Here in Spain, young players when they finish their second junior year, 17/18 years old, are orphaned from a specific competition. They are not old enough for ACB and the logical path is NCAA or other European leagues where they can get a salary. I believe that any path is good, and if you are an excellent player you will be able to play at a professional level, but there is only one condition, you have to play minutes. It is better to be the number 1 player on a Polish team than number 12 on an ACB team.
Very interesting article.
Here in Spain, young players when they finish their second junior year, 17/18 years old, are orphaned from a specific competition. They are not old enough for ACB and the logical path is NCAA or other European leagues where they can get a salary. I believe that any path is good, and if you are an excellent player you will be able to play at a professional level, but there is only one condition, you have to play minutes. It is better to be the number 1 player on a Polish team than number 12 on an ACB team.
Key from what I have seen is to find a club that embraces young players, like Ulm.