I'm italian so i know euroleague basketball quite a bit, and what Luka said is obviously true. For me the Euroleague defences are tougher because the players, who are less athletic, rely more on the team and on their mind to stop the offense. It's more a 5vs5 than a 1vs1 and it makes more difficult for a player like Luka, which in NBA can outsmart regular season defense easily. Probably in the playoff there are much more similarities between Euroleague and NBA.
While there's truth in that, it's also not set in stone. The Bucks drop coverage defensive scheme is more team oriented (which in theory would make it closer to the European style of play), yet Luka posts some of his biggest numbers against the Bucks and literally cooks them with his drives in the paint, while the Bucks are supposed to be the best in the NBA defending the paint.
@@tawadrosal-yunani well the problem of the bucks drop coverage for me is how deep lopez takes it. Many times I've seen him stay too near to the basket leaving a lot of space to Luka who can do whatever to make a basket(floaters, mid range shots, wait for the big to come closer, then pass to the cutter or to the shooter in the weak side corner or drive by him). Luka was an incredible player in Europe too, don't misunderstand me, but with some space to operate he's a killer.
@@tawadrosal-yunani this video says that they explain why Luka is good but honestly I’d guess this is just one of the reasons, recently he dropped 48 points in the olympics against Argentina (Majority of players play euro) and I’d say that it’s because he’s smart, I like to compare it to harden cause harden is also a prime example of this, many players are very smart. However not this exact type of same split second intelligence. When he charges, when he takes the shot, when he passes etc. Many players are smart maybe smarter, but in terms of reaction, reaction works even better with being smart in the split second. NBA shines more on the beauty and technique of a shot or a charge while Luka is a smart player in both utilising he’s euro skills but also making split second decisions that aren’t just cool or lead to a scoring but that advances different options if the player misses or if Luka wants to call a specific play. Exactly like Michael, Lebron, Kobe and so many more yet unlike so many who lack it, I have high hopes for Luka :)
Bro great video. Consider to start making some exclusively euroleague videos..no one in europe makes a good job doing it and there are a lot of people who would wacht them
Would love to hear your opinion on how you would coach against Luka and what’s been going on with clippers losing the last 3 of 4. I’m a big lakers fan so any lakers video you do would be great 😃
I think I would try to get the ball out of his hands and I realised defenses has trended towards that more this season. Maybe similar to what the Warriors did to Harden last year when they got that surprising win. I was be hesitant to do that last year with the shooting that they had but this year with KP missing time and inconsistent shooting, I'm more willing to do that. Also, Im gonna make a video on this european defense strategy called "wall", something I think would be effective against Harden and maybe Luka as well. Not sure when I can get that out tho. I haven't watched a lot of Clippers or Lakers games but I see that LAC have a lot more ways of getting their stars into the sweet spot or getting mismatches. I'm skeptical about their league-leading 3P%. I think it's even higher than the 73 win season by the Warriors. If that starts to drop, their mid-range-centric shot chart and below average rates of getting to the line might start to show. As for LAL, they're having a strong start fuelled by their defense, while AD hasn't returned to form, so that's actually an encouraging sign. 👍
Dude thanks so much for your response. I’ve become a HUGE fan of your channel ever since I found it. I watch 2-3 nba games every night so I really enjoy listening to you and learning in depth schematically. I’m pretty sure using a wall on defense against Giannis is a big reason why the Bucks got knocked out the playoffs the passed 2 years. I definitely agree with you about the Clippers hot shooting streak. I was also thinking the same thing about he Jazz. I think the Jazz are peaking at the wrong time. Though they do have a lot of guys that can score in different ways but if AD is healthy I don’t think they stand a chance against the lakers in a series. They don’t have a guy defensively to slow Lebron down and AD always seems to lock in when he’s matched up with Gobert. I think the clippers lack of a true point guard will come back to haunt them in the playoffs. I also think PG13’s injury is a lot more serious than they’re saying. Fluid build up in the bone marrow is an excellent injury that is only treated with rest for several months. Otto Porter missed the rest of the season last year when he had the same thing in his foot. I do think the Lakers got to get another big off the bench to lessen to load for aging Gasol or if he gets hurt or foul trouble in a series. Especially against the Nuggets or 76ers. Their 3 point shooting percentage this month has been very concerning to me too. Maybe it’s just something they gotta let KCP and a couple others shoot through? I just don’t understand how KCP can start the first 12 games top 3 in percentage and just fall off a cliff. Thanks again man and I really look forward to more videos. If you ever have time to respond to this I would love to hear your opinion on everything.
In FIBA rules the 3pt line is set 22,2 feet(6,75 m) like the NCAA, while in the NBA is at 23,9 feet(7,25 m) from the basket, so it's different, but not that much
@@Lorenzo_Sartini the absence of the def 3 seconds rule and tight 3pt line makes it easier to play zone coz you can easily recover to your man while having your big man protecting the paint. So technically the slight difference on how wide the court is a big difference coz you can pass around the zone that it creates an easy open 3.
This is completely wrong. He's just using footages to suit his claims. The reason why it's easier to score in NBA is purely because of the rules. It's FIBA rules vs NBA rules. FIBA has more old school rules and allows physicality. It's equivalent to 80-90s NBA basketball. You can clearly see this when NBA players struggle in international competition. If you apply NBA rules in the Euroleague, it'd be much easier for them to score as well. This video is total BS.
I just uploaded a video, so just wondering whether you got a notification for that? I think it might be my constantly re-uploading (privately) to get rid of copyright claims, so after 3 uploads, the system could stop sending notifications. Sorry if that happens man!😕
@@mr.fundamental5048 Yep. I see it in my subscription feed. Some of my older subs aren’t showing up either. I had to clean up and reorganize my UA-cam premium. Thanks for the new upload! Will watch it now!
@@jegbryrmegikke1 This specific example is legal, not "legal". Whether people like it or not (I don't like it), the gather step is legal, so using it is not traveling and it's not "legal", it's legal, simply and plainly. And it's legal both in the NBA and in the Euroleague.
Stepped in it. At least as far as I am concerned. How can a scorer "make up for a lack of efficiency with volume"? Taking shots away from better scoring options serves no purpose that wins basketball games. If you've got a player shooting 20% from 3 pt range, you want him to take it. Until Luka can hit that step back 3 with the efficiency of James Harden, LET him take it. That's a victory. Even if he happens to hit it, you've done your job and defended him well.
@@tawadrosal-yunani Maybe basketball was in its undeveloped stages, similar to the nba when chamberlain roberston and baylor were putting up insane numbers. Another possible explanation would be the the best european players stayed in europe back then.
@@matejmatkovic7712 Well, I don't think that basketball was undeveloped back then, but aside from that, it wasn't just Europeans who were getting those numbers. In fact, during the 90s it became easier for teams to acquire Americans or other non-European players and so some really dominant scorers played during that time. Even though final scores many times were quite low, like 65-60 or something like that, there were players who still had 20+ points or 10+ plus rebounds.
@@ridwanomar5467 these players make their living off of drawing fouls. Foul where hard to come by and the hand checking would limit a lot of scoring. All of the players had a lot of fundamentals back in the day and the game was played inside out not outside in. Guards got destroyed driving into the paint 😂 where centers knew how to play center.
Hakeem Olajuwa would have a fun blocking their shots on the inside and he had the agility to give those guys problems on the outside. Teams would put deadly 3 point shooters on their ass but I don't believe they'll drive the length of the court due to all of the hand checking 😂😂
@@bigdogfromnj so you forgetting what luka doncic did in the Olympic plus he a 6,8 pg and he strong he still be good if he played in the in the old day
but the question when you watch NBA teams or players facing euroleague teams they re smashed it...so yeah, In the NBA no one defend a shit but in 1 v 1 situation, you see the difference between Europe and NBA
Individually NBA is better than Euro no doubt about that but it's a lot harder to play offense in Euro than in NBA coz of the difference of the rules and the dimensions of the court.
Kinda true but you're choosing to neglect one key factor. When you say that you're forgetting that Europe is fragmented into small countries. If for example USA played against a united European team (which more or less has the same population as USA) I don't believe you would think it would be easy for USA to beat them.
How these is no 3 seconds in the key, from when??? 3-second rule A player can only be in the opposition's rectangular ‘key’ area under the basket for 3 seconds. A foul will be called if the player does not leave within those 3 seconds. Even in the zone, time to time you need to have one leg outside...
To be frank a good portion of those are a last second semi/contested shot where otherwise would be a turnover. He's far from good but isn't that bad, for example all the attempted 3s (there were 5) in Clippers game were a last second attempt from contested position, and same with the Bucks game as 3 of those 7 attempts were a quarter last second shot (at half, at 3rd quarter, and almost full court attempt at the end), so his "real" 3pt % from that game was 1/4 more like Regardless, It's still nothing close to good (probably around 30%) but the 26% is just an overblown stat tbh
Not really. He has just finished Olympic qualifications with Slovenian team. He’s just adapted to FIBA rules just fine, including carrying. They’re different for carrying in FIBA too.
Crazy to think that he is saying it is easier to score in the NBA yet he is always complaining whenever someone touches him on a shot... If you learned to play basketball in a physical environment then the small contacts of the NBA defenders should not even be an issue....
I'm italian so i know euroleague basketball quite a bit, and what Luka said is obviously true. For me the Euroleague defences are tougher because the players, who are less athletic, rely more on the team and on their mind to stop the offense. It's more a 5vs5 than a 1vs1 and it makes more difficult for a player like Luka, which in NBA can outsmart regular season defense easily. Probably in the playoff there are much more similarities between Euroleague and NBA.
While there's truth in that, it's also not set in stone. The Bucks drop coverage defensive scheme is more team oriented (which in theory would make it closer to the European style of play), yet Luka posts some of his biggest numbers against the Bucks and literally cooks them with his drives in the paint, while the Bucks are supposed to be the best in the NBA defending the paint.
@@tawadrosal-yunani well the problem of the bucks drop coverage for me is how deep lopez takes it. Many times I've seen him stay too near to the basket leaving a lot of space to Luka who can do whatever to make a basket(floaters, mid range shots, wait for the big to come closer, then pass to the cutter or to the shooter in the weak side corner or drive by him). Luka was an incredible player in Europe too, don't misunderstand me, but with some space to operate he's a killer.
@@Lorenzo_Sartini and he tore up the clippers in the playoffs
@@tawadrosal-yunani this video says that they explain why Luka is good but honestly I’d guess this is just one of the reasons, recently he dropped 48 points in the olympics against Argentina (Majority of players play euro) and I’d say that it’s because he’s smart, I like to compare it to harden cause harden is also a prime example of this, many players are very smart. However not this exact type of same split second intelligence. When he charges, when he takes the shot, when he passes etc. Many players are smart maybe smarter, but in terms of reaction, reaction works even better with being smart in the split second. NBA shines more on the beauty and technique of a shot or a charge while Luka is a smart player in both utilising he’s euro skills but also making split second decisions that aren’t just cool or lead to a scoring but that advances different options if the player misses or if Luka wants to call a specific play. Exactly like Michael, Lebron, Kobe and so many more yet unlike so many who lack it, I have high hopes for Luka :)
Team USA is proving this right now. NBA gones soft
True, we think NBA history makes current basketball better. So we expect less. Luckily team USA seems to understand this better with the recent win 😊
None of y’all delete your comments. There’s 2 comments above me saying usa basketball is weak. We just won the gold, so don’t delete ur comments
@@dill185 my man, read again. “Luckily team USA seems to understand this”. Literally means they “now have” a shot of winning…
@@dill185 nobody said anything about team usa being weak, the whole point is about why luka thinks it's easier to score in nba
Considering the top 4 MVP candidates (Embiid, Jokic, Doncic, Giannis) are not American I'll say the other countries have proven to be better
Bro great video.
Consider to start making some exclusively euroleague videos..no one in europe makes a good job doing it and there are a lot of people who would wacht them
Damn this is just good! An awesome in depth look into my man Luka Doncic!
great video!!!!!! hope to see more!!
Would love to hear your opinion on how you would coach against Luka and what’s been going on with clippers losing the last 3 of 4. I’m a big lakers fan so any lakers video you do would be great 😃
I think I would try to get the ball out of his hands and I realised defenses has trended towards that more this season. Maybe similar to what the Warriors did to Harden last year when they got that surprising win. I was be hesitant to do that last year with the shooting that they had but this year with KP missing time and inconsistent shooting, I'm more willing to do that. Also, Im gonna make a video on this european defense strategy called "wall", something I think would be effective against Harden and maybe Luka as well. Not sure when I can get that out tho.
I haven't watched a lot of Clippers or Lakers games but I see that LAC have a lot more ways of getting their stars into the sweet spot or getting mismatches. I'm skeptical about their league-leading 3P%. I think it's even higher than the 73 win season by the Warriors. If that starts to drop, their mid-range-centric shot chart and below average rates of getting to the line might start to show. As for LAL, they're having a strong start fuelled by their defense, while AD hasn't returned to form, so that's actually an encouraging sign. 👍
Dude thanks so much for your response. I’ve become a HUGE fan of your channel ever since I found it. I watch 2-3 nba games every night so I really enjoy listening to you and learning in depth schematically. I’m pretty sure using a wall on defense against Giannis is a big reason why the Bucks got knocked out the playoffs the passed 2 years. I definitely agree with you about the Clippers hot shooting streak. I was also thinking the same thing about he Jazz. I think the Jazz are peaking at the wrong time. Though they do have a lot of guys that can score in different ways but if AD is healthy I don’t think they stand a chance against the lakers in a series. They don’t have a guy defensively to slow Lebron down and AD always seems to lock in when he’s matched up with Gobert. I think the clippers lack of a true point guard will come back to haunt them in the playoffs. I also think PG13’s injury is a lot more serious than they’re saying. Fluid build up in the bone marrow is an excellent injury that is only treated with rest for several months. Otto Porter missed the rest of the season last year when he had the same thing in his foot. I do think the Lakers got to get another big off the bench to lessen to load for aging Gasol or if he gets hurt or foul trouble in a series. Especially against the Nuggets or 76ers. Their 3 point shooting percentage this month has been very concerning to me too. Maybe it’s just something they gotta let KCP and a couple others shoot through? I just don’t understand how KCP can start the first 12 games top 3 in percentage and just fall off a cliff. Thanks again man and I really look forward to more videos. If you ever have time to respond to this I would love to hear your opinion on everything.
Luka’s ability to float around his defenders and get his shots off has me convinced that he has wings under his Mavs jersey!!
3pt line is further back which means there is more space in the lane.
In FIBA rules the 3pt line is set 22,2 feet(6,75 m) like the NCAA, while in the NBA is at 23,9 feet(7,25 m) from the basket, so it's different, but not that much
@@Lorenzo_Sartini the absence of the def 3 seconds rule and tight 3pt line makes it easier to play zone coz you can easily recover to your man while having your big man protecting the paint. So technically the slight difference on how wide the court is a big difference coz you can pass around the zone that it creates an easy open 3.
This is completely wrong. He's just using footages to suit his claims. The reason why it's easier to score in NBA is purely because of the rules. It's FIBA rules vs NBA rules. FIBA has more old school rules and allows physicality. It's equivalent to 80-90s NBA basketball. You can clearly see this when NBA players struggle in international competition. If you apply NBA rules in the Euroleague, it'd be much easier for them to score as well.
This video is total BS.
I’m subscribed and have you on notification bell. How come I don’t get any of your updates in my UA-cam feed?
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@@mr.fundamental5048 Yep. I see it in my subscription feed. Some of my older subs aren’t showing up either. I had to clean up and reorganize my UA-cam premium. Thanks for the new upload! Will watch it now!
Though I love him as a player, he gets away with a lot of walks (many in the NBA do) That first drive to the basket was a walk.
Well there’s the gather step.. so everything is almost “legal” these days
It's not a travel.
@@jegbryrmegikke1 This specific example is legal, not "legal". Whether people like it or not (I don't like it), the gather step is legal, so using it is not traveling and it's not "legal", it's legal, simply and plainly. And it's legal both in the NBA and in the Euroleague.
@@tawadrosal-yunani congratulations
Him as a player? In NBA there are at least 4/5 walks every game that don't get a call. It's not him, it's the league.
Stepped in it. At least as far as I am concerned. How can a scorer "make up for a lack of efficiency with volume"? Taking shots away from better scoring options serves no purpose that wins basketball games. If you've got a player shooting 20% from 3 pt range, you want him to take it. Until Luka can hit that step back 3 with the efficiency of James Harden, LET him take it. That's a victory. Even if he happens to hit it, you've done your job and defended him well.
Luka shot selection Has improved. He now has a mid range game. He won't be baited into that anymore.
I would say 80% of the reason is the court size.
Court size was always different but there were eras in European basketball where there were lots of 20+ scorers.
@@tawadrosal-yunani When was that?
@@matejmatkovic7712 80s, 90s
@@tawadrosal-yunani Maybe basketball was in its undeveloped stages, similar to the nba when chamberlain roberston and baylor were putting up insane numbers. Another possible explanation would be the the best european players stayed in europe back then.
@@matejmatkovic7712
Well, I don't think that basketball was undeveloped back then, but aside from that, it wasn't just Europeans who were getting those numbers. In fact, during the 90s it became easier for teams to acquire Americans or other non-European players and so some really dominant scorers played during that time. Even though final scores many times were quite low, like 65-60 or something like that, there were players who still had 20+ points or 10+ plus rebounds.
Im ready to see perfect 5 on 5 basketball. We havent seen that in so long. I want to see 2 equally great teams, not 1 or 2 superstars, go at it
You can see it you just cant see it because its fastrr.. run down the replay you can see what I mean and analyze it
Keep in mind they are talking about today's NBA. Luka and the players like Curry and Hardin would be bench players 20 to 35 years ago.
explain how idiot
@@ridwanomar5467 these players make their living off of drawing fouls. Foul where hard to come by and the hand checking would limit a lot of scoring. All of the players had a lot of fundamentals back in the day and the game was played inside out not outside in. Guards got destroyed driving into the paint 😂 where centers knew how to play center.
Hakeem Olajuwa would have a fun blocking their shots on the inside and he had the agility to give those guys problems on the outside. Teams would put deadly 3 point shooters on their ass but I don't believe they'll drive the length of the court due to all of the hand checking 😂😂
@@bigdogfromnj so you forgetting what luka doncic did in the Olympic plus he a 6,8 pg and he strong he still be good if he played in the in the old day
@@bigdogfromnj bro are you a oldhead or something 😂
but the question when you watch NBA teams or players facing euroleague teams they re smashed it...so yeah, In the NBA no one defend a shit but in 1 v 1 situation, you see the difference between Europe and NBA
No its always close they never smashed a euro team
Individually NBA is better than Euro no doubt about that but it's a lot harder to play offense in Euro than in NBA coz of the difference of the rules and the dimensions of the court.
Kinda true but you're choosing to neglect one key factor. When you say that you're forgetting that Europe is fragmented into small countries. If for example USA played against a united European team (which more or less has the same population as USA) I don't believe you would think it would be easy for USA to beat them.
Better players in the NBA means seeing less double teams than in Europe...
tldr euroleague plays team defense and nba players don't want to.
How these is no 3 seconds in the key, from when??? 3-second rule
A player can only be in the opposition's rectangular ‘key’ area under the basket for 3 seconds. A foul will be called if the player does not leave within those 3 seconds. Even in the zone, time to time you need to have one leg outside...
In the euroleague it's not the same
He's shooting 26% from 3 this year...
To be frank a good portion of those are a last second semi/contested shot where otherwise would be a turnover. He's far from good but isn't that bad, for example all the attempted 3s (there were 5) in Clippers game were a last second attempt from contested position, and same with the Bucks game as 3 of those 7 attempts were a quarter last second shot (at half, at 3rd quarter, and almost full court attempt at the end), so his "real" 3pt % from that game was 1/4 more like
Regardless, It's still nothing close to good (probably around 30%) but the 26% is just an overblown stat tbh
Its up to 33.5% now.
37 % now ..and will bw better ........
He is shooting 37% for 3 this year🤣
If they start calling carries he won’t feel this way.
Not really. He has just finished Olympic qualifications with Slovenian team. He’s just adapted to FIBA rules just fine, including carrying. They’re different for carrying in FIBA too.
Crazy to think that he is saying it is easier to score in the NBA yet he is always complaining whenever someone touches him on a shot...
If you learned to play basketball in a physical environment then the small contacts of the NBA defenders should not even be an issue....
he trying to get free throws
easy to score but not to win a ring hahaha
Just wait. He’ll get those rings!
The amount of European players who score at will in the euroleague but can’t score more than 2 points in the NBA is huge
Name them. Cause I can sure name many Europeans that score at will in the NBA. Not hating, but don’t be so definitive in your statements..
Come on name them
6month later and still can't respond . Embarassing .
NBA defenses are light years ahead of euroleague
Not really
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