Patrick Beverley compared the events on EuroLeague courts and in the NBA, taking the opportunity to praise Milos Teodosic and Theodoros Papaloukas.
Let’s remind, he played with both of them at Olympiacos, where he competed in the 2009/10 season. They reached the EuroLeague finals then, where they were defeated by Barcelona.
“Besides the superstars, players have similar skills as those overseas. If you took those guys and just swapped them, without anyone knowing what’s written on the back of their jerseys, you couldn’t tell.
The guys in Europe know how to play the right way. They play extremely tough, everything is built on team play. They understand the game and know how to play it. I’m talking about some of the greatest minds I’ve ever seen people have.”
“Theodoros Papaloukas, who was a ball magician. Milos Teodosic, EuroLeague MVP, the guy who was a ball magician. Not only smart on the court but intelligent in life and shows you things on the court where you’d say, ‘Damn, I didn’t even see that.’
I’ve played with a bunch of guys, but just the feel of the game, the vision of the game, these guys have been doing it since they were 13-14 years old. The skill between EuroLeague and NBA has always been there. I think in Europe, size, speed, and physicality are starting to combine with a set of skills. That’s why you see guys like Victor Wembanyama, Luka Doncic, and Nikola Jokic.” – Patrick Beverley explained.
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