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What if the Dallas Mavericks found Cooper Flagg when he was 9 years old? Not to draft him. To develop him. That's essentially what happened with Lamine Yamal and Barcelona. In Europe, some of the best young athletes are identified and developed by professional clubs years before American athletes enter elite development environments. So when we compare an 18 year-old American player to an 18 year-old European player, are we really comparing talent? Or are we comparing years of development? After hearing John Wertheim discuss it on The Dan Patrick Show, I started wondering if this is the biggest difference...