Nah he just went from the second best league in the world to the first one,where he always belonged in terms of skill.But ok playing with KD is another level

On the bench

Lmaooo

I believe it

I really like the way James plays. Super smooth handles and shot. The explosive drives a big plus too.

Nigga have you seen him lately???

@@UrbanBDKNY 😄😄😄

KRthehomie nope he played with the suns and sucked ass

What’s a lower team in the east ???? There is more to basketball than scoring alone

@@mattyj2980 then explain Lu will then

Knicks 😂

@@LysanderMiles watch your mouth. Dying Knicks fan here

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i think micic and de colo better than larkin because stability is more important. in the first half of the season mike james played like last year shane larkin but his performance isn't stable too.

Flat foot 6’1

His brother LeBron is better

As for me, he's top 5 players in Europe. 1. Mirotic 2. Larkin 3. Campazzo 4. James 5. Calathes

Top 10?? Lol he is behind Larking and that's it, 2nd in europe

Giulio You’re wrong! 100% wrong.

@@iAmAyoDigital lol watch personal stats, team accomplishment and how he plays

Good HOF if he is top 10 y’all league sucks dude sucked with the suns

Run The Likes cuz he is ass he played for the suns

A re xazouli

Do yo really consider Israel Europe?

​@@iurgitovaldecantos6914 israeli teams can play in europe tournaments like euroleague fiba or eurocup so we can say israel is the beginning of his europe career

Hes not anywhere close to the passing of prime deron

@MEECH !! Lean

I mean Larkin and Campazzo are for sure better than him

I think that might be a good assessment. I haven't watched him play much, so I needed data on him. On other highlight and training videos, people were commenting that he should be in the NBA, and claiming that "politics" is keeping him out. For sure, he looks like an explosive scorer with a nice jumpshot in his highlights, but what was his usual game like? So I looked at his stats and game log from his only season with the Phoenix Suns. As you said, "russian roulette" game. He would have a few games where he would explode for almost 30 points on 10/20 shooting. But he would have just as many games where he shot 1/10. Overall, he shot 37%. Coupled with the fact that he's only 6'1" with short arms at age 27 already (in his rookie NBA season), and it was easy to see why he didn't stay in the league. He was mostly at his ceiling already, and was an inefficient energy scorer. The NBA has way too many fringe players similar to him trying to get into the league, and he probably doesn't have additional aspects to his game to make up for his inefficient shooting and lack of length.

@@urbananalrapist i think - whole nba is about stability. they want stable players. i think any team management better will take pplayer with 10-15 average pts per game with stable % some stable assists and deffence, against player who can get 30-40 in one game with 50% and then same with 20-25%. it is important thing.

@@drobiIIka I think that all leagues are about stability. For me, one of the key defining aspects of a "professional player" is his/her stability. They are literally being paid to produce to a certain level every game. That way, management and coaching can produce a gameplay based on that predictable production. The best example for me are professional racing drivers. They pro drivers aren't going all-out every lap. They are for sure fast every lap, but they produce a repeatable and predictable lap time that is consistent within half a second every lap. The team can thus plan a strategy around that lap time, and can predict tire wear, fuel usage, and engine wear. For a good NBA team, the season is essentially two seasons. One season is the 82 game regular season. The other is the playoffs. The regular season, IMO, you need to plan that as a war of attrition. Players will go down with injury during the long season, so you need to balance what you plan to maximize. Go all-out during the regular season, and you have nothing left during the playoffs. Worse, you give away all your secret strategies only to win more regular season games, which mostly don't count (except for playoff seeding and home court advantage). In racing parlance, you set a fast predictable pace (by this, I mean the team's intensity levels, not the number of possessions per game) that will get you to a certain position, while making sure you have enough playmaking/shooting/defense deserves to grind out close victories as needed (since those wins may determine whether you make the playoffs). In essence, you are throwing some games while winning most. The team should not care because they are still playing to their pace. In addition, you can use the regular season to try out some strategies that might help in the playoffs. The playoffs is different. You can throw at most 1-2 games. The margin for error is much slimmer. These is basically the last laps of a close race, and you need to go all-out against similarly-skilled teams. Of course, the NBA playoffs are a long season themselves if you make it to the Finals. Against inferior teams, the elite teams can afford to play a pace just slightly above their regular-season pace because they can still beat the inferior team. Against other elite teams, the series becomes more of an intense chess match, with each team looking to exert their dominance over the other team while not revealing too many secrets until it is absolutely necessary to use everything you have. So for the regular season, you definitely need your "professional" players who can provide consistent replicable production every game for 70-82 games. But for the playoffs, you may need that "wildcard" player to occasionally win you a game or two. Mike James could have been a good wildcard player, or a sparkplug off the bench for an NBA team. But as a starter or a regular season player, his production was too erratic, and his potential a bit too low to be of much help.

@@urbananalrapist in first post i told my opinion why mike is not good as a role or bench player, especially if we talk about playoffs. but its only my opinion. also it is money deal. i dont think nba teams will pay him as overseas just for few role minutes.

@@drobiIIka Ah, I see. I'm guess he's not a "microwave" type of player who can provide immediate energy off the bench.

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it's between Larkin and James. They're about the same level. But then also at times I get the feeling Micic is about as good as both them, because of his court vision

@@DaGuys470 Yea, my serbian man, Vladimir Micic is a class player for Larkin and James. He is also good man and big fighter!

Back then they ain't know him,, now he hot they all on him.

James more better😉

@@user-cp3hx9is3r both problematic guys now i say Vesely !!

Score in NBA is harder than Score in Europe, except for pure shooters. Plus, he would be pretty unprepared to guard NBA PG

@@bastbast6464 Europe actually allows more contact than the NBA Look how Luka flourished in the NBA. Someone with high school who is now put in a league where you can’t touch someone is dangerous He wouldn’t guard for sure. Too small but so is VanVleet

@@UrbanBDKNY I dont know how long you have watching Euroleague: I remember 15 years ago Lynn Greer who was DOMINANT here, then contracted by Milwakee, he went DNPCD all year. Similar to Brad Wanamaker: dominant here, role player in Boston. When you start play at certain level like Playoffs, defense is gonna make adjustment and give you your worst option: I cant see Mike James drove into the paint against NBA big men. No chance at all. Remind that Lakers PG off the bench was Rondo, former AllStar

@@bastbast6464 what I know is that VanVleet and Siakam both played in the developmental league and both have done extremely well in the NBA There are cases of both. Luka didn’t avg 30ppg in Euro league so it all depends on the player. Look at this article of Luka saying it’s easier to score in the NBA www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/02/10/luka-doncic-says-scoring-nba-is-easier-than-europe/

There is only one "the blur" best guard in Asia

Its really good in Europe,team gets you house,car averything for free,and team pays your taxes,Mike James singed new contract woorth about 2 millions euros a year,and he dont need pay taxes,becouse team pays it for him,free house,free car..in USA players pays taxes,for house,car everything..so 2 millions euros a year contract in europe,is like 6-7 millions dollars a year contract in NBA

Mike James!

Agreed. Plays very streetball-like.

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We talking about the Alexey Shved that led his team to a glorious 4-30 record? 😂