On the differences between American and European basketball

One question that BallinEurope receives in the virtual inbox from time to time was asked again this week by reader Richard: [H]ave you made an article about a comparison between the NBA and Euroleague? If you haven’t, can you make one? But if you already made it, can you give me the link? Thanks. Hey, well, ask and ye shall receive. I’m not exactly sure what specific comparisons Richard and his ilk would like to have made, but below are enumerated a few pieces from the BallinEurope.com archive that hopefully will do the job. Before the Beijing Olympics of 2008 (and at the dawn of BallinEurope.com), then-editor Christophe Ney took the time to answer a number of questions from English-speaking news outlet China Daily about international basketball vs. the American game in terms of quality of play, audiences, attitudes and such. Not too much has changed in terms of the information imparted in “General questions about international and European basketball,” so feel free to ...