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There were four French players chosen in the first round of the NBA Draft and it has left many fans scratching their heads wondering what happened to good old fashioned American basketball. Doug Gottlieb breaks it down and compares modern NBA player development to the U.S. auto industry. It’s not that American hoops is falling off, it’s that the rest of the world is finally catching up.
Doug Gottlieb: “We still make great basketball players but the percentages, the ratios are changing and they’re building better products in many ways, or more efficient products, or similar products and in some ways, you know obviously with bigger players, better products than we’re building.”