Jon Scheyer (All American) vs Jon Diebler (much maligned)

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thedynasty1998
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Mar 29, 2010 12:41pm
This is probably a topic for another day, but neither of these guys will make as much money overseas, if that's the route they take, as they probably should.

The thing with European basketball is that most teams only allow a couple Americans. When they have their Americans, fans want to know who they are, as they are usually the highest paid and best players. With that said, they want them to be african americans so that they know who they are, and that's the perception (reality) of basketball in the US, that it's a game dominated by blacks.

So, when a white player goes overseas there just isn't as much of a demand because he looks like everyone else.
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Hb31187
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Mar 29, 2010 1:53pm
Yeah, he better live it up while he has the chance, I agree. Then its off to being a nobody
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Hb31187
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Mar 29, 2010 2:03pm
LOL who the hell is going to pay him a mill to play? I highly DOUBT he makes a mill playing overseas
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wkfan
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Mar 29, 2010 2:15pm
cview wrote:
Diebler and Scheyer each...
-play for a top ten program in NCAA history
-are going to play professionally for a long time
-are better at basketball than most of us clowns on here are at, well, anything
This made me LOL......