For most of its history, the NBA has focused on Americans, often overlooking foreign prospects.

For many years they were considered soft, slow and unathletic.

Now we see more and more international players taking the league by storm and proving this narrative wrong.

Even the last six MVPs were all foreign players, and that trend may not change anytime soon.

But contrary to popular belief, not all foreign players grew up idolizing the NBA or being diehard NBA fans.

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That was on full display when the media asked Luka Doncic about his opinion and how he felt about being in the NBA Finals after watching the finals as a kid, to which he replied that he hadn’t seen them because they were at 4 p.m. were in the morning and he had school the next day (via NBA Memes).

That’s the reality most European NBA fans have to deal with, and now this man might be the best or second-best player in the world.

They either have to stay up late, wake up early, or just watch replays or highlights to catch the NBA action.

But with many more European players taking the league by storm over the years, it wouldn’t be shocking to see them tweak the schedule a bit at some point in the future.

The NBA has become more global than ever, and being the money machine that it is, it shouldn’t be long before they make some adjustments to reach even more audiences and different corners of the earth.