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Kobe Bryant have no chance winning against against Barcelona with Messi, Iniesta, and Xavi.

I love games featuring nba vs foreign teams. I hope they add more of these to their preseason

I am a lifelong Chicago Bulls fan, born and raised in Chicago in the 90s and seeing the dominating Jordan/Pippen teams. Continue to watch them to this day. Now I live in London, and my wife is from Barcelona. I went to an FC Barcelona basket game last year with my mom because we used to go to a lot of Bulls games growing up. I got so anxiety ridden because I felt like they were passing way too much. But in reality they were really really hunting for the best kind of shot. No heroball at all. Made it pretty obvious why the current Bulls 'my turn, your turn' with Lavine and DeRozan is failing. I'm quite sure that last years FC Barcelona with Mirotic would beat the last years' Bulls in a series. Being away from the US in general, you understand we are just raised with a ridiculous amount of entitled exceptionalism. It's such a gross look when the cacophony of sports media and former NBA players like Gilbert Arenas continue to talk about players like Jokic like he is a joke. I remember when Nikola Mirotic turned down a contract in Utah and Milwaukee to return to Barcelona. I was like, 'yes, I too would have taken less money to live in a way, way, way better city.' And so many people came down on me in comments about how America was the greatest yadda, yadda, yadda. It's ridiculous that even as somebody that has spent substantial time in all three aforementioned cities; trying to explain thing like worker and social rights, the choice of free healthcare, great infrastructure and public transportation, and pedestrian access just illicits a response of 'that's communism.'

As a Football Club Barcelona fan, seeing Barcelona do well at basketball in 2008-2010 too is beautiful.

There’s a reason Luka Doncic from Slovenia said European league is harder then NBA

As an American who initially sided with Jxmy, this video persuaded me that NBA champs aren't world champs. Thank you for your unbiased take with great statistics to back it up!

The explanation is simple: the NBA isn't basketball, it has different rules. When you get used to NBA rules, things often go south when going back to playing the actual game.

Never forget that Greece beat USA team with LeBron, Melo, CP3, Wade etc, 101-95 in 2006.

Facts were spoken

You're screaming into the void honestly. We all know that you're right, and Americans (who disagree) are probably too self-centered to have their minds changed on this. Hopefully we get to see more club matches between NBA and other leagues, and hopefully more leagues can develop talent and keep it to compete with NBA teams.

not to mention that in 2022, the adelaide 36ers of the Australian NBL, who finished 7th in a 10 team league with a record of 10-18, beat the phoenix suns, who had just lost the nba finals with a record of 64-18, 134-124 in phoenix.

THANK YOU for this video. Such a fresh breath of air. So well reasoned and factual. Thanks.

Facts. You know the game. Europe is improving rapidly. Will be great to have that world championship competition created. Very proud of that Spanish team 💪

Dallas mavs just lost against Real Madrid😅

what makes that win% stat kinda crazy to think of as well is that most of those games were against top NBA teams. They won an average of about 35-40% of their games against some of NBA's BEST teams. Think how their record would improve if they were to play every team in the NBA.

Amazing !! Very complete video

It would be really intense, entertaining and controversial if every year nba's playoffs 4 team, euroleague's final 4 and some other nation's league's final 4 compete against each other for World Champions crown.

Calculating the theoretical amount of wins for a Euroleague in the NBA, you also have to consider that historically the Euroleague teams have mostly played NBA champions and not bad NBA teams, so their record would probably be even better

Remember back in the 30’s when England refused to play in the soccer World Cup because how could anyone even consider themselves better? It was a foregone conclusion, so they said, that England would crush anyone, so why even go to the tournament. Then in 1950 they decided to grace the world with their presence and were summarily eliminated when they lost to the USA by a bunch of amateurs. So much for the English arrogance at the time.

This is a really good video man

I really wanna see it get settled. The first time I saw the "World Champions" title being used by the NBA champs, I find it weird since there are no flags being represented there and there were only playing in a domestic league. About time to settle this. Best ball clubs in the world duke it out to see who's the best.

Spoke facts. Great video by this creator. CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED content. This video needs to be viral asap

Facts....great job, great video!

Excellent video, great background; the context is very important as well I absolutely agree with conclusions

Also you calculated the games European clubs played vs mostly the top 10 clubs from NBA at the time of playing those games which means that if they can beat the top teams, they could surely beat worse NBA teams and that would improve their potential record in NBA even more

Everybody forgot the golden rule of "lets settle it on the court" lmao

great video, worth a subscription :)

Thank you for making this video my friend.

Id be curious to see what adjustments would be made by both teams in a 7 game series.

It’s funny how Barcelona’s basketball team still has FC in the name

Great video clip, thank you

Agreed, should be a world championship tournament. However a friend is still a friendly and can guarantee some of these guys just didn't want to get hurt.

*NBA and Euroleague Clashing would make such a fuss just like Copa Libertadores with UEFA Champions League* ...Gold tier entertainment there hope we'll live to see it happening!

I think the only difference between the NBA and the Euro league is the defense is harder in Euro league and in the NBA it's easier to score plus the 3pt line is shorter

Wow! Such an amazing video and editing. I enjoyed watching it 👍

What I got from this is that we need a World Series where the best team from each region goes off against each other. This will prove beneficial as regions can learn from other regions

The time has come for a club-world-championship in Basketball!! Let's gooo

17:50 As a football fan, that is the unholiest thing I've ever seen someone do to a football crest

It's always thrilling to witness the crossover of talent and competition between EuroLeague and NBA teams! Such matchups offer a unique blend of different basketball styles and strategies. It's fascinating to see how teams from different leagues adapt and perform against each other. The games where EuroLeague teams defeat NBA champions must be especially exciting, showcasing the high level of skill and competitiveness present in international basketball. It's a great reminder of how diverse and talented the global basketball community is! 🏀🌍✨

NBA is a show, Europe teams actually play basketball

I doubt this will ever happen. The NBA teams wouldn't want to risk losing their prestige as the best teams in the world. They are making too money and have too much clout. It is why 1v1 competitions don't happen in the NBA or the fact that stars don't play in the dunk contest.

In Europe's Football, there is a UEFA Champions League which seek out the best team in Europe. Europe arguably has the best Football Leagues in the world but when they won the Champion's League, I havent seen anyone called that team who won a World Champ. They just said, "European Champion". They usually said World Champ only when they won the FIFA Club World Cup. So by saying NBA champs are World Champs. doesnt make sense to me. Or maybe I'm just stupid and doesnt have the right to think like this :v

The NBA is an entertainment league. Basketball success doesn't have to be flashy, just put the ball in the hoop

The simple fact that the NBA doesn't play with the same rules as the rest of the world makes the "Worlds champions" title meaningless

This aged extremely well lmao

FIBA already has Intercontinetal Cup for year, but currently Europe is represented by Fiba Champions League title holder (which is together with Eurocup 2nd tier continetial competition in Europe) , USA by G league Champion, Latin America by Basketballl Champions League Americas champion, Africa by BAL champion and Asia by Chinese title holder. So NBA, Euroleague (for info, Euroleague and Eurocup from 2000 are not controlled by Fiba, if you did not know) and Australian-New Zealand NBL league champions are missing. To Expand this compettition would be great for basketball, however it clashes with offseason NBA and Euroleague schedule

As Luka said, is more difficult to win a game in the euroleage than winning it in tha NBA. Euroleage is real basketball where you have to defend, NBA is a party that you dont defend

i do wish they commence a UEFA Champions league type of tournament where every top leagues/teams in basketball compete with each other but idk if thatll ever happen

Personally I think a yearly 3 game series between the Euro League champions and NBA champions should be organized

Barca and Real Madrid be cooking in fútbol and basketball 💀

I've always said ( I'm a Lakers fan) that I wish there was a champions style competition. Top 4 teams from every league compete each other to become the actual world champions

they should make a type of competition like the FIFA club World Cup

Very timely as Real Madrid just beat Dallas Mavericks yesterday. 😂 i mean yeah Luka didn’t play much and Dallas didn’t make the playoffs last season but these are NBA players who are “best of the best”. Great video, DKM. 😄

8:32 And THAT'S why nba or any other powerful team can't declare itself champion without playing. There were some cases of european teams (the clearly superior teams and favs to win it every year) getting beaten by teams from south america and others from mexico and africa put up a good fight making everyone doubt who would get the W Even if you'll win 99 out of 100 games as long as that single L exists you can't celebrate beforehand

Really good video facts was spoken. At this point insert the club word club cup

totally agree, it will be awesome to have a game or series between euro league and nba champions to declare the real world champion

Incredibly well put video. Amazingly done, congratulations!!

i just watched this video after the loss of the mavs against real madrid

I think if it was actually formatted like an important game/playoff game The game results would be drastically different.

2:21 that “Kobe” never fails to get me laughing 😂

That’s facts The first time I saw a video of a KZfaqr I follow regarding the world champions argument being right I thought about the same example and actually you quote this video on yours, and I just couldn’t help myself to think about the champions league, this is just accurate facts

I would love to see something like the club world cup we see in soccer. Hopefully FIBA can organize something like that so that there is actual competitive basketball played between different continents.

Great video

Noah Lyles is laughing somewhere at the background. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

In football (soccer) we have continental cups and then there is another tournament amoung the winners to decide who is the world champion of that year

I dont know why I just watched this. Im not even a basketball fan. But good video, have a like

Speaking the truth that others aren’t willing to hear! Pure facts

In our perspective as Brazilians, this issue is reminiscent of the "Copa Toyota" controversy, also known as the Intercontinental Cup. In this tournament, the champion of the Copa Libertadores (which, by the way, excludes teams from Central and North America) faced the champion of the UEFA Champions League in a single match. After this single game, the winner was considered the world champion. Currently, the FIFA Club World Cup includes champions from continental leagues as representatives, and there are still plans for changes to give this tournament a championship format. In my view, this would provide more fairness in the "world champion" matter.

I personally think a great amount of american sports is just for show. They want to make sports look fancy to gain more attention and money. In Europe on the other hand competition stands out. The main goal of the players is winning together with their team. They aint focused so much on themselfes

One major fact you stated, NBA has a different ruleset to FIBA and Euroleague, which means they get to play all those games under the rules they are comfortable playing. None of those games were indeed played under FIBA rules, aka the rules used for international competitions

I knew we could rely on you making these arguments and spreading the word

if there's something american nba tams definetly should learn about european clubs is to make good club badges. my god the nba badges look just like some kind of soda or snacks label

I would realy love if there would be a tournament where NBA and Euroleague teams play against each other :)

Great video. I'm persuaded.

Facts overload......Common sense overload.

This was one of the best basketball videos I've ever watched, very very eye opening. Thank you

fair point. especially in the light of team usa latest vows

Barça winning the ucl in 2010 with their football team AND the lakers in basketball is like a dream come true 🔥 theyre goated at my 2 favourite sports

Many of the teams that lost to the NBA are from the second leagues from their country

Thanks for saying it! You have this Canadian's support!

The same story can be seen on international team level as well. The FIBA World Cup for national teams hasn't been won by a north american team since 2014, with the last winner being Germany in 2023 and Spain in 2019. The US did not even make into the top 3 in each of those tournaments respectively. A European team is also tied for most titles overall with the US team (formerly Yugoslavia/now Serbia)

I've become Scott Steiner after watching this video

I heard the words "World Champion"... As a german I became sharp-eared! 😉😂

Even the basketball version of Barcelona can terrorizing anyone between 2009-2011

It goes like this. "Nba champions" get their anabolics and meds during their normal season and while finish they make their recovery by stopping them. So they become normal so the game between europe teams is equal

and for anyone that was wondering, the 2023 October game showcased in the video (mavericks against real madrid) real madrid won by 4 points, 127 - 123.

i would love to see NBA teams playing officials on european courts. NBA is better at basketball, but NBA crowds are so lame. Imagine Denver or Boston playing Olympiakos, Real Madrid or Locomotiv with a full court

I don’t watch basketball, but seeing this video, I think it would be cool if they organized a championship like the Club World Cup by FIFA

and thats why basketball is a team sport and coaching stuff is very important

You have to say that the nba and euroleague have diferent rules, because It matters a lot for the stats

The question is how serious do the NBA players take those games. Because I doubt they take serious at all.

NBA champions are not even American champions, only USA...................

NBA and Euroleague need to hold year competition between champions. The gap between the 2 leagues is very short now.

We need a real WORLD Championship Series between the Euro League and NBA champs

17:40 Important to note that the Euro League teams played the best teams in the NBA if they were to play in a regular season they would have matched up with tanking teams and their records would be much better.

A couple of days ago, Real Madrid won a game against the Dallas Mavericks in madrid. A match in which it had clearly been agreed not to play defense, otherwise Real Madrid could have won by at least 30 points.

It's simple. NBA is more for the show, the player are more athletes. But, on the same breath, nba is 80% based on offense. If you watched the euroleague, you would know that they play like crazy people on the field, defense is first, and I'd say they are more passionate. I predicted Real Madrid to win Mavericks this year, caught 4x odds on them

Instead of that shame of All Star Game they should do the World Cup final NBA winner vs Euro League winner

One game sample size against NBA teams fresh off of training camp. Come on lmfao