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stitches said:
Level of competition is a legitimate thing to consider(both positive and negative), but I don't think the French league is bad enough to where you shouldn't be able to just scout the player. The French league is at the very least as good as pretty much any college conference in the US IMO. You should be able to just sit down and make a determination about positives and negatives, what projects well, what doesn't, etc. If Bilal doesn't pan out it will be because of things that are already there for everyone to see on his tape - lack of aggression, lack of offensive polish, off the dribble game, questionable shot, etc. If you don't think he can improve enough in those areas, you are absolutely justified in thinking he will bust. The fact that he's lacking all those things in the French league specifically doesn't add much IMO.
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It’s just wild to me that so many prospects from the French League have busted massively. Just purely on odds alone one or two should have hit.
 
Elizah Huge said:
It’s just wild to me that so many prospects from the French League have busted massively. Just purely on odds alone one or two should have hit.
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There are not really that many. Especially in the area of the draft where you would expect really high return. There are Hayes and Frank in the lottery... Ousmane Dieng... but Dieng and Hayes didn't even play in the French league before coming to the NBA. Dieng was in Australia/NZ and Hayes played in Germany. If you want to expand it a bit to the 1st round - Sekou Doumbouya is another one that seems like a bust. Yabusele played in China before coming to the US, TLC played in that pink team from Serbia...

In general since Gobert there have been 3 French players picked in the lottery, only one of them played in the French league immediately before coming to the NBA(Frank). If you expand it to the 1st round you have 6 French players total and only 2 of them played in the French league before coming to the NBA. The sample is really NOT very large.

Edit: I just realized Yabusele played in the French league before the draft but played 1 year in China before coming to the NBA, so you can add him to the players coming from French league.
 
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stitches said:
There are not really that many. Especially in the area of the draft where you would expect really high return. There are Hayes and Frank in the lottery... Ousmane Dieng... but Dieng and Hayes didn't even play in the French league before coming to the NBA. Dieng was in Australia/NZ and Hayes played in Germany. If you want to expand it a bit to the 1st round - Sekou Doumbouya is another one that seems like a bust. Yabusele played in China before coming to the US, TLC played in that pink team from Serbia...

In general since Gobert there have been 3 French players picked in the lottery, only one of them played in the French league immediately before coming to the NBA(Frank). If you expand it to the 1st round you have 6 French players total and only 2 of them played in the French league before coming to the NBA. The sample is really NOT very large.
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You are sorely mistaken. Hayes played two years in the French A league before getting drafted. Yabusele played multiple years in the French A League as well. Sekou did as well and he was the 15th pick. You are also forgetting Timothe Luwawu who was the 24th pick who played there as well.
 
stitches said:
There are not really that many. Especially in the area of the draft where you would expect really high return. There are Hayes and Frank in the lottery... Ousmane Dieng... but Dieng and Hayes didn't even play in the French league before coming to the NBA. Dieng was in Australia/NZ and Hayes played in Germany. If you want to expand it a bit to the 1st round - Sekou Doumbouya is another one that seems like a bust. Yabusele played in China before coming to the US, TLC played in that pink team from Serbia...

In general since Gobert there have been 3 French players picked in the lottery, only one of them played in the French league immediately before coming to the NBA(Frank). If you expand it to the 1st round you have 6 French players total and only 2 of them played in the French league before coming to the NBA. The sample is really NOT very large.

Edit: I just realized Yabusele played in the French league before the draft but played 1 year in China before coming to the NBA, so you can add him to the players coming from French league.
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Damn dude don't hurt his brain with actual critical thinking outside of "French players bad"
 
What foreign domestic league is consistently producing NBA talent without bust/disappointments?

If Keyonte George decided he wanted to play in the French League instead of Baylor would he suddenly not be a good NBA prospect?
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
What foreign domestic league is consistently producing NBA talent without bust/disappointments?

If Keyonte George decided he wanted to play in the French League instead of Baylor would he suddenly not be a good NBA prospect?
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That is the entire point genius.
 
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