Watch: Pitt’s Amsal Delalic Works on Shooting, Ball Handling

Earlier this summer, in an interview on The Pittsburgh Basketball Show, Delalic broke down his thoughts on European Vs. American basketball.

“In Europe, it’s more like every possession matters, even though it’s the same here in America,” he said. “It’s very strict there. Coaches are very strict with what they want. You have to put everything aside and you literally have to be for the team. There are some great individual players in Europe, but mostly it’s team-first.”

Delalic,a. 6-foot-7 wing, said he models his game after Kevin Durant, Toni Kukoc, and Bogdan Bogdanovic.

“Every club is really ready to step up their game when it matters the most,” he continued. “While, here [in America] it’s very fast, it’s very athletic, not that much fundamental. I see some players starting to come from Europe. It’s going to be interesting the past few years because this NIL stuff has started also. I don’t know what’s going to happen if it’s going to transition. little bit, but it is way faster than it was back in Europe. In Europe, it’s more possession-by-possession, rather than here, running and out-scoring, rebounding, and doing the basic stuff.”

Pitt has five international players on this year’s team, with three coming from Europe (Spain x2, Bosnia and Herzegovina x1), and two from Africa (Senegal x2).