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[lenaitch]

Basketball seems popular though (for some reason).

 

[AlbertC]

Those Germans sure love their NFL!

 

[christiesplits]

Leafs vs. Bruins set for the first round of the playoffs. Will the Buds shake off the demons from their previous bouts with Boston?

 

[Towered]

Leafs vs. Bruins set for the first round of the playoffs. Will the Buds shake off the demons from their previous bouts with Boston?

 

[AlbertC]

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This clown is in for a world of hurt soon.

 

[Jonny5]

Basketball seems popular though (for some reason).

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I don't know all the history, but there are a lot of NBA players, even some who became stars that are from Eastern Europe, the Baltics, and the Mediterranean.
That affection for basketball goes back many decades. Perhaps it was some kind of cold war communist country fetish for things American, or maybe a post-war American presence? Like how baseball is very popular in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan?

 

[Towered]

I don't know all the history, but there are a lot of NBA players, even some who became stars that are from Eastern Europe, the Baltics, and the Mediterranean.
That affection for basketball goes back many decades. Perhaps it was some kind of cold war communist country fetish for things American, or maybe a post-war American presence? Like how baseball is very popular in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan?

Not sure. You'd think with the post-war American influence and large military presence they had in Germany that basketball might be more popular there, but the Germans don't give a crap about it or any other American sports.