The Regime Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 LONDON -- The Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves are putting the NBA on display in one of the most populated cities in Europe this weekend as they prepare for a sold-out preseason game Monday in London's O2 Arena. But when Lakers forward Ron Artest walked off the practice floor of the Crystal Palace in the Bromley section of London on Saturday, he wanted to talk about what he perceives to be a limited population of American players in European and international basketball leagues. "They need to let more Americans play in the European leagues," Artest said. "There are only like two [Americans] to a team while Europeans can come to America [and play in the NBA] like the whole San Antonio Spurs team -- a whole American team can be full of Europeans. Europe has to be a little more fair to the American players. "You see a lot of foreign players come over to America to play in the NBA. It's not fair that a lot of American players can't come to China or can't come to Europe to play with as many players as they want, so there's no balance ... They should just make it more even." http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=5639427 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 "like the whole San Antonio Spurs team" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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