He would be a great fit in the Nuggets system

We've seen some flashes of his greatness in some games especially during IST, they just need to incorporate him to the system like the 3rd or 4th option, cause he's very good and intelligent player for real

I think a big reason that smaller European guards haven't succeeded is that they tend to play like more traditional point guards and lack the scoring punch required from heavy ball-handling guards in the modern NBA. When Campazzo played on Denver teams guarding him on pick and rolls would go under the screen and dare him to shoot pull-up jumpshots everytime, which he was always very hesitant to do. Teosic was a better three point shooter from what I remember but that's definitely why Campazzo didn't last. Edit: I'm aware Vezenkov is a wing player I'm just referring to the other European players who didn't pan out mentioned in the video

Because he is on the wrong team. Kings are stacked at the 4 position and they are a playoff team. They won't give him enough playing time, so they honestly took him from Olympiacos just for him to ride the bench. What a sad outcome for such an amazing player.

I don't think Vezenkov is failing; he's adjusting. The NBA is a faster game than the Euroleague and Sasha has commented on this several times. Also, his teammates are still learning how to utilize his talents because he can definitely shoot. However, he's a bit slow-footed and not a great defender, but once he learns Mike Brown's defensive scheme, you can tell he has a high BB IQ on the floor and he'll be fine on the defensive end. Likewise, there are many times teammates don't see him cutting to the cup or miss those simple plays off a screen that you showed here. They don't know what he is doing and you can see him explaining this to Sabonis or Fox. I think this year is a grace period for him to learn and build chemistry with his new teammates, and then I expect him to explode next year and be ready for a bigger role IMO. He's not failing.....he's acclimating and adjusting because coming to a new country, culture, team, and a new game is not easy for anyone. He'll be a great player by next year!

The Kings are stacked at the 4, which leaves very limited minutes for Vezenkov to prove his talents. It’s sad because Vezenkov can shoot the lights out and be a great off ball scorer because he excels at moving without the ball and cutting to the basket. Hopefully he either gets more minutes moving forward or treated to a team who will use him enough

I wouldn't say he is failing, it's just the Kings are stacked Come time with the trades in the deadline and he could get more playing time

Perfect timing! Was just looking for something to watch🔥🔥🔥

Because olympiacos coach helped him while kings coach is blind.

As a fellow Bulgarian 🇧🇬 I hope Sasha Vezenkov gets more minutes and a chance to shine. The Kings aren’t giving him enough minutes so it’s impossible for him to get into a rhythm. Mike Brown is doing a bad job with Sasha, FREE HIM 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬

Imagine him playing with Luka or Jokic

Am I trippin or did he never explain the title of the video?

That foul draw at 2:42 is insane 🤣. I’m so glad they got rid of that in the NBA

I don’t understand WHY WE DONT GIVE HIM MINUTES. The super close in season tournament game we won because of him and his defense. WHY DO WE PLAY BARNES OVER HIM?? Sure he’s not as athletic, but he’s smart, can shoot, and has good defense. His defense in that warriors in season tournament 4th quarter was so good

He’s not playing bad the kings just aren’t using him right nor is he getting much opportunity

Andrei Kirilenko is legend

If he can't get time as a 4, Brown would be smart to implement Veze as a 3 & let him feed off of Fox & Sabonis Kickouts, I haven't watched enough Kings ball to see how they usually deploy him & rotations though..

Great video

Last year Sasha had a def. rating fs 109.5, playing for the 2nd best defense in the EL. He also averaged 70% in the paint on 5.6 attempts, which is just unreal, playing against tough, tight EL defences. I guess he is somehow doesn't quite fit in the individualistic NBA game? I don't know, I don't care, I just want him back

I would love to have him on the wolves. Perfect fit to space the floor, cut, low usage and also does the little things like boxing out. I've heard that his defense and slow feet are his biggest flaws but from what I've seen, he actually tries on defense and is quite physical. However I seriously doubt the kings are gonna trade such a valuable player on a pretty good deal.

Turning to the EuroLeague alone to scout for talent is massively outdated now. Because of the way the EuroLeague is set-up not every great player is in the EL. Out of the 18 teams, 13 of them are permanent while the rest are wildcards and champs from EuroCup and ABA League. So, most of the great clubs from Europe's national leagues play in the FIBA Champions League and FIBA Europe Cup (after they began in 2016) where all clubs have an equal shot at promotion or relegation. Nowadays the EL clubs, who are by default richer, typically pillage players from the other clubs after they've proven themselves in the two FIBA leagues, but by the time any NBA scout could look at them in the EL they're either much older or they're comfy staying there. Another thing we've been seeing lately is that when said clubs fall out of the FIBA Europe Cup, they opt for the EuroCup as their second option. If NBA teams want to scout of young talent that are actually hungry they need to pay attention to the Champions League, Europe Cup, Spanish league (ACB), Turkish league (BSL) and ABA League because that's where most of the prospects are. The teams should have people on payroll overseas whose part-time job is paying attention to that year-round. I want to see every NBA team or their G-League affiliate sign overseas players every year, not every few years.

Its because the NBA depends more and more on personal talent and athletisism and less on actual basketball. Unfortunately the what used to be, lovable nba, is now a trash league with a great daily highlight reel. It really is a shame. Completely unwatchable.

its something about his shooting form that i just like so much, idk if its just bc its so quick but at the same time i feel like it looks buttery smooth (pause). i hope vezenkov makes it in the league fr

He would be a great fit for Houston Rockets.This guy doesnt need dribble.He just needs a good passer big guy like Alpi.He has great cuts and a great spot up shooter.

Hard time for Sasha receiving multiple DNPCD for some Kind of reasons: 1st Mike Brown this Season values Defense more than Offenes (without success so far). 2nd Trey Lyles playing very well of the bench lately hitting 3s beeing physical, drawing charges etc & eating up all of Sasha's min ... 3rd Kings doesn't draw up many or call many specific plays mostly rely on some kind of motion offense what makes it very hard for any new Player to gel in imediatly..it takes time on the floor do so especially for a player like Sasha who needs to be found by his Teammates in the right spots to succeed. All in all rite now he's the odd man out :( but i'm still optimistic that can change within the season he needs to be pationt and wait for his shot ...Lyles injured himself last Game so he might see another opertunity soon...also it was told Kings are open to trade Harrison Barnes what would open up a lot of min at the wing ..another option for sure is Sasha himself can be part of a trade sending him to a team with less ambition to instand success where he finds more freedom and minutes to adjust his game to the NBA but i think thats not very likely after Kings pushing so hard for him whole summer...i think Monte McNair still has a lot of faith in him succeeding in a Kings uniform

great vid, seen vids on same topic but you made urs stand alone

Good to see Vezenkov from my favorite Greek team here in America that 275 points on 26 dribbles is WILD tho lol

I think if he gets minutes he will succeed, so many Euro players are not given a chance, Drazen Petrovic comes to mind, barely getting minutes with the Blazers goes to the Nets and scores over 20 pts per game.

What does it matter the ball handling time if the points are the same tho? It isn’t necessarily better that he requires less touches since there’s only one ball and you score once per play right?

Euro league built on passing and cutting. NBA wings are corner standers in this league

He’d go crazy next to Ja or Hali ngl

Only love for mentioning Fontecchio, but just know that is not how you pronounce his name 😅 Keep going man, great video!

Its different game in all aspects, if eu player is not tall and athletic and you add discrimination, less chances until they adapt and its downhill..

He's from 3 months in US. Even with limited minutes he show his talent. Kings won only one game against Warriors cuz Sasha enter when Kings was -16 and turn the game.

He doesn’t match up well against smaller teams so there’s certain teams we can’t play him for too many minutes against. But he should be getting more minutes against bigger lineups. There’s been games where he was a huge momentum changer for us, but he’s getting so few minutes that he’s losing his rhythm

Need em in Dallas or that kind of player high scoring low dribble count but needs to excel on defense

he's definitely fit in Dallas, Luka always plays pick n pop, forwards like Kleber, Williams, and DJJ already got a lot of touches by just those plays, he's a quick shooter, teams probably have hard time to defend him on pick n pop

I’m just happy Treese is back!

Good clip IMO. Still very impressive, but isn't that type of basketball easier to grip and shoot with?

Could also be said that some nba stars would not necessarily thrive in Europe. The way the game is played determines to some extent how well some NBA players’ style and strengths would translate to Europe.

Marcelanius of the Golden State Warrios was a great player in the 80 and also Petrovic. There were both guards.

I liked Pablo Prigioni from Argentina when he was a Knick.

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He has a good shot and smart player hope to see him get more opportunities

I didn’t think you were gonna say “begging on their knees”😭

This guy went from unknown to me to one of the players im most excited to follow in one 10 minute video

Noti

bringing up kemba and his production after his last nba seasons rly serves no point, he is in europe for a reason.

WE NEED HIM IN MIAMI💯😮‍💨

I am a clippers fan so I watched a lot of Teodosic. I feel like his failure was more due to the situation of the team at the time. The clippers signed him right after the CP3 trade. He was good to start the season, but after Griffin was traded, the direction of the team did not mix with his talents. The team gave up on the season for the future when he was signed to help with a championship run. In that following draft, the Clippers drafted two pgs, SGA and Robinson, with back to back picks. With Pat Bev still on the roster, it was over from there. If Griffin was never traded, they could have made a solid 1 2 punch.

Now that Lyles came back from injury he is not the backup 4, but he still good enough for more offensive lines, if kings don't mess this up, he will be a solid 13ppg from the bench in his 3rd year.

Can you please not clickbait videos for attention thank you. You didn't one time talk about his stats or him failing. Great euro league video but this has nothing to do with the person your talking about. Please don't click bait

Who's that one KZfaqr who swore this dude would be great lmao that KZfaqr cracks me up with his takes and how he says it

He just needs to adjust to this team style of play, even if he had gone to Real Madrid or generally to an other team(Euroleague or Nba) he needs time and some "green light" from his coach. It's difficult for a player of any level to be such productive, in a short 10 minutes of play, such as in 25+ minutes.. Also coaches belief on players is really important on new prospects, the players need to know that coaches trust them and they can let them play without switching them for making a turnover or a bad shot.. I believe especially for Vezenkov that he needs just the green light and probably he can be one of the best role players (even a sixth man).

Vezenkov is definitely not the best defender, but he is a very smart player with deep understanding of basketball and of course a very good offensive player, so it’s very unfortunate that Vezenkov is doing only DNP and definitely not something that coach Brown should be proud of. At the end of the day Brown chose him after he travelled a lot of times to see him in Greece, talk with him personally etc. and he actually promised to Vesenkov that he would have a serious role in the Kings. We will see in the future, maybe he manages to adapt, if not Olympiakos would gladly take him back

For clarification, Fontecchio is read as fontekeeyo

this is basically MyCareer when you don't buy some VC and play through the regular season type shit

Dragon Petrovic and Sabonis say hello

*Send him to Memphis. He’d go crazy with Bane and Kennard.*

The title of this video is confusing, from the tumbnail it looks like this is about vezenkov (and this baiting a lot of the angry comments defending vezenkov) but its a general view on how all euroleague mvps have done so far. I think it was a bad decision to add the "fraud" word when you clearly mention vezenkov is doing pretty well. Sadly we have to conclude you are using false clickbait

Teodosic was waived because he was competing for minutes with a young Shai and Pat Bev who returned from injury. He didn't have many chances.

To fail it means that you've tried first, when u get 5 minutes to play, you cant really prove shit

Sasha's defence was suspect even for the Euroleague standards where he mostly played at PF and SF positions (not a swingman as stated in this video). NBA PF's are too strong for him to defend while most SF's will be too fast. He's a great perimeter shooter but the 7.25m 3 point arc will definitely hinder that so it al comes up on scoring vs recieving.Unless he finds a good fit on some other team or upgrades his game, he looks like another euro player who's weaknesses make him a bad fit for the NBA...and that's not bad actually

If he gets enough play time he would easily prove what a player he is,but I guess the anti eu players policy in the nba is too much

Crazy kemba walker is out the league im gettin old

Kings fan here 👑 I think he hasn’t gotten enough opportunity to show his game off yet. When he does get minutes it’s a very small amount where he seems like he needs to prove he’s capable of getting minutes like Keon Ellis did a while ago during garbage minutes. This causes sasha to just shoot the 3 ball recklessly. I think when he plays he does fairly well on defense which surprised many Kings fans. Unfortunately for Sasha and the Kings, right now isn’t the best time to learn how to play the style to satisfy him like the Olymipiacos did but time is on his side.

Nikola Mirotic was a human torch when he played in the NBA.

He’s failing because they won’t play him. He should be playing a lot of minutes with Sabonis with his off ball movement but I knew it would be an uphill climb for him when the Kings brought back both Harrison Barnes and Trey Lyles. Since Huerter fell off the face of the earth, Sabonis has lost his favorite dribble hand off targets. Sasha could be his guy but I don’t see it happening now. He’ll probably be traded at the deadline. He’s looked good. Surprisingly it’s his shooting that hasn’t quite come along yet. Most everything else is better than we expected. Even his defense

Literally! With less dribles also!

Sounds like Klay.. with Mike Brown coming from GSW, I'm not surprised the Kings see value in Vezenkov. A Euro league MVP NBA rookie is still a rookie; Vezenkov has never played vs. NBA speed, length, athleticism, etc.

Such a phenomenal player. But they are just so full at the 4 position. He needs to be on a different team to get quality minutes. He's a fuckin sniper and a phenomenal off ball creator.

I’m a kings fan and watch a good amount of the games. It really bothers me when he doesn’t hold his follow through on his shots. Sometimes he does, sometimes he doesn’t, but it seems like when he does his shot is beautiful and hits nothing but net

Most good basketball players in Europe aren't "making millions". Most clubs operate while being in debt, and even good clubs often end up shutting down. The EuroLeague itself doesn't generate that much revenue and its TV coverage and fees outside Europe is sadly borderline non-existent.

Great fit for the Heat or Nuggets. Miami loves this kind of players, off-ball movement, 3pt. shooting, cutter.

Not every European is a Luka Doncic.

As an Olympiakos fan once he finds his pace he will do great things, belive it.

Struggling is a harsh word to use. He is an incredibly offensive player in an already super offensive team that lacks defence. The kings do not need a shooting guard at the moment. As a kings fan its sad to see him on the bench because we simply don't need him. He would be a great match for a team that needs a good 3 point shooter.

Seems like he’s a massive flopper. Hate that disgusting tactic.

Ensimmäinen!

As a kings fan, trey lyles is our guy at the backup four so I think it’s not time yet for vezenkov to get in the rotation

Never heard of this dude but I don’t see how he doesn’t succeed over here with that shooting ability. I think a deep team like the kings is probably a bad fit

What happen to mirotic him and AD was a underrated duo

He is more evidence to show that having useful skills is far more valuable than just being an all around pretty good player. There are lots of guys in the lesser leagues who are better 1 on 1 basketball players than a good chunk of the NBA, but they aren’t good enough to do it in the league and their support skills aren’t good enough to justify keeping them around. That is why Davis Bertans has been in the NBA for so long and made so much money while Mario Hezonja is stuck in Europe.

each player has his own strengths and weaknesses, it's up to the coaching staff to play on their strengths and improve/hide their weaknesses with the right system, this is where nba is failing for the most part, this is why european basketball is catching up and quickly overtaking nba, just my 2 cents

Vezenkov is very intelligent player. His positioning and passing are excellent. Great shooting skills too. He just needs to play more time to integrate himself to the team. Go Sasha and GO Kings!

his playstyle reminds me of davis bertans

You mention Kemba Walker as an example of an NBA good player that underperforms in EL. What about Kendrick Nun ? He is actually one of the best this year in EL.

He's just not getting minutes right now because the Kings are loaded at 4. He needs to learn to play like a 3 of he wants to break the rotation and he doesn't have the quickness on defense for that.

2:43 wtf was that XD

Different game. Not the same windows to shoot. And they’re not as athletic. Which hurts defensively also as a big.

There are quite some differences between European Basketball and NBA. In NBA the ball handler ends up 1 against all or 1 against 2 or 3 in a drive. You shoot 3 pointers from as far as you can. Regular season is less important in NBA. After every loss in European regular season there is a small or big crisis in the teams. Pressure gets higher as months go by. 10.1 points per dribble means that there is a team effort for constant ball movement, the rest of the players clear the path for Vezenkov in this case and you shoot fast without losing time for dribble. Team plan is more important than personal statistics in Europe.

This dude should be on the warriors with all that non-dribbling

you did not mention ginobili?

Jokic, Doncic, Giannis, Markannen they all came young and now Victor also young only players in the last 10 years that come to mind that didnt come that young and is solid nba players are Bogdan and Bojan Bogdanovic.

His 3pt is not consistent. He doesn't have the ball much but when having it, he is wide open to shoot. However, his 3pt percentage is not high.

Why is he failing? Well he isn't failing. He's doing good as you said and he'll adjust. Then he'll get the minutes he deserves 💪

8:20 Excuse ME?! can u try to repeat DAT?!

Why america stopped being dominant in the international leagues?

One reason why EU MVPs not always work in NBA is that they have to renounce to their star role to become undervalued in US. JC Navarro is a great example, his style was and would be now perfect for the NBA, but it didn’t work also because NBA lifestyle is harder to digest for an European: distance is bigger in US and is less perceived by Americans (for many American friends working at 2h car distance is a good deal, for Europeans is crisis), and personal life was the major constraint for Navarro back in the days. Easier for younger prospects to adapt to it.

It all comes down to age , if teodosic came to the league with 18 he would have a reputation like the next pistol pete maravic now.