I have some bad news for all those Yaroslav Korolex fans out there. He was released by the Los Angeles Clippers today.
Remember how everyone was telling you that the NBA would be taken over by Europeans. Your hometown starting five was
supposed to be littered with Yiris, Vitalis, Darkos and Vladimirs. In fact, very few of the great white hopes from the
mother countries turned out to be very good at all. Since 1996, 46 players from Europe have been drafted in the first
round of the NBA draft. These 46 players have combined for a total of 12 All-Star appearances, six of which come
courtesy of Dirk Nowitizki. (Mehmet Okur, a second round pick has also appeared in one All-Star game)
Out of those 46, I see around 13 potential NBA starters. I thought these Euros were supposed to chance the game
forever.
If you look at the young Europeans who haven
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I couldn’t understand some parts of this article The NBA European Invasion Has Been Greatly Exaggerated, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.