On March 30, Beijing time, the US media StatMuse listed the top 8 of the two doubles this season, Jokic ranked first 61 times, Valanciunas followed 48 times, and Gobert ranked 3rd with 47. If you don't count the dual-national Sabonis Jr., none of the top 8 players on the list are U.S. players, and 7 players are from Europe.
The specific list is as follows:
1. Jokic 61 times (Serbia), 2. Varanciunas 48 times (Lithuania), 3. Gobert 47 times (France), 4. Sabonis Jr. 46 times (Lithuania, dual nationality), 5. Alphabet Brother 42 times (Greece), Vucevic 42 times (Montenegro), 7. Embiid 40 times (Cameroon), Doncic 40 times (Slovenia).
As you can see from this list, all 8 players except Doncic are interior players, and they all appear in the top 8 of the rebounding list (only Capela, who ranks 3rd, is not on the list). Embiid is from Africa and the remaining seven players are from Europe. Although Sabonis Jr. was born in the United States and has dual citizenship in the United States, his career began in Europe. It wasn't until No. 9 on the list that we could see players in the U.S. mainland, with Spurs' Dezhangtai Murray and Hawks' Trae Young tied for 38 times.
With the increasing strength of foreign players, there is also a gradual decline in talent in the United States. Although young people such as Tatum and Morant continue to rise, it is still James, Durant, Curry and other veterans who occupy the top position of the league, and the American superstars are slightly broken, and foreign players are slowly walking to the top of the league. Today's league is not the situation in the past when American homegrown players dominated everything, and it has a bit of a hundred flowers. The United States is also far less dominant in international competitions than before.
For the past three years, the MVPs of the regular season have been earned by foreign players. At the age of 27, Alphabet Brother has won the regular season MVP, best defensive player, Finals MVP and All-Star MVP in the league, completing a Grand Slam, second only to Jordan and Olajuwon in history, and has the intention of becoming the new first person in the league. It can also be seen that the superstars in the United States do have some green and yellow situations.
In last week's latest MVP rankings, four of the top 5 players were foreign players, namely Embiid, Jokic, Alphabet Brother and Doncic, with only Tatum in fourth place. Based on the overall situation of the whole season, this year's regular season MVP is likely to appear among foreign players. I have to admit that the league is likely to have a situation where foreign players dominate the field in the future.
(Text/Yuwen Basketball)