Isaiah Canaan is one of the best Americans who plays in Europe and has also had a more or less important past in the NBA. In 2013 he was drafted by the Houston Rockets but has never been a central pivot of any NBA team. After various adventures in the United States of America and a very short passage in China, from 2020 he is in the very hot Kazan, with which he eliminated Virtus Bologna, ousting them from the EuroLeague.
Speaking of EuroLeague, Isaiah Canaan said that according to him a couple of EuroLeague teams could easily make the playoffs in the NBA. We imagine that these two teams are Barcelona and Efes, even if CSKA and Milan are not doing really badly:
“I think a couple of teams could hit the playoffs in the NBA”, Isaiah Canaan said in an interview with RIA Novosti. “Why not? It is difficult to compare these leagues, but the EuroLeague is also strong and several tournament leaders could play in the NBA playoffs. But this can only be verified if they play there. So far, these are only reflections that count for zero “.
“In the NBA they play often and train little, a bit like it has happened in the EuroLeague for some years now with the regular season. I like it. The more it matches the NBA, the better. As for intensity, EuroLeague matches are very intense. It is not easy in all the best leagues in Europe. It’s the same in VTB, there are many excellent players ”.
In short, the native of Biloxi in Mississippi particularly appreciates Europe’s top club competition. And he believes there is some great work behind it. It would be nice to compare the best European teams against the best NBA teams. At the moment it is utopian but in the world everything changes so we cannot but think that such a thing could happen.
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Born in 1996. Collaborator for BasketUniverso since March 31, 2014. Graduated in Humanities for Communication at the State University of Milan. In love with sport and its stories, with a predilection for basketball and football.
