OT The Future is Foreign

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  1. Rastapopoulos

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    Some under-24 stars:
    Joel Embiid (23) - Cameroon
    Giannis Antetokounmpo (22) - Greece
    Nikola Jokic (22) - Serbia
    Kristaps Porzingis (22) - Latvia
    Ben Simmons (21) - Australia
    Karl-Anthony Towns (21) - Dominican Republic

    Waiting in the wings:
    Luka Doncic (18) - Slovenia

    Who are the best US-born players under 24?
     
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    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    (Jusuf Nurkic is 23, but he's not looking very star-like at the moment.)
     
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    Time to form the wall.



    #MNBAGA
     
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    Also Wiggins (Canada) is 22, although I think he's a bit one-dimensional.
     
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    LaMelo Ball is the future GOAT and will smash all these foreigners to bits.
     
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    Karl-Anthony Towns was born in New Jersey. He went to HS in New Jersey. Jersey might have a lot of Dominican folks, but he's 'murican.
     
    SportsAndWhine, Oct 25, 2017
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    Nor US born
     
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    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    How old is Zach Collins?
     
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    I think he was explaining why Jusuf wasn’t on the list of foreign stars
     
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    SportsAndWhine Dumbass For Hire

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    19, but he was born in Las Vegas and their records aren’t great so he might be 30...
     
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    Ben Simmons isn't a star yet, unless you consider Tatum a star. KAT is American.

    Karl Anthony Towns (21)
    Myles Turner (21)
    Devin Booker (20)
    Jaylen Brown (20)
    Jayson Tatum (19)

    Waiting in the wings:
    Marvin Bagley III (18)

    If you include 24 year olds, it makes America look better.

    Anthony Davis, Bradley Beal, Andre Drummond.
     
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    I was born in Kenya but I'm not Kenyan.

    Wikipedia:
    "Towns was named to the Dominican Republic national basketball team Olympic squad as a 16-year-old,"
     
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    Ok. He was born in the US. You said US-born.
     
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    I feel like there was a missed opportunity at an Obama joke there

    Edit:...sorry, OT...
     
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    Ok LaVar
     
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    The future is gonna have a lot of foreign born superstars but the Americans still have a trump card.

    LeBron and Wade’s sons lol
     
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    Or 16
     
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    You're going to use a Rising Stars game as evidence? Lmao.
     
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