As a European, the NBA is fairly new to me. But it’s an exciting sport to watch. So far we’ve watched a couple of games and I really enjoy how the SA Spurs play. I really liked how Collins is playing and find it hilarious when Wembanyama just grabs a ball out of the air in front of the basket. The 3-pointers he shoots are beautiful.
But… I don’t wanna fan up completely to a team, based on 1 or 2 games I’ve watched, in a sport that I don’t fully understand.
Can anyone educate me about where to go look for historic reference, mentality of clubs and players etc etc. And how do the Spurs fit in the regular American viewer?
Spurs, thanks to pop, are the closest team to European gameplay in the NBA for the last 20+ years. They play with a lot of ball movement, relayed heavily on international players and pop is known to study European coaches and implement it to his game. The problem is that pop is close to retirement so I’m not sure for how long he will keep going and after he leaves, anything could happen. Other than him, its more about players. Nuggets with Jokic are joy to watch, kings are also young and fun team to watch so it depends. I always say, watch NBA more regularly for a few months and you will start supporting some team without knowing why