Why does it matter?
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Because tribalism is genetically instilled in us and thereby nationalism and xenophobia are commonplace.
They're US citizens now... checkmate.
Is Giannis a US citizen?
Anthony Edwards is the only hope against these immigrants
We're doomed then lol.
Embiid won the last MVP and is playing for USA as an American. This is your point isn't it?
he meant birth country not citizenship
The US has about 4% of the population of the world. As the game gets more global it's more than likely that the best player in the world isn't an American.
Lmao what???
Is this a new trend I am missing on reddit? People saying "lmao what" to perfectly reasonable statements? I have seen this so much recently
I don't know why a Warriors fan would need to be told that Steph had an argument for the best player in the world for the past few years despite his team seeding.
Steph 2021 for sure
2022 Steph is where it’s at
Jokic took over this year, Giannis gets the year prior
Hot take Steph has been the best player in the nba since 2016 until this year when Jokic took that title
worst take 😂💀
Only debatable part is KD was better than him in those Warriors years. It was close but I’d personally take Curry the way he changes the entire game on offense is unprecedented
It’s only a matter of time before Tatum is the best player in the world.
It could happen, but very unlikely.
Not unlikely at all. Leads his team on deep runs every single year, was an ankle sprain away from the finals again. Not a hole in his game. Gets better every single year. Now that he has a legit pg in Jrue, who avg 9 apg in the 2021 playoffs and has won a chip, he will only become more efficient bc his shot quality will improve. Only a matter of time.
Ok
steph is the best
What I think is interesting about this trend is that the last 3 MVPs have been foreign big men with skills or athleticism that very few big men possess. The ridiculous percentage of US 7 footers who make the NBA - and the associated lack of talent that you get from such a tiny sample size - has been a point of discussion for a long time (Pablo Torre has the exact percentage somewhere). I wonder if what we're seeing with the international growth of the game is a significant deepening of the talent pool of very tall men. I also wonder if it has anything to do with how players are developed in the US. AAU is probably a crime against basketball, but that hasn't stopped plenty of great American players from developing of course. Has it done harm specifically to centers maybe? The traditional American "unicorn" player is a guy like AD, who famously has his skills because he was a guard until he hit a late growth spurt. If he was 6' 6" by 8th grade would he still have those skills? What if he had developed in the European club basketball system? I have no clue what the answers are, but it's a lot of fun to watch the international players coming in.
People in the youth basketball world talk about it all the time.
Youth basketball has become so much about money, and making a kid into a star that they can profit off of, a lot of kids don’t even get a chance to become good in the AAU system. The kids whose parents pay the most money and have the physical gifts early get priority.
KD was the best player in 2021
He was unreal in that bucks series. It was fun to watch.
Ahaah good thing he has a ring that season to show for it.
4th or 5th
The standards for American born players are just harder, they all have to live up to Jordan, while euro players get to slide on by with the bare minimum.
Never again
Who cares? It's a global game now. USA can't even medal at FIBA. What's next, why aren't more American white guys winning MVP?
I’ll be willing to bury America if they lose the Olympics. FIBA has never been big in America. I literally had no idea it was happening until like 3 games in.
Lol you guys are obsessed with this
Pretty sure Devin Booker is American
Best player is subjective because you guys don't value advanced stats or factor them in.
So that leads to changing criteria from year to year and player to player.
So someone could easily say Curry was the best player in 2022.
The Ant-Man cometh.
Soon.
Since the NBA is based out of US, and most of the players end up, living here, I would say we still do