“I think it might be getting a little better now, but skills-wise Europeans got way ahead of us. Shooting skills, passing skills, ball handling skills, team play, and movement of the basketball. For a good while we were really being beaten in those areas and it showed in the play of our young players. I think it’s added a lot to the game having these coaches and these players from overseas be in the league and be able to watch what they’ve done. I think it’s helped American basketball look at itself in that sense and so kids hopefully have gotten back to just not becoming a dunker or three-point shooter, they want to be a basketball player.”
