The average American basketball fan needs to listen to this. Explains a lot!

@Suremane

Ай бұрын

mane F dem eurotrash bish

@kayk3639

Ай бұрын

The average fan world wide, most are NBA and NCAA fans

@CitsVariants

Ай бұрын

Europe threats black athletes as human, i think in america everything is race oriented

Pat we are the same age, I am a Panathinaikos fan and i really remember you because of your toughness and your talent even if you was young back there. I hope you stayed more. We would like to see you again some day in Greece. Come with Giannis to see some games! Greetings from Greece

@Thanos1908

Ай бұрын

I'd like to think that we (PAO fans) helped temper Pat into the dog that he is today. No player has been the same after taking part in OSFP vs PAO or vice versa.

@DimShamrock

Ай бұрын

In all honesty, I don´t really remember Pat. He was too young, and used more in rotation. One of the many interchangeable Americans Olympiacos used to bring in. He was way too young back then. And of course we couldn´t predict the career he would go on to have.

I'm an American living now in Greece. The fans here are hard core. They are organized. They have clubs where they meet and make up chants and get ready for the games. It's so intense your body goes literally numb. Pippen went to see the Euroleague finals a few days ago and was amazed from the atmosphere the fans created. He said I wish we had this in the NBA!1

@SalvatorVII

Ай бұрын

Very similar to football⚽

@DimShamrock

Ай бұрын

Not everyone of us is hardcore, you know. We just happen to know the chants. We repeat them two or three times until we stop singing. So by the end of the song you know the lyrics and the tune. And if you don't, you can look them up online. It's literally what you said. I've felt numb sometimes, getting headaches from the...herbs in the air, i've felt some echoes in my ear. Imagine going to a loud concert and going to a basketball game, all at once. The closest feeling I can give you.

@CambuiFelix

Ай бұрын

How the clubs are built changes everything. Soccer clubs started as organized working class teams and they don't always have a owner, so you can feel really part of the team

@priestlauderdale20

Ай бұрын

Yeah...great fans and you can get a good fight in ...good times in Athens

@alexpham9130

Ай бұрын

The atmosphere in Europe is amazing. The game play is mediocre

Pat talk to Giannis and come to Greece to film on the Panathinaikos vs Olympiacos rivalry in the greek league finals! Bring Rone as well, he'll definitely see it all!!

@user-mk8tn7mq6b

Ай бұрын

Yeah! There will be the finals -best of 5- between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos soon. You gotta film this!

@DimitrisDamilos

Ай бұрын

@@user-mk8tn7mq6b Όχι καλύτερα άσ' το. Πάλι θα σκοτωθούν μεταξύ τους, θα έχουμε πάλι καμιά ακύρωση αγώνα, κάποιον πάλι θα δολοφονήσουν ή θα κάψουν οι οπαδοί... άσε την Ελλάδα να έχει 5 λεπτά καλή εικόνα! Δεν μπορούμε να γινόμαστε ρεζίλι διαρκώς!

@Sir_John1

Ай бұрын

Θα έρθει ο Γιάννης λόγω του αδελφού του. Τουλάχιστον ένα ματς θα το δει. Αλλά θέλουμε και τον Θανασάρα γιατί στο Φ4 έλειπε.

@ozbej5988

Ай бұрын

@@user-mk8tn7mq6b agreed

@superSIZEmee

Ай бұрын

Nobody cares about Greek Basketball…!!! Giannis is the only reason ppl know that Greece even knows what Basketball is…!!! 😂🤷‍♂️

Euroleague seems way more intense

@HOMiE-Rugs

Ай бұрын

and more interesting !

@spymaster3366

Ай бұрын

@@HOMiE-Rugs well there are genuine rivalries there now nba is all hugs and kisses

@valpix7007

Ай бұрын

KD went to a couple EL games a few years back to support his friend Mike James (who was playing for Monaco against Olympiacos in the playoffs at the time) and I remember he described the scene at SEF as "the apocalypse" after Oly clinched Final 4

@benocarroll7683

Ай бұрын

Follow @basketnews there the goats

@cosmasnikopoulos4209

Ай бұрын

@@valpix7007 yeah but olympiakos dont really have good fans the best is panathinakos. All olympiakos fans are just bandwagoners beacuse they are good in football. But panathinakos and paok easily has the best fans in greece

Never heard such a thorough analysis of European basketball by an American player before..and the comparison he makes between the two leagues is awesome too. Seems like I actually learned sth about the game today, thanks Pat by a happy panathinaikos fan

The only Olympiakos player who played like a lion at the finals with the Barcelona was Pat Beverly . I admired him because he showed warrior spirit when the other players did nothing to prevent the dissaster.

Ataman rubbing his hands rn trying to recruit Pat 😂

@nickjones9613

Ай бұрын

😭😭

@Pro13Sab

Ай бұрын

Grant and Bev together would be the best defensive guard duo in European history

@andreaskontos78

Ай бұрын

Pat is a 6' 2", 36yo, foreigner, average salary, defensive guard. There is literally no comparison with a 6' 7", 25yo, Greek, low salary player with the same play style.

Shout out to you, Pat, from Greece! I'm turning 53 next month and I don't think I've heard a deeper, more detailed, more precise, and more perfectly structured analysis EVER! I actually got a bit emotional because you took me on a wonderful trip down Memory Lane from 15 years ago. And now I'm thinking: why do you need to be so angry all the time these days, man?!? I know that you are a dog, and you take pride in being one, but a guy like you who talks basketball culture so deeply should be a GENERAL!!!! I'm a Panathinaikos fan, and we would love your approach on our team, so I'm asking you to seriously consider joining our team in the future IN ANY CAPACITY!!! Love you, man! (Talk to K Nunn soon! Believe me, you'll hop on to the next plane to Athens!!!)

@andreaskontos78

Ай бұрын

Panathinaikos already has a Greek, 10+ years younger, 5 inches taller, cheaper defensive hustler. No need for a foreigner veteran defender.

@emmanuelfarmakis6361

Ай бұрын

@@andreaskontos78 I said "in any capacity" meaning some kind of managerial position. Perhaps I wasn't sufficiently clear. But believe me, I don't need to be told what Panathinaikos has or has not!...

While Bryant played with many great players during his Lakers days he didn’t hesitate giving a name when asked if there was one player he wished he could have had on his team during his playing days. “Well there's a player from back in the day that I played against who I wish I had on my team. His name is (Dimitris) Diamantidis from Greece,” Bryant stated. “I love and wish I had him. His length and his size, and what he could do defensively, I would have loved to have another player on the wing who could harass little point guards,” Bryant explained.

You have to bring Kendrick Nunn on!

@christosdakoulas6064

Ай бұрын

Nah bro hes staying☘

@Thanos1908

Ай бұрын

@@christosdakoulas6064 He is talking about an interview bro. As in "bring him on the podcast".

@nkeris

Ай бұрын

Δεν επιτρεπει κανεις στον ναν να παει αεροδρομιο. Θα τον σταματανε στα διοδια απο εδω κ περα

Listening you talk about your Olympiakos teamates with so much respect almost makes me emotional. Thank you so much Pat you are a legend, love from Greece.

Pat I remember you in Olympiacos, one of my favorite players to wear the red and white jersey, all love

The level of team basketball and intensity is amazing. This is because most teams go almost 10 players deep, hence always have fresh legs in the game. Some plays are simply amazing, constant movement of 5 players in the offense. TBH I prefer watching Euroleague...

@DimShamrock

Ай бұрын

And when it comes to the Euroleague Champions, it's more like 6 players deep.

@jaytorr6701

Ай бұрын

@@DimShamrock you didn't really watch the game right?

@DimShamrock

Ай бұрын

@@jaytorr6701 I actually support the winners.... So I know what I am talking about.

@brainiacbs9121

Ай бұрын

@@DimShamrockexcept you had 11 players who played in the finals for pana, with 8 playing over 10 minutes…. My man you literally didn’t watch lmao

The GOAT recognised the King of Europe

Mentioning Teodosić gave me goosebumps.

I did not expect Jure Zdovc (the Slovenian coach) to be shouted out on this video, god damn! As a player, he was a legendary defender, and from what I remember, every team that he coached had noticeably better defense as well. The funny tick that we Slovenian basketball fans remember him for is his nervous plucking of eyebrows. To this day we're not sure how he still has any left 😂

Even you were rival... We love you Bro !!! Much love and respect Pat.. Panathinaikos fan 😁💚💪☘

This was so interesting to watch as a European. Thanks for taking the time to talk about this, man. Really cool video.

nice vid Pat ! I am a Panathinaikos fan and I always feel proud I was one of the very fist guys that saw real potencial on you,despite you was very young,completely unknown, not scoring and not playing so much.I was everytime like'',this little guy is a game changer on defense,he brings so much energy,he is pure gold''. I felt realy entitled when finally saw you ended up making a great career on NBA , happy you made it so far and of course (I wont lie :) ) happy i made so good prediction about your talent

Panathinaikos fan here, I remember Patrick playing against Diamantidis and saying to myself this kid has balls! Great player...

@DimShamrock

Ай бұрын

Fan, αδερφε...fan. Οχι fun.

@medikos

Ай бұрын

@@DimShamrock το autocorrect ρε grammar nazi

Pat I remember you playing for my team Olympiakos when you were still a young gun. I love your dog mentality and I'm happy you carried some things over from Europe to the NBA.

NBA is about playoffs. Regular season is a circus. Euroleague is about EVERY SINGLE GAME. Facts. Pat tried to explain in a very good way the differences. ONLY if you LIVE a Euroleague match will understand VERY WELL the gap between Euroleague and NBA fans. 🙂

was on vacation in athens and didn't even know about euroleague until they started playing the final 4 at the bar. them peeps love ther ball, respect greece. they were honking all night when they won it

Refreshing to see an American respecting the basketball in Europe like that !

its refreshing to see an 🇺🇸 sport star understand what European team sport is like, its not franchise like a business it is predominantly tribal in nature with beefs going back hundreds of years i ain't lying its a different animal. not better just different, respect my man👍😉

What a pleasure to see someone knowing euro game that well and putting some respect on it! Pretty sure he ashamed of some of his compatriots like Gilbert that don’t know ball at all

It's very nice to hear Pat talking with such praise for european basketball and the organizations but also cold honesty about hooliganism effects ❤

Great video Pat! I wish you had stayed more in Greece, crazy as the situation may become, hah. Thanks for the shoutout, a fan of Panathinaikos.

Aaah listening to you reminiscing about the 09-10 Olympiakos team brought back really good memories. That was such an exciting season

You are a smart guy, Pat, since you are able to philosophize about the differences between two projects! And sincere, too! All the best to you and your family!

Pat Bev is excellent and he learned by doing ! "you have to practice it to understand it"

Your honesty is much appreciated. You've played in both leagues on the highest level for many seasons so your opinion matters more.

Damn How He describes it is like playing in Europa is like war and playing in the nba is like a vacaition

Shout out to Pat for saying "Yuri Zdovc"

@nickolasgaspar9660

Ай бұрын

Zdovc....παιχτούρα!

@bubasaba

Ай бұрын

Jurij Zdovc

@SP-nx8qx

Ай бұрын

@@bubasaba show some mercy, you're making it too hard

@workinginthewell3498

Ай бұрын

@@SP-nx8qx it's his name. Guys on ESPN still don't know how to pronounce Luka Doncic. It is nothing but disrespect

@Kiyanu31

Ай бұрын

And they don't know how to pronounce 'Nikola' the right way

Gate 7 brother but its all love. Would love to see you back at some point. Best of luck with the bucks

And some media personalities are saying "Luka will be nervous in the finals"... Dude has been playing in Real Madrid since age of 16. NBA has nothing on it when it comes to hostile environment.

@shawnanderson6313

Ай бұрын

Who said that ?

I play in the Balkans and Pat Bev is on point. These guys play hard from an early age. 13/14 year old kids are 188 cm/ 6'2" and dunking 😂 shit is wild

Every basketball fan around the world that wants to experience euroleague atmosphere, should attend atleast one of the following teams home games: Belgrad (red star or partizan) Zalgiris kaunas Athens (olympiacos or panathenaikos) Maccabi Tel Aviv Fenerbahche istanbul

In NBA players enjoy money, in Euroleague you learning to enjoy the game fight every day to win learning the meaning of the game, every game mutters in Europe.. It's about war to protect your home your city your country your team and teammates, then it has a meaning

@da11king

Ай бұрын

How about if the European league had nba money? They players would ve changed too!

@SympanProductions

Ай бұрын

Not necessarily. The guy above is mentioning something about the concept here(europe). Players that get introduced in European basket learn to play for the jersey. Fans are more passionate and there are derbies that feel like war. The whole mentality here on sports is different and while more money would make the game even more competitive it wouldnt result on losing the character of the sport in europe. If you want an example take a look at football or soccer as you call it . Crazy payrolls higher than NBA , same mentality as European basket . Europe isnt different due to lack of money but because people live with different values .​@@da11king

@johndistick9702

Ай бұрын

To be honest the players don't care about any of that. They play for their teammates, their coach and their owner. Simple as that.

@da11king

Ай бұрын

@johndistick9702 sounds like some type of close-mindedness to me. Do they have a union?

@emilioalvarez2763

Ай бұрын

@@da11kingYes, in Euroleague its called ELPA

Only respect for you my friend. Many congrats.

Dude i used to watch you in OLY and you were my favourite defencive player in Europe. YOU DOOOOG!

this was much needed !

Great video. Love from Portugal 🇵🇹

@ComandosJoaoVicente1988

Ай бұрын

Portugal Caralho!!!!

Yo Pat, Panathinaikos and Bucks fan here. Get your chip next year and come to PAO, we're gonna get you the euro chip as well!

Love these insights! Way Too many people speak on Euroleague and the compare it to the NBA, without EVER having seen or let alone played in the Euroleague.

This is prob the most fire content you’ve made so far Pat you should do more breakdown videos with this style of editing

Hey Pat. Half Greek half American here. Born in Minny. Regarding the Wolves let's say that I am more surprised with how difficult it's been for us to guard Doncic and Kyrie rather than with the fact we made it to the conference finals. Regarding the differences we must mention that in Europe there is no salary cap. Now in Greece we are lucky to have two teams that have won the Euro league 10 times in the last 30 years. And all that without ever coming close to the top budgets Spanish teams, or some years back Russian teams had. Now to get an idea when big players come from Europe there is an adjustment period because fouls are called very easy in the States. I remember Pekovic when he joined the Wolves in the first year he could not stay in the game for more than 5 minutes but when he got used to it he was able to be very effective. And if you get famous it's another story. Jokic enters the paint like a single lady chasing the bouquet in a wedding. And half of his famous screens are fouls. Guards when they come to Europe they also have to adjust. At the beginning they are called for travelling and carrying all the time because in Europe that is not acceptable. Athleticism alone will not do it. Couple of years back somebody had the bright idea to bring Wes Johnson here (you have to wonder about the scouting sometimes). Kid could jump out of the gym but his lack of B-ball IQ led him to be a flop. Now officiating is bad in both leagues but the NBA refs are atrocious. Especially the star treatment is annoying as hell. Which you don't get here or at least nowhere near that travesty.

@workinginthewell3498

Ай бұрын

Dante Exum was one of the better players in Euroleague. That is the difference in quality. Best European players are in US. I count Euroleague winners until 1995. After that quality is much lower, and its all about money. It's easy to see who had the talent, and who has the money. If your club has no Euroleague title prior to 1995. I don't count titles after. If it does, I count titles after 95 too. It's just me. I'm butthurt cause clubs from my country dominated based on talent, and now, they can't even get in cause they have no money.

@TheSilversonGR

Ай бұрын

@@workinginthewell3498 The quality has dropped, I agree with you but by setting the limit at 1995 you are disregarding some great teams. I am going to mention some of the players my team had just because I know them better but there were many other great teams too. We had Diamantidis, Spanoulis, Pekovic, Galis, Bodiroga, Jasikevicius, Radja, Gentile , Dominique Wilkins, Byron Skott amongst others. I mean most of these players are legends.

@workinginthewell3498

Ай бұрын

@@TheSilversonGR Panathinaikos. It's just how I view things. Cause around that time money became no1 reason you win titles. My opinion means nothing to Fener or Efes fans. They buy players and win. Totally different from winning it without a single foreign player

@workinginthewell3498

Ай бұрын

@@TheSilversonGR was Vrankovic block your first title? And Dominique was the biggest non European name that ever played in Euroleague

Great analysis. Goodluck next year.

Definitely bring Nun to the podcast ! Never seen you before now and I really enjoyed this vid !

Wow! This humble and respectful flashback changed my view of Pat. I didn’t have the best impression of him, but he seems like a good and honest dude.

Great video man. Very insightful video.

Great video Pat, more NBA players should promote Euroleague

Nice to hear this perspective. Also Olympiakos just won their first European soccer / football trophy earlier this’s week.

Great video, Pat! Good to represent europeans!

16:48 Shoutout to Zdovc indeed. He was a veeeeery good player and amazing 3-point shooter. I remember him when he played for Iraklis in Greece.

Great stuff pat. Keep up the good work

It’s a lifestyle g 👊🏼🇷🇸

EuroLeague would be so dope, getting paid to travel Europe 🙏🙌

Respect from Lithuania

really good video you spoke the truth,keep em comming

I'm 52 from The Bronx and I played pro ball in Europe as a teenager for 2 yrs. I've been to practice in america and I've been to practice in Europe. Now here in America let's say a kid in high school is 6'3 and the tallest kid on the team. He is being taught to be a center. When he should be taught to be a player. In Europe and America the basketball drills are the same. The difference is that in Europe guards do the same drills as big men and big men do the same drills as guards. This doesn't happen in America. So skills are being developed in Europe meanwhile here in america we develop positions not so much players. Almost every European can dribble pass and shot because of practice drills no matter what their size is Almost every American cannot.

Great stuff man! Love your Podcasts We PAO fans hated you so much back when u played for Olympiakos But I guess that was the plan all along 🤣

i just started watching euro league and i love it, it seems closer to 80s-90s NBA

Great breakdown! Super interesting

Dope show

We loved you in Olympiakos. You have the same defensive mindset the team has now with Bartzokas.

Pat bev legend of olympiakos!!!!! We love you dawg!!!!

good comments about european basketball and the level

Great, great to watch this

This podcast needed Josh Childress and Scoonie Penn.Great roster that year !

@giannislampadoxitos9170

Ай бұрын

Dont forget Mike Batiste bro.

Thank you for this video

I can clearly see some coach Giannakis mentality in your game. He was putting everything on the floor every game like you do in the NBA

Love from ☘️ fan ❤

Jure Zdovc was your coach. He was a legendary Yugoslavian/Slovenian sharpshooter. He was Drazen Petrovic`s backup in national team. Always loved his hustle play. When Draz was resting there was not much of a drop off in production on court.

Hey Pat, just subscribed to your podcast so i can interview you! Man you were a dawg since day one. The moment you set foot as a young rook on a european court... i said this mofo is a fcking DAWG. When you didn't back down against Shammond Williams , then your status as a dawg was set in stone. And you are still a dawg. Love from Greece bro.

Come to panathinaikos next year ☘☘☘ You know you want to 😉

@speedwagon6-e1b

Ай бұрын

Ataman and Pat Bev would be a match made in heaven

@DonGivani

Ай бұрын

Yeah right a former Olympiakos player going to Panathinaikos 😂, keep on dreaming

@forgondor881

Ай бұрын

@@DonGivani Sloucashhassss

Very informative!

You should talk about this with Luka. He won Euro league and was MVP of the finals.

@DonGivani

Ай бұрын

Watch the video again, this is about his own experience at Olympiakos Piraeus

k9 is kendrick Nunn. He is our dude now, we love him and he will stay for us for ever ! We need more stars for our collection !

Best coach ever Obradovic would be mad in nba

You should debate gilbert areanas , his disrespect to euroleague basketball is insane.

@MimieThalie

Ай бұрын

Because Euroleague didn't accepted him, after his eviction off NBA.. 😂😂

im pao fan and im waiting for you pod with Kendrick. It will be awesome after winning Euroleague and the contrast of you because u were in the rival team !!

Great analysis from a PAO fan!

Love the Jure Zdovc story ❤

respect to you Pat. real recognize real.

Americans fans can’t understand what is atmosphere in Europe , too wild and passionate you could never have those feelings in nba games

Your Olympiacos team is incredible and it's a shame you didn't win more. You, Papaloukas, Teodosic, Bourousis and Childress was an unbelievable team

This is great

Respect brate ☝🏻

Aye, day onez!!

As a Canadian 🇨🇦 we watch a lot of international basketball. My good friend from Greece put me on to Euroleague / FIBA International Basketball back in the nineties . 🏀 Use to watch it on the Satellite Dish 📡 . Great Atmosphere and Passion in the Arenas. The European game / International style of ball is definitely a more Team game ...!

My man❤❤

Respect from a Panathinaikos fan

Man good info, I always wondered

Wow … stacked Oly roster when you were there Would be awesome to hear k nuns point of view in his first year at pana

Live games in Greece are the very best atmosfere ever!!! Big football fan from west europe but Euroleague finalfour Will knock your socks of in Athens❤❤

Great information my brother aloha coach Mundo

dude KNUNN is the best bucket player in euroleague and Jerian Grant the best defender 7 star babe PANATHINAIKOS ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

its gate 7 not 9 but still good to hear you speak about your time in Greece, RIP to Roy Tarpley