Post by Charles Barkley on Apr 4, 2018 18:59:51 GMT
I haven't put any time into thinking about it properly so I'm hesitant to even mention it since it's basically a lowkey conspiracy theory.
But I put a lot of effort into comparing and contrasting players and situations to help my D5 team etc. To the extent that I know a player drafted by Orlando or Sacramento has a much worse chance of developing than a player drafted by Boston or Golden State, for example. That's not a conspiracy theory that's just analysis. This is the same thing - every now and again when I struggle to see why something has occurred (like Mitchell > Simmons) it's just a tendency I've noticed that American players receive that "subtle but nevertheless preferential" treatment, sometimes on a small scale like Rookie of the Year consideration, but possibly extended to whether a player is more or less likely for their careers to blossom into stardom, or for a player to remain underrated by media and fans etc.
Ben Simmons A, really isn't a rookie they only recently started this bullshit where if you miss a year you can still be a rookie. B Played NCAA bball in the US so no such biasis would really develop imo.
I just think what Mitchell has done is more impressive in the west. It's why I'm also obnoxiously impressed with what Lillard and crew have accomplished.
If you wanna talk general bias against foreign players I'd agree. But this case it's nothing to do with that.