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And yet, they cannot get together 5 of them who know how to play basket. Why the country with the tallest men (and exceptionally good sport equipment all over
by yiyus 10y ago
And yet, they cannot get together 5 of them who know how to play basket.
Why the country with the tallest men (and exceptionally good sport equipment all over the country) does not have a good basketball team?
- erwinvaneyk 10y agoThe Dutch Basketball league (including amateur of all ages) has about 40,000 players. It just isn't popular.
- yiyus 10y agoBut it is quite popular in almost every other European country and the conditions here look perfect to me: tall people, good installations, a weather that usually favors indoor sports, a very active population willing to practice any sport... I see people following the NBA, I see sport shops where basketball equipment is no less present than in any other country, I see baskets in schools and high schools like everywhere. And I have even seen quite some people playing. Certainly more than playing volleyball, and the Dutch volleyball team is a very good one. Of course football is the big thing here, but other countries like Spain or Italy where football is huge also have top basketball teams. Thank you for the number of players data, but I still wonder what are the reasons that basketball is not bigger in the NL.