Should international players be playing in the intense, high-volume of play tournaments such as the European Basketball Championship — better known as the EuroBasket — so close to the start of the NBA season? The Boston Celtics likely wish Danilo Gallinari hadn’t — but shouldn’t it still be his decision?
With the 2022-23 preseason slate of games less than a month away and European players participating in EuroBasket 2022 just before training camps convene, there is a case to be made that such participation could be disruptive to the rest and recovery needed as well on the basis of injury risk.
On the other side of the coin, these tourneys are important to European players, and bans might unintentionally reduce the pool of international players willing to play in the NBA.
On top of that, players will play somewhere, even if they aren’t supposed to. Is it not better for them to do so in a league-approved context?
The hosts of ESPN’s “NBA Today” recently debated this topic. Take a look at the clip embedded above to see where they came down on international play and the NBA.
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