Answering Your BIGGEST Questions About The NBA Right Now - From the Philippines
Oct 7, 2026 · 1h 21m · take 6 of 15
- The NBA expands into Europe.
“One, the NBA is expanding to Europe.”
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So as you watch these current crop of players, specifically international players from outside the United States and those yet to be drafted, do you see this trend of international players making it to the NBA continuing in the foreseeable future? By the way, we've got a Kings fan we start off with. Obviously, he's been through agony.
WindhorstClippers fan, I mean, if you're still right with the Clippers, that is loyalty. That is perseverance. And then we've just got a Steph Curry bandwagon hopper. I don't think it's a bandwagon hopper. He's played for like for 17 years or something.
WindhorstYes, not only do I think it's going to continue, I think the flow of international players in the NBA is even going to grow.
WindhorstBecause two things. One, the NBA is expanding to Europe. It's going to happen. I promise you. And part of the way that they're going to get everybody to buy in there is that they are going to guarantee investment in European players. This is going to be part of their sales pitch when they get it done.
WindhorstThey're going to limit how many American players can be on there. They're going to expand their rosters because they're going to be playing in two different leagues, their national league and the NBA Europe. And they're going to say, the reason you should care about our new teams in London and in Rome and elsewhere and the existing teams is we're going to develop European players and they are going to Europe for 20 years or more.
WindhorstThey're investing in it like they did the WNBA. They don't care if it doesn't do great or somebody kicks rocks on it in the first year. They're going to invest in it.
WindhorstSecondly, international basketball is thriving. It's thriving here in the Philippines. It's thriving in other parts of Asia. Look at the
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