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European Players in the NBA
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European Players in the NBA
A discussion of the growing influence of white European players on the National Basketball Association (NBA).
2,982 words (approx. 11.9 pages) |
2 sources |
MLA | 2009
Paper Summary:
The paper discusses how the National Basketball Association (NBA) has gone from being dominated by black Americans, to these players having stiff competition from Europeans from all over Europe. The paper explains why the NBA are attracted by European players and also shows how these European players have then influenced their basketball culture back in Europe. The paper illustrates how this sudden influx of European talent has caused the NBA to attempt to completely change its image and, with that change in image, the culture of basketball in America.From the Paper:
"Basketball has always been an American game and the National Basketball Association (NBA) has always been the most dominant league in the world. At the 1992 Summer Olympics, the United States were quite possibly the greatest basketball team ever assembled and the tournament was not even close. The United States destroyed every other team and claimed world basketball supremacy in a very dominant fashion. Since then, however, European nations have begun supplying more and more players to the NBA. The NBA has grown in popularity in Europe and this has caused the league to change quite a bit. European and American basketball cultures are quite different, as Europeans rely more on fundamental basketball like shooting and passing, rather than the highlight reel dunks and cross-over dribbles that NBA players like to use."Sample of Sources Used:
- McGraw, Dan. "The Foreign Invasion of the American Game". The Village Voice. May 28-June 3, 2003. Viewed June 8, 2006. http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0322,mcgraw,44409,1.html
- Wilbon, Michael. "Europeans Show Myth of Races". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 12 May, 2002. Viewed June 8, 2006. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_20020512/ai_n10786585
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European Players in the NBA (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 09, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-European-Players-in-the-NBA/117518
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"European Players in the NBA" 15 January 2012. Web. 09 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-European-Players-in-the-NBA/117518>
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