But they treat their soccer stars same way over there
Popovich says Euro Players work harder
- Thread starter Field Marshall Bradley
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pop needs to stfu
international players are the exception....not the rule in the nba. The reason they have to work so hard is because they suck. Marc GAsol...Luol Deng
at anyone using them as examples. They are the international equivalent of kris humphries and ben gordon 
None of them are superstar material. Euro players have to work hard to even keep up with our role players 
. Maybe he should have stated that Mentally they seem to be tougher than some of the pampered superstars of the NBA
international players are the exception....not the rule in the nba. The reason they have to work so hard is because they suck. Marc GAsol...Luol Deng
at anyone using them as examples. They are the international equivalent of kris humphries and ben gordon None of them are superstar material. Euro players have to work hard to even keep up with our role players . Maybe he should have stated that Mentally they seem to be tougher than some of the pampered superstars of the NBA
The Devil's Advocate
Call me Dad
what is so hard to understand?? lets say you're an engineer in america... you get hired by a german company to come work in germany... all the people there are around your skill level. but they been in the country, around the company, know a few people already there, worked with a few people already there, had a few people from their old company working there....
who's gonna work harder?? you are.. you have no shortcuts.. you had to bust your ass in america just to get noticed in germany.. while the german dudes been there getting notice for years
black men should know damn well this is true... didn't your pops ever tell you "in this world you will have to work twice as hard as a white guy to get the exact same things"
it's the same theory.. they work harder, cause they have something to prove. they are the 5%-10% of the league.. it's probably lower than that. they weren't in MJ camp at 10, recruited to aau by 12, having high schools beg them to come to their school, have colleges beg them to come to their school, have magazines die for an interview, have shoe companies giving them 50 mil before the draft even comes.
its just natural that a #1 pick who was the top recruit in college and the top high school player... would feel more "safe" and thus be more likely to fukk around...
then some guy who was just discovered last year by ONE coach who happened to see some game film
i could go on for days... how paris hilton is with money vs a bill gates who worked for it... a nikka hitting the lotto and blowing it in a year vs someone who worked hard to earn the money and now invests it... mj getting cut in 9th grade fueled him to the point he invited his coach back from high school, to the HOF speech just to shyt on him.. while lebron getting 90 mil from nike and playing around like winning a ring was just gonna happen by magic
entitlement is a bad thing to SOME people. they feel they deserve the praise, instead of working to get it. so when they get the praise, they feel they are done working.. while someone who was never praised and felt he had to do it alone.. we NEVER be satisfied until the world says "we were wrong"
who's gonna work harder?? you are.. you have no shortcuts.. you had to bust your ass in america just to get noticed in germany.. while the german dudes been there getting notice for years
black men should know damn well this is true... didn't your pops ever tell you "in this world you will have to work twice as hard as a white guy to get the exact same things"
it's the same theory.. they work harder, cause they have something to prove. they are the 5%-10% of the league.. it's probably lower than that. they weren't in MJ camp at 10, recruited to aau by 12, having high schools beg them to come to their school, have colleges beg them to come to their school, have magazines die for an interview, have shoe companies giving them 50 mil before the draft even comes.
its just natural that a #1 pick who was the top recruit in college and the top high school player... would feel more "safe" and thus be more likely to fukk around...
then some guy who was just discovered last year by ONE coach who happened to see some game film
i could go on for days... how paris hilton is with money vs a bill gates who worked for it... a nikka hitting the lotto and blowing it in a year vs someone who worked hard to earn the money and now invests it... mj getting cut in 9th grade fueled him to the point he invited his coach back from high school, to the HOF speech just to shyt on him.. while lebron getting 90 mil from nike and playing around like winning a ring was just gonna happen by magic
entitlement is a bad thing to SOME people. they feel they deserve the praise, instead of working to get it. so when they get the praise, they feel they are done working.. while someone who was never praised and felt he had to do it alone.. we NEVER be satisfied until the world says "we were wrong"
Field Marshall Bradley
Veteran
It's just his preference.
But these children are probably right... racism, not AAU are to blame.
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
It's just his preference.
But these children are probably right... racism, not AAU are to blame.
Doesn't completely exonerate Pop from possibly holding a bias either.
Roadie pipeher
From the embers
Obviously you guys are more qualified to talk about this topic than Pop because of your extensive experience with NBA players
SHUT THE fukk UP!, why discuss anything on the message board if this the retort we are gonna use?
Lakers Offseason
Superstar
No, but biases for performance based on experience are a preference.
The fact is, he has a track record and history to speak on this subject. So he did. People on this message board disagree, which is fine. But this board is populated with fukking idiots.
Roadie pipeher
From the embers
You do you breh. Just know that your opinion on this is baseless therefore useless.
Thank you, let me see you not post in here again about anything, cause off course ONLY experts should discuss anything.
Lakers Offseason
Superstar
There's a difference between discussing who you think is a better player/team vs whether you think Pop's opinion based on his own experience is right or wrong. It's Pop's own experience with NBA players. But you go on and continue discussing whether Pop interpreted his own experience incorrectly
It's not racism. Most black players tend to have a chip on their shoulders and are not as coachable. Iverson. Marbury. But to be fair there are far more coachable black players than the uncoachable ones but the media noise makes it seem like the other way around. For every Iverson there are about 15 Grant Hills. But the "Iverson" types be on the news so often you'd thing the ratio is the other way around.
Dont know about the hard worker part though... maybe less talented players putting in more effort is what he means