By Υiannis Bouranis/ info@eurohoops.net
In what seems to be a transitional season for the Europeans in the NBA, the old legends are still among the league’s elite, however the young blood is ready to take the mantle and make the next step.
While only one European player will be part of the All Star Game – Pau Gasol after the injury of his team-mate Jimmy Butler – the old stereotypes are gone and Europeans are no longer considered soft-long-range shooters, at least not all of them.
Times are changing and Kristaps Porzingis is the proof for that, but the old guard of Pau Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki and Tony Parker still is the measure, by which every European player has to be counted. Mark Gasol can look them in the eyes and only – unfortunately – an injury could and did stop him, but this is also the break-out year for many other European stars, as the top Euro-scorer in the NBA comes from Italy…