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I'm curious, how popular is the NBA in Europe? I know there's a lot more international players coming into the league than ever before, Gasol, Stojakovic, Nowitski, Parker, etc. Where would you rank the NBA in terms of sport popularity in Europe?

Those players are kind of old Foo.

The NBA is pretty popular in Europe. I went to London and my cousin kept asking questions on how the game is playing since all of her mates play the sport.

DB'ers such as klesk and l0af are into it as well.

and me u knobheads.. European bb sucks.
Its just boring o.o

Yes, and I think I can safely say football (soccer) is our most popular sport no?

In the UK, you'd be hard pressed to find any Basketball coverage (local or international) in the press or on TV.

Personally, I hate it. Indoor, high-scoring, non-contact sport? No thanks...

basketball is showed on Channel 5 late at night sometimes....

not that i watch it... too boring tbh

Football (proper football kthx :p) is king in the UK. After that in popularity, a mix of cricket, rugby, tennis and motorsports.
Most us-centric (nfl,nba,baseball) sports get shown late night on Channel 5. There's a small but dedicated following for them.

lets not forget Indoor Bowls and Golf for the geriatrics!

Onge wrote: In the UK, you'd be hard pressed to find any Basketball coverage (local or international) in the press or on TV.

Personally, I hate it. Indoor, high-scoring, non-contact sport? No thanks...

well said i agree

In the order i'd watch it...

Football
Rugby
Wet T-Shirt (Womens division)
Darts
Cricket
Olympics
Tennis
NFL/NBA/NHL
Wet T-shirt (Mens division)
German disecting a corpse on TV
Crufts
Formula 1

R3L!K wrote: lets not forget Indoor Bowls and Golf for the geriatrics!

I love Bowls <3
Saw it for the first time a few months ago and... it's so fascinating

Anyway, most popular sports in The Netherlands would probably be:

- Football
- Tennis
- Formula 1
- Cycling (or whatever..Tour de France stuff)
- (Ice) Skating
- Hockey (normal hockey, obviously..not Ice Hockey which is a totally different thing)
- Basketball

Its growing fast, but people dont realise that NBA > BBL. There is the occasional BBL match on channel 2, and NBA is shown on early wednesday morning iirc.

Id say its about as popular as tennis

(Jr darts is so boring)

I think darts is quite good but it depends on whos playing
Taylor

darts is the pwnage
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