International player threat theory, NBA also has foreign players anxiety, data tells you who the league is in.

is also an exaggeration of the international threat theory. If Artest is compared to the NBA, Trump will feel no incongruity. Not long ago Artest updated Twitter and said that the whole world is using American sports to make profits, especially NBA teams have no restrictions on the number of international players, which obviously hinders the local American players from making a lot of money. Arte believes this is unfair and then calls on the league to limit the number of international players.

The United States has launched a trade war at the economic level, and foreign aid restrictions have been imposed at the sports level. In fact, Atai's remarks are not an isolated case. Since there are international players in the NBA, similar remarks have never stopped. Local American players are always hostile and wary of international players, but whose world the league is is not determined by the nationality of several players at the top of the pyramid, nor by the nationality of the regular season MVP winner.

Take the NBA 2024-25 All-Season Team for example, only 4 of the 15 players are international players, and the remaining 11 are all local American players. Although international players accounted for two-thirds of the time, the total number of domestic players in the United States is still far ahead. Among the 11 people in the best team in the United States, there are both older generations like Curry James, Tatum Mitchell's Mesozoic, and the new generation led by Jay Chou. Unlike the selected international players, the Mesozoic generation, the three generations of American local players gathered together, which shows that there is no situation where elite players are not in the face of young players in the United States.

Even if you don’t talk about the star level, it depends on the proportion of players’ nationality. As of 2024, the highest proportion of NBA international players was only 28%, and the proportion of American domestic players was still as high as 72%. Among the 28% of international players, only a few are super giants, others are basically substitutes and important rotations, and some players are on the verge of being eliminated by the NBA. The reason why

The legends think that international players are strong is because of the "survivor bias" effect. The truth is that most international players cannot adapt to the rhythm and style of the NBA, and can only be used as a meat shield or pitcher in the team. Even if he is as strong as Jokic, he is often targeted and hit on the defensive end. If he hadn't entered the league, just in time to catch up with the small ball era, it would have been difficult for him to achieve what he has now.

In recent years, the NBA's MVP has been monopolized by international players, and the center position has been completely dominated by international players. The root cause is that there are major deviations in American basketball concepts. The success of Curry and James has made the American Youth Training blindly advocate the concept of double-athlete defender + all-around forward dominating the stadium, causing the growth direction of local young players to become increasingly concentrated in these two positions.

In addition, the popularity of magic ball theory in the league has intensified the trend of young players' playing styles. American players are keen on shooting three-pointers, and both defenders and insiders only practice three-point shooting and ignore training in mid-range shots and low-post footsteps. This makes them suffer a lot when facing the Eurasian inside where they practice everything.

However, with the return of the big ball and the high wing era, American players will not only practice three-pointers, but will practice more comprehensively in the future. Once they develop the same small skills as European players, local American players will overwhelm the league.

In general, although international players account for a large proportion of the top NBA stars at present. But it is a bit exaggerated to say that the international players dominate the league threatens the growth of American local players. After all, American basketball is the best in the world in terms of system construction and overall atmosphere. As long as the United States does not mess with the NBA, it will still be their world.