Author Topic: Why don't British people play basketball? (Read 241 times)

Don Jacob · « **Reply #15 on:** June 20, 2006, 03:04:38 PM »

i played basketball over there so i know for a fact they do play it, it didn't seem like it was THAT popular though, i was like fucking 11/12 and i was schoolin a 18 or 19 year old

MIC · « **Reply #16 on:** June 20, 2006, 03:05:28 PM »

Quote from: Real American on June 20, 2006, 02:43:37 PM

Quote from: Overseer on June 20, 2006, 08:08:35 AM

stupid post.

british people do play basketball..

No they don't. Is there even a national team? Has there ever been a British person to play in the NBA?

Off the top of my head:

Steve Bucknall, played for Lakers in the 80s or early 90s
Ndudi Ebi, don't know if he's still playing in the NBA
Ben Gordon

Don Seer · « **Reply #17 on:** June 20, 2006, 03:12:12 PM »

Quote from: Real American on June 20, 2006, 02:43:37 PM

Quote from: Overseer on June 20, 2006, 08:08:35 AM

stupid post.

british people do play basketball..

No they don't. Is there even a national team? Has there ever been a British person to play in the NBA?

I was just wondering why Britiain isn't as big on basketball as the rest of Europe.

LOL u are a complete muppet.. what the fuck do you know 1) you aint from here 2) i already fucking told you that you were wrong THEN u proceed to try and claim i'm still wrong!

op-tical from the the forum was a female england uni ball player n u used to play all over europe.. and i work with a guy who's mad into his balling...

and.. how about this guy? http://www.tommybaker.co.uk

He's done adverts n shit doing basketball tricks for Nike etc.. and in shopping centres etc etc..

he's from my town...

AND you've been proved wrong and shown that brits played in the NBA...

Don Jacob · « **Reply #18 on:** June 20, 2006, 03:12:33 PM »

michael olawacandi grew up in britain didn't he?

Mac 10 † · « **Reply #19 on:** June 20, 2006, 03:15:07 PM »

Quote from: Now_I_Know on June 19, 2006, 09:21:55 PM

Naah...It's most likely because most of them aren't physically set to be basketball players...Unless they could all be like a bunch of Steve Nash's, but Nash's talent for his physical set is hard to come across, so English people tend to stick more to "on-the-floor" sports, it's in their blood...PeACe

I'd actually agree with that. I was just saying the other day about America having a lot of "super niggas" who have dominated the squads in american football and basketball, the UK don't have as many.

Many people may disagree with this and I know it's not technically 100% true, but I believe you really do have to be tall to play basketball.

America has plenty of people who fill the criteria, the UK doesn't. Plus it's not really something in our natural culture like America.

big mat · « **Reply #20 on:** June 20, 2006, 09:55:13 PM »

the reason why british dont play bball is because they didn't invent it. Yall know how they are? so distinguish from the rest of the continent..

british do british shit.