Jimmy the type of guy to make a graph of his all time P.E. stats

"Ridiculous, just ridiculous" says some old lady from Portland when the Trail Blazers select one of the Top 5 players in European Basketball history.

I would love to see Basketball have a “Champions league” like Soccer does but have it feature teams from across the globe

The French loss makes this video get even more real

This video was exceptionally good. And wow. I've never seen that clip of David Stern before. Talk about a passive aggressive burn.

"As we speak there's probably some kid in Norway or Japan or Germany who's gonna drop a 50 bomb on someone's head in the 2035 NBA season"

When he did the draft thing I loved the guy who said “hurry up” 😂

Honestly I love this even being American. These players are so soft and every other country is humble and hungry. Let’s make this competitive. We need good role models like the Greek freak and luka in the NBA

Actually pissed me off how they reacted to Sobanis getting drafted...

9:44 hmm wonder who that 7ft 3 demigod is

As a Lithuanian, I gotta tell you Americans: it's coming faster than you think. We used to qualify for every major tournament just because we're Lithuania. We just had more culture and basketball history so we beat teams like Germany, Angola and Brazil by default. It's not the case anymore. We failed to qualify for the Olympics for the first time ever for the same exact reasons the US is struggling against Nigeria and Australia. The world caught up and we didn't work as hard anymore. Obviously, the US has an insane amount of talent and resources. But pride and teamwork are something earned, not given. I still think the US is taking gold but it will not be easy at all. At the end of the day, guys like Giannis and Jokic are representing weaker teams, they don't play together vs the US. But it will be interesting for sure.

The Olympics will be interesting. The difference between teams like Australia/Spain/Serbia and the US is that overseas players are developed from a young age to play a role in their club's senior team and a lot of them are used to being bench, then gradually getting a role in the team and some becoming stars. Whereas in the US players are mostly developed as individuals so they can get college scholarships/go pro. This US team is made up almost entirely of guys who have pretty much been the first or 2nd option their entire lives. I still think they are the favourites, solely because they will have at least 4 of the best 5 players on the court at all times. But if they lose, it will be because of their style of play and inability to play actual team basketball.

Who heard someone yell "HURRY UP!" at Stern during the Sabonis pick 😂

To be fair, Sabonis was drafted during the Cold War where tension was high between USA and Russia still.

Fun Fact: None of the major award-winning players in the 2018-19 season were American. MVP: Greek DPOY: French ROTY: Slovenian MIP: Cameroonian

The 202 Olympics, ah, good times.

10:10 that’s funny because if Doncic and Jokic played in the 70s/80s they would be on the same national team for Yugoslavia. That would be quite a duo

watching this in 2024 after the draft, seeing how good that "seven foot demigod" (victor wembanyama) became is crazy

Papa Sabonis in his prime was indeed a 7'3" Larry Bird. He was insane. The entire Soviet Union was glued to the screen when he was playing.

Ahhhh, the year 202…Back when the term “pass the rock” was literal 🪨

Fun fact about Sabonis: when he came to the NBA he was so injured, that the doctors told him he can easily qualify for handicap

The fact that people were laughing when Sabonis was picked is so outrageously disrespectful to someone who had worked so hard for his big moment.

Seeing that NBA has been involved in developing these international talents, and seeing them beat team USA, means that their investments are now paying off! This is actually therefore a good thing (ironically)!

Waiting on the follow up video Jimmy… Shoutout to Team U.S.A. for beating France for Gold..

Goes to show the NBA is slowly gonna become filled with international players as international basketball gets better

"You guys can't even beat Europeans in Basketball anymore, The Dream Team is DEAD" - French Cab Driver from Rush Hour 3.

I think it's fantastic to see so many international players getting the spotlight and joining the NBA. Imagine the talent that was passed on without anybody even knowing in the last few decades from different countries.

3:55. Victor Wembanyama is mentioned for the first time. Thanks Jxmy. Seeing the future.

can’t believe they keep losing in the 202 olympics 🤦🏾‍♂️

Just imagine how ridiculous a Yugoslav national team would be today, that combo of luka and Jokic would be deadly

"The world used to be local and linear. Now it is global and exponential." Awesome video.

i love that you mentioned sabonis purely because my dad always told how great of a player he was even to standards of the usa dream team. im glad hes at least not forgotten in other countries

The title of this video should be: this is starting to get beautiful

patty mills literally turns into prime MJ when he puts on a boomers jursey

I live in America but have family in England who I visit often, and there seems to be almost a shift of culture there. Within the last few years there have been so many basketball courts built and also just excitement about the game of basketball, great to see.

Situation ain’t getting better after the loss against France. These USA players are used to being stars and don’t know how to play a smaller role.

"This is getting Ugly" proceeds to talk about how the game is becoming more beautiful.

"And if you ask me, that's how it should be" absolutely agree

Same is happening in track and field too. It used to always be the same countries winning titles. Nowadays not so much. The finalists in each events are starting to be more diverse. Albeit, some athletes are transplants from a country that’s known for track and field , but like basketball the sport is also diversifying.

Luka doncic saying “It’s easier to score in the NBA” and the backing it up since his rookie season is the Biggest flex ever bruh. 😎

Man, Sabonis not playing his whole career in the NBA is a travisty. He was so insanely good. Watching him Shaq the Admiral before Shaq even was is just amazing to watch

about Sabonis, drafting a foreign born player wasnt inconceivable, drafting a player from the Soviet Union during the Cold War was inconceivable

FACTSS! Love the vid bro. Respect from Turkey✌🏻

Great Video, Jimmy! Basketball goes international, pushing the game forward!🏀

If I’m being honest. Damian Lillard looks like the only one that’s wants to be there

The angry reaction to drafting Sabonis is more closely linked to US-USSR Cold War tensions than it is to drafting a foreign born player

Awesome video man. Thanks for the hard work, and cool information, you put into your videos.

Kobe looking down from heaven at Team USA shaking his head soft…

So basically everyone else caught up and it’s gonna be truly competitive? I’m with it.

We need these fiba refs to ref the nba

If your videos editing skills are 10/10, your logic and reasoning skills are 20/10, amazing stuff bro!

Who's here after Team France beat Team USA?

The USA team is just full of iso “guy” of the team. When they run into other countries that play as a team and have good chemistry they get smacked. It also doesn’t help that the recent trend of foul calling in the nba doesn’t fly in the FIBA

Basketball changing from "American Game" to "The World's Game" is beautiful and necessary

There’s a reason why guys like MJ and Kobe only got more intense as their careers progressed. It’s easier for later generations to achieve skills like theirs when they’ve seen the greats in action. The pioneers work harder to pave the way resulting in an easier job for their descendants to walk the path. Becoming the best is about innovation and motivation. Staying the best is about vigilance and relentlessness.

Such a great video, hands down the best basketball channel I’ve come across

I think the Sabonis reaction was because he was from the USSR and not because he was foreign

Pretty sure people were reacting to drafting a USSR citizen in the Reagan era, not that he was foreign. Also the college system sucks for developing athletes.

I love the people clowning Sabonis. Not knowing how much of an impact he would have.

goooooooooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllldddddddddddddddddd

I remember when Luka was drafted many Mavs fans were extremely mad. Of course watching him in the Euroleague wrecking my favourite team time after time, I knew how special he was.

Bring these dudes into the nba, literally makes it so much more fun. I love seeing foreign dudes coming in and making the competition even crazier

4:01 Here in 2023 where this “7 foot 3 inch demi god” is now known as Wemby, was the most hyped prospect possibly ever and was the #1 ovr pick. 2 years ago we didn’t even know his name.

I've never paid much attention to the NBA purely cause its a US only sport (or at least was), but the way I see it opening up and the more foreign born players I see making it excites me a lot. Football (soccer) has always been my sport purely because of its enormous international reach. But I wouldn't mind seeing basketball grow like that as well.

it’s a good day when jimmy uploads

I think we are seeing the lasting impact of the game growing in the 90s and 00s. These kids worldwide grew up watching MJ while the older generations never got to see the NBA as much. That inspired them to reach the heights of a sport that has much more reach than before

It’s starting to remind me of soccer honestly, where most countries have an even chance. Granted, the US still probably has more talent then almost of the world, but I feel like any country has a shot nowadays. Great video though man. Love the explanation of what happening!

This was a good one. Everyone in the world should have the most opportunity possible. Let the best, most hard-working individual win.

3:47 damn we really be playing during the roman empire years

"As we speak, there's probably some kid in Norway, or Japan or Germany who is gonna drop a 50 bomb on someone's head in the 2035 NBA season." Lock up that prediction!

Loved this video, and I SO agree with the points you made. I'm sure your answer will be yes, but have you watched the 30for30 "Once Brothers" that talks about the Yugoslavian team that was VERY good and many think could have beaten the original Dream Team that didnt get to play the United States because of the fall of the USSR on Dec. 25th 1991, which led to Yugoslavia breaking up. Which led to Serbia and Croatia going to war with each other. If you haven't watched it, you should, it's an incredible documentary l, and easily one of my favorites from 30 for 30.

Spot on. It’s an equity issue. The more opportunity and resources are distributed evenly, the more diverse a league we see, and the better performing league we see

I didnt know arvydas sabonis was such a truck, crazy I only saw him when he was already "broken"

“There’s probably some kid in Norway or Japan or Germany, who’s going to drop a 50 bomb on someone’s head in the 2035 NBA season.” I bet this will actually come true, see y’all in 15 years

Love to see the NBA champs play in a champions league at the end of season with Euro champs!

It's not just about the foreign players' development, but the fact that NBA's officiating's just getting softer and softer comparing to the FIBA's rules. That'll make a soon to be impossible task to win international titles to US team. Players of the NBA are always surprised in international tournaments when they can be touched or defensed a bit tougher comparing to the NBA. Officials shouldn't be so soft, Adam Silver should do something about it asap.

Only reason we losing is cause Lance Stephenson and Michael Beasley aren't playing

Personally I believe the Sabonis reaction was from the announcer taking minute-long breaks between each line, just to say a “USSR” player during the Cold War. Otherwise an outstanding video as always👍

9:15 the reason why I think they reacted that way was probably due to the fact that the draft was during the Cold War and the Trailblazers chose a person from the Soviet Union

A lot of high quality coaches from the US have been spreading knowledge worldwide for a long time now. It’s showing.

Dude your take is spot on. It always makes you wonder why we would call ourselves world champions when the world wasn’t involved. Thanks for this

Team USA thought that they're still in NBA 🤦‍♂️

Now I wonder who that 7' 3" demigod from France is.

I am from Greece and I picked up basketball a few days ago but the basketball feels so natural to handle and I have already created my own dribbles 15 years old

They depend on the foul calls and they ain’t giving them any soft ass fouls

This man Jimmy has never missed in his life. Keep up with the goated videos

There should be some kinda international league in the future

One of your best videos man.

I remember back in 202 when we lost against Nigeria, whew memories.

3:45 , dang we really in the year of 202, shits crazy out here bro

“Talent is equally distributed, opportunity is not”

Nice one man. the problem basketball is expensive to play and to maintain. i know this may sound weird to those growing in US as they seem to be basketball courts almost everywhere. In most countries thats not the case. thats why in Soccer (football) which can be played anywhere and anyhow, this dominance is rarely seen

It's amazing that Hakeem and embiid played their first basketball at age 15

Wonder if it also goes back to the “the league is getting soft” talk. I remember seeing an article about how in the Nigeria and Australia games, US players were looking at refs regarding calls they’d usually get in the NBA

The disrespect when they announce sabonis😔

the way those Americans responded to the Sabonis first-round pick breaks my heart. I understand the geopolitical sensitivities between both countries during that time period (though much of that disdain harbored was because of American ethnocentrism and a Capitalistic fear of socialism, neither merited) but that man managed to grow up in what was essentially a foreign enemy of the U.S. and got drafted into one of the most coveted leagues in the world in the same country that hates him, discriminately so. That story is as American as apple fucking pie, much respect for that tenacious baller from the Soviet Union. Thanks for this awesome piece of history.

I think the reaction to him being drafted had more to do with it being the USSR. Cold War views.

"This is Starting to Get Ugly" no this is starting to get more interesting globally

David Stern was a complete and ignorant fool for his comments on Arydas Sabonis. Us Lithuanians wanted no part of the Soviet Union since we were occupied by them. Sabonis wasn't from the Soviet Union, he was from Lithuania which happened to be occupied by the Soviet Union. As a pro athlete, he had no choice of doing anything other than representing the USSR. He would never have played for the Soviets if he had a choice to play for his own country. Also,4 of the 12 players on the 1988 Soviet squad were Lithuanian. Another 2 were Latvian and Estonian. Out of a territory of nearly 300 million people, half the team was represented by countries totaling 6 million people. But David Stern was very superficial and nasty about it, just like the Karens and Chads booing in Portland.

Strike two bruh..