The Take Bakery: Make America(n Basketball Prospects) Great Again
The NBA needs to establish a domestic development pipeline
For America’s best amateur basketball players, March Madness is an opportunity to demonstrate their basketball bonafides in front of an audience of millions. Unfortunately, it’s also likely to be some of the last meaningful basketball they play in their lives.
Sunder
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Mar 30
Truly the best thing to come out of Slow Boring. A completely unrelated post about an issue that's intriguing, provocative and fun. Never knew this was an issue but I love the proposal.
Arminius
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Mar 30
Hot take?: Joel Embiid is an American. Therefore the most recent NBA MVP was an American.
1) He is literally an American citizen
2) he has committed to play for team USA
3) he has been in the USA since high school and played at Kansas. As such he is a product of the American basketball development system, such as it is.
Though I do agree with gist of article*