapt to that.
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European basketball is trash?? Tell that Greek Giannis Antetekounmpo who is probably going to win MVP this year. Or Serbian Nikola Jokic and Montenegrin Nikola Vucevic who were just named to All-Star teams (which in the NBA is a pretty elite honor unlike in MLB). Or Latvian Kristaps Porzingis who was an All-Star last year and just the subject of an enormous trade. Or French Rudy Gobert who was the Defensive Player of the Year last year. Or Slovenian Luka Doncic who is probably going to win Rookie of the Year this year...