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"All Over The World" Just Got Smaller

Carolyn Hastings

2008-07-27 17:43

With rumors flying in the US about NBA players heading overseas, maybe it's time to take a look at what David Stern means when he talks about global basketball.

My fear is that David Stern's stance of bringing the NBA to the world will be met with disdain - it smacks of imperialism. The tone of a lot of American blogs/Web sites is one of panic at the thought of NBA players fleeing the US in droves, which doesn't lend itself to the thought of a global NBA.

Personally, I love the idea of one world, one team - or at least one world, one giant league. However, the process should be one of blending, not imposing.

Let’s acknowledge that basketball already exists all over the world. Greece certainly brought that to our attention.

FIBA and the NBA have slightly different rules and regulations, so negotiating needs to start now.

The names are already similar. FINBA has a nice ring to it.

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Kazim (Unregistered) 2008-07-30 07:14:33

Stern and the rest of NBA pretended that there is no basketball outside of United States for too long. We will see much more "shocking" player moves from NBA to Europe. At the moment the main reason of this is money. But the top teams in Europe can compete with NBA clubs.

Darko (Unregistered) 2008-07-30 07:17:30

Global league is a nice idea but it won't work.

And One (Unregistered) 2008-07-30 14:35:42

Why not?

Darko (Unregistered) 2008-07-31 04:04:48

Because it would be very difficult to arganise it. And there are obvious differences between NBA and Europe. Stern would want to make as much money as possible and have a long season which is different to Europe where every game counts.

FoxyLady (Unregistered) 2008-08-16 18:50:27

I would hate to see the leagues of the world become as materialistic as the NBA :sigh That's really all the talk has been about. I like good basketball, and NBA players are certainly good, but if they're motivated only by money, how much can they really bring to a team?