André Dominguez
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As I said in the first post:Which is 3.3m per year right? Around 10 times less than a very top NBA player, and I guess well below the average of a non-rookie player.
Of course, money isn't all. But if some player really thinks that he is great, then he needs to go to NBA. Any NBA team would beat with ease an all star Euroleague team. The quality is so much higher there.
The real problem though, is that superstars from Euroleague in most cases can become only bit-part players in mediocre NBA teams. We have seen a shitload of European greats miserably failing in NBA (Jackevickus or Navarro for example), and it is probably a bad feeling going from one of the best, to a player that isn't a top 100 player in the league.
The basketball culture in USA is much higher than in any european country, so I don't find it surprising for am european player to fail at NBA. Even if Euroleague teams improve their budgets massively, the available talent is significantly smaller when compared to USA, because usually the best pepople at sports will choose football (soccer), than futsal, handball, Rink Hockey, etc, and then there is a smaller percentage that will choose basketball. In ex-Jugoslavia countries, ex-USSR countries and Russia the basketball is quite popular though.I really enjoy this competiton, more than I do NBA. Don't get me wrong: I'm perfectly aware that the technical level in NBA is miles above the Euroleague, for cultural reasons and mainly for budget reasons.
Adding that to the heavy investment made by all NBA clubs, it's easy to realize how good those clubs are. NBA is the equivalent of UEFA Champions League in football, and Euroleague would be the equivalent of an Europa League.