Basketball and Globalization
Basketball and Globalization
With approximately 2-3 billion fans in America,
Africa, Europe and Asia. Basketball is the 2nd most popular sport in the world.
Since the early 70th The Basketball went mainstream thanks to the development
of the television, also superstars like Wilt Chamberlain or the rivalry between
The Los Angeles Lakers and The Boston Celtics participates to the development
of the popularity of the NBA (National Basketball Association). Basketball
went really global with the US Dream Team in the Olympics games of 1992 in
Barcelona. The Dream Team was the national basket ball team of the United States
with superstars like Michael Jordan one of the greatest athlete in the world,
Magic Johnson, Scottie Pippen, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley, etc. Since 1992
Basketball became a very popular sport with the development of major leagues
in different countries or continents like the Euroleague in Europe or the ABL in
Asia.
2018-19 NBA rosters feature 108 international players.
The National
Basketball Association (NBA) announced today that 108 international players
from a record-tying 42 countries and territories are on opening-night rosters
for the 2018-19 season. This marks the fifth consecutive season that
opening-night rosters feature at least 100 international players and that all
30 teams have at least one international player.
Nowadays
international players like Joel Embiid participate to the globalization of the
basketball with creation of basketball summer camp or tournaments in Africa
for example. Joel Embiid and Kareem Abdul Jabbar are planning to create an African
section of the NBA with the development of young players in Africa. Yao Ming
retired Chinese player want to do the same in Asia.
We can imagine that Basketball is going to be more popular and more global throughout the years, thanks to the development of infrastructure in many countries.
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ReplyDeleteI think it's a great idea to talk about basketball and globalization. I have the same opinion as you about this subject for many reasons. First of all, you talk about basketball fans in the world and indeed we can find them everywhere ! I think this is what makes basketball a representation of the global culture.
Then, you're dealing with the fact that the National Basketball Association announced today that 108 international players from a record-tying 42 countries and territories are on opening-night rosters for the 2018-19 season. For me, this shows that the NBA is open to everyone. No matter of the origins or the cultures, everyone can try their luck to play basketball in the NBA or elsewhere.
The examples you took as Joel Embiid, Kareem Abdul Jabbar or Yao Ming represent well the global culture of Basketball and particulary NBA.
Finally, I think that the development of infrastructure which you're talking about at the end is encouraging for the future. We'll see how it evolves !
Thank you for your post !
Absolutely agree with your point of view, this league both mediatized and followed is the dream and goal of all basketball players around the world. despite the fact that they come from all over the world, they all have the same passions and that brought them together because they had the same objective.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that the basket is indeed part of cultural globalization, literally, the direct transmission of ideas, meanings and values around the world. We can see very well what has happened to a lot of people around the world. Whether on the internet or in the style of dress. The basket is inked in us that we are the knowing or that we are not the knowledges. Only the brand "Jordan" is proved that the basket is part of its culture. I find your subject very interesting when you talk about players being redeemed around the world. A big shock for all of us when in 2014 in the sports magazine "Illustrated" he had announced wanting to go home, Cleveland. From now on, there are reports, debates, players inscribed in the legend and in the memory of all. So, good idea I had absolutely not thought bravo to you.
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