Chen the big international competitions arrive like the world Cup o go Olympic games some basketball fans rub their hands hoping that NBA stars who appear with their national teams, with special attention to those of the United States, burst the markers with sidereal annotations and superlative exhibits. But this, in the last two decades, is not the usual thing. In fact, to Players who drop their points in the NBA find it harder to score in FIBA basketball and with its rules.
Eloquent drop in his scores in FIBA basketball
It was revealed again in the last Olympic games, where stars like Kevin Durant, the MVP of the tournament that led the United States to gold, promedi 18 points when he came to credit 26.9 with the Nets the last campaign. Nor did Doncic (23.8) reach his NBA average (27.7). AND Lillard, third top scorer in the US league last season (28,8), he stayed far away (12,4) of those figures. But that difficulty of the NBA It has also been seen in other championships and has been suffered by compulsive scorers such as the Greek Giannis Antetokounmpo or the serbian Nikola Jokic.
Damian Lillard, star of the Blazers, acknowledges that in international competitions it is more difficult for them to score: “Many of the best scorers in the NBA make triples or reach the basket and they need it. In FIBA there are not so many fouls. It is more physical. And there are no defensive three seconds either. For this reason, the painting is usually more crowded. If you enter the painting you meet a crowd and it is difficult to play with so many players, among so many bodies that focus on occupying the spaces. That’s hard“, he explained after winning the gold in the Games in statements that Eurohoops.
In FIBA there are not so many fouls, it is more physical. And there are no defensive three seconds either and the painting is usually more crowded. If you enter you find a crowd and it is difficult to play among so many players, among so many bodies that focus on occupying the spaces. That’s hard
His conclusion is clear and unequivocal: “I think all of that definitely makes it harder to score when playing by FIBA rules Compared to the NBA, where much less contact is allowed, there is the three seconds … There are many things that are different that make it a little easier to score in the NBA.“, assures the base, that in the Games credit 12.4 points (25), which contrast with 28.8 (3) he averaged with the Blazers in the last NBA regular season.
Share your opinion another of the NBA icons, Luka Doncic, who was the undisputed leader of Slovenia but was left without a medal: “In the NBA it is easier to score than in Europe. The court is smaller and in the NBA there is the three-second rule as well.”, insurance in ‘NBA Generation’ by Movistar +. Accredited Slovenian crack 23.8 points in the Games, when he came to average with the Mavericks 28.1 points, 8 rebounds and 8.6 assists
It’s easier to score in the NBA than in Europe. The court is smaller and in the NBA there is the three second rule too
Another glaring case of the difficulty encountered by NBA stars embodies it Giannis Antetokounmpo, brand new MVP and NBA champion after averaging 28.1 points and 11 rebounds with Bucks the last campaign. Greece He was not at the Tokyo rendezvous, but he was two years earlier in the 2019 Beijing World Cup. Al averaged 14.8 points with 52.2% t2 and 22.2% in triples, and your selection was eliminated in the first phase. In the last game, in which they needed to win by 12 points at Czech Republic to qualify for fourths, they only did it for seven. ‘Anteto’ ended up frustrated and was expelled.
Do not extract your critical opinion about him FIBA basketball at the end of that championship and return to the NBA: “I prefer the NBA, here I am already free”, he said after his first match with the Bucks in the 2019 preseason, after having failed with Greece in the World Cup. “I have felt good again, because playing by FIBA rules I felt like a prisoner. It was as if he had to get out of a cell. The rules, the spaces … I felt like I had to play a ‘one on five’ every time I had the ball in my hands. It’s different in the NBA, “he said.
Playing by FIBA rules I felt like a prisoner. It was as if he had to get out of a cell. The rules, the spaces … I felt like I had to play a ‘one against five’ every time I had the ball. It’s different in the NBA
However, not everyone thinks so, Facundo Campazzo, which premiered last season with the Nuggets, disagrees with the opinion of his ex-partner Luka Doncic: “I understand that Luka says that scoring in the NBA is easier than in Europe, because he has incredible talent. It costs me an eggI’m throwing out prayers sometimes He has incredible talent, he did it in the Euroleague too “, he said in a virtual meeting organized by ‘Team Facu’.
The ex-Madridista argues why, in his opinion, it is more difficult to score in the NBA: “It is true that there are more spaces, but at the same time you have much more athletic players who reach you in half a second, This must be taken into account. After They say that in the NBA he does not defend himself, but he defends a lot. Sometimes they let you play a little more physical and sometimes not, that’s why It is important that when you defend cracks like Lillard, Curry, Westbrook, Durant, LeBron or whatever, you show your hands, because they are good at taking fouls., they are very intelligent. That is something new for me. “
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