Prospective European Basketball Players Look to Australia to Reach the National Basketball

Many young, highly-talented European prospects are reportedly utilizing Australia as a stepping stone to the National Basketball Association, according to recent rumors (NBA). For athletes like LaMelo Ball and Josh Giddey, this route from Australia to the NBA draft has been successful.

Hugo Besson, a 20-year-old French prospect, is among the up-and-coming young talent now featured on the Next Star program in Australia. Besson's teammate on the New Zealand Breakers, Ousmane Dieng, is another contender to move from Australia straight to the NBA.

These young, aspirational basketball players receive skill sets through the Next Stars program (NBL) that genuinely aid in their transition to the National Basketball Association. Some of those trainings help these world-class athletes get better at using English. The way the game is played is also intended to resemble the NBA because they play similarly fast and hard. This prepares the impressionable prospects for what they will undoubtedly confront while playing against the NBA's big boys.

Please watch as these young men break into the highest echelons of professional basketball after honing their skills in Australia (Aussies) and New Zealand (Kiwis) before becoming famous, or even just by attending a prestigious university in the United States of America (U. S. A.) with a strong basketball program for continued development on the court and a top-notch education off it.

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According to Jeremy Loeliger, commissioner of the National Basketball League (NBL), "We've been turning people away in droves. "We're pretty picky. It is regarded as a legitimate way to enter the NBA draft as a diversion from the traditional collegiate route. Every action has some risk. Opportunity is the other half of the risk coin. LaMelo Ball unexpectedly rose to the position of primary ball-handler and scorer for the Illawarra Hawks that season, which greatly facilitated his future accomplishments.

The NBA players are "some really, incredibly well-known players," according to the league. We'll continue to have a number of such conversations over the course of the next 12 months, Loeliger assures.

Hugo Besson, a combo guard and a promising young player from France, joined the New Zealand Breakers as a regular import player because Besson's countryman Ousmane Dieng was already the NBL team's Next Star player. Hugo explained to the media of the team that he chose the National Basketball League because "It's fast, it's shooting fast, and it looks a lot like the NBA."