Juan Toscano-Anderson’s comments during the game between the G League United squad and Spanish non-Euroleague side Unicaja. Unicaja won the game 75-60, four days after Toscano said that the G League is the second best league in the world.
September 16, 2024
Juan Toscano-Anderson’s comments during the game between the G League United squad and Spanish non-Euroleague side Unicaja. Unicaja won the game 75-60, four days after Toscano said that the G League is the second best league in the world.
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This was a friendly tournament which also involved teams from Australia, Argentina, Angola and Lebanon.
The G League United team, which was a selected group of players from the G League, beat the Australian champions the Tasmania JackJumpers by two points in the first game and Argentinian team Quimsa in the second game.
They lost to Unicaja, last season’s FIBA Champions League (third tier European continential club competition) champions, in the final.
They were lucky not to play any Euroleague teams.
Wild to say that when he’s already 31 and he’ll likely wont sniff a minute of playtime in the league again in the rest of his career.
They’re in the G League because they can’t make it to Europe, never mind the NBA lol.
Doesn’t mean he’s wrong. European clubs don’t win every single Club WC but if you think the UCL isn’t the best continental league in the world, you’re delusional.
bro your title is longer than his speech lmao
TIL Juan Toscano Anderson is a moron
I know it’s controversial, but best Euroleague teams would absolutely demolish worst NBA teams in FIBA rules. Those young Detroit or Charlotte squads would get wrecked
sorry but this is not a good comparison. High-end Euroleague teams could probably beat some NBA teams on a bad day. But as a whole there are some bad or mediocre Euroleague teams that wouldn’t do well in the domestic Spanish league, the ACB. In other words, Unicaja would be a middle of the pack Euroleague team if the amount of teams per country weren’t limited. But if you seriously think this team is the best the G league has to offer, I can just peak at the top 50 scorers in the G league last year and not find a single player on this team. Here’s an easy alternative one:
Centers: Adam Sanogo, Usman Garuba, Oscar Tshiebwe, and Wenyen Gabriel
Forwards: Hunter Tyson, Malcom Hill, Ethan Thompson, Justin Champagnie, Jordan Miller, Leonard Miller
Guards: Elfrid Payton, JD Davidson, Mac Mcclung, Malcolm Hill and Buddy Boeheim
That’s not an NBA team, nor are they beating Real Madrid or Panathinaikos. But they can flat out kill many Euroleague teams if they go through a proper training camp. That’s my honest opinion
The G-League is not even in the top 10 of the leagues in the world.
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This was a friendly tournament which also involved teams from Australia, Argentina, Angola and Lebanon.
The G League United team, which was a selected group of players from the G League, beat the Australian champions the Tasmania JackJumpers by two points in the first game and Argentinian team Quimsa in the second game.
They lost to Unicaja, last season’s FIBA Champions League (third tier European continential club competition) champions, in the final.
They were lucky not to play any Euroleague teams.
Wild to say that when he’s already 31 and he’ll likely wont sniff a minute of playtime in the league again in the rest of his career.
They’re in the G League because they can’t make it to Europe, never mind the NBA lol.
Doesn’t mean he’s wrong. European clubs don’t win every single Club WC but if you think the UCL isn’t the best continental league in the world, you’re delusional.
bro your title is longer than his speech lmao
TIL Juan Toscano Anderson is a moron
I know it’s controversial, but best Euroleague teams would absolutely demolish worst NBA teams in FIBA rules. Those young Detroit or Charlotte squads would get wrecked
sorry but this is not a good comparison. High-end Euroleague teams could probably beat some NBA teams on a bad day. But as a whole there are some bad or mediocre Euroleague teams that wouldn’t do well in the domestic Spanish league, the ACB. In other words, Unicaja would be a middle of the pack Euroleague team if the amount of teams per country weren’t limited. But if you seriously think this team is the best the G league has to offer, I can just peak at the top 50 scorers in the G league last year and not find a single player on this team. Here’s an easy alternative one:
Centers: Adam Sanogo, Usman Garuba, Oscar Tshiebwe, and Wenyen Gabriel
Forwards: Hunter Tyson, Malcom Hill, Ethan Thompson, Justin Champagnie, Jordan Miller, Leonard Miller
Guards: Elfrid Payton, JD Davidson, Mac Mcclung, Malcolm Hill and Buddy Boeheim
That’s not an NBA team, nor are they beating Real Madrid or Panathinaikos. But they can flat out kill many Euroleague teams if they go through a proper training camp. That’s my honest opinion
The G-League is not even in the top 10 of the leagues in the world.