In recent days, the basketball world has once again been stormed following a comparison between American and European basketball. Juan Toscano Anderson, a player on the G League’s unified team that was sent to represent the league in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup, claimed that he thinks the NBA’s development league is the second best in the world and that their goal is to show it by winning the cup.
The move, of course, drew angry reactions in the old continent and from famous players in the Euroleague, such as Mike James who wrote that it was “not even close”, while Wade Baldwin added: “Proof that too many Americans do not understand how things work in basketball”.
Today (Sunday), the United G League team met Málaga in the cup final, the FIBA Champions League champion who competes with the Eurocup for the title of the second-best league on the continent. After a tight first half, the Spaniards ran away during the third quarter and the gap grew to 20 on the way to 68:79 and returned the title to a European team.
The Spanish point guard, Kendrick Perry, who said that outside the NBA there is a feeling that the competitions in Europe are the best in the world, was one of the people responsible for the escape with 10 points and 8 assists. Toscano Anderson, who won the championship with the Golden State Warriors in 2022, scored only 4 points in the loss and said during the timeout in the third quarter: “We don’t dream of playing in the Spanish league or the Euroleague, we want to reach the NBA and earn millions.” The Monaco star, who is currently recovering from an injury, responded with X: “A joke that writes itself.”
😂😂😂😂 these jokes write themselves https://t.co/IqVmdHx5B1
— Mike James (@TheNatural_05) September 15, 2024
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