“He’s like the Kobe or Jordan of Europe,” Antetokounmpo said. That sounds way better than “T-Mac of Europe.”
I also remember JVG actually having to deal with V-Span's very unhappy mother, who had accompanied her boy to the USA. They were living together in an apartment so he wouldn't miss home. Nothing terribly wrong with that for a teenager, I guess, but Vaginous was 24.
America is full of playground legends that failed in the NBA https://www.legendssf.com/blogs/legends-blog/top-10-streetball-players-ever Could-a-should-a-would-a