Serious Question: Why Are American NBA Fans So Damn Arrogant?

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I wouldn't say that AI's popularity among American fans is a result of arrogance or patriotism as much as it is a product of ignorance. We don't see a lot of Euro league games here in the states and when we do we don't know what we're watching because the structure of your league can be very confusing to newcomers. Maybe this is my ignorance speaking, but there seems to be better entertainment value in American basketball. I love the creativity and cerebral aspects of the international game, but I often find myself turned off by how post play and penetration devolve into wrestling matches. For example: I think I was watching Lithuania play the US in 2008 and they had this hulking white guy who had little to no offensive talent but played 3/4 of the game because he was a great bruiser. Anytime somewhere came within a yard of him he'd just slam into them. That's not fun to watch. I'd like to point out that watching Greece and Spain play in 2004 are some of my fondest basketball memories and that three of my four favorite players were born outside of the US.

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