As a European (in the US) I agree totally.

LeBron is a fantastic physical player (he's very skilled, but his technique plays off his physicality) and the NBA has been dominated by physical scoring players for a long time (since Jordan retired for sure, before then it was starting to be a thing too).

European sports and tastes tend to not like a slugfest where it's just back-and-forth between two power hitters. It's, frankly, dull. Seeing athletes who combine skill with finesse and athleticism and - to use an NFL term - touch... plays much more into what appeals most in sports in Europe.

When LeBron comes up in GOAT discussions for me it's not even close - MJ was a much better all round player than LeBron even if LeBron is amazing (and he is).

This is why I'm a fan of the Warriors: watching their passing play even if they don't score is - to me - much more appealing than 99% of the rest of any other basketball game. They've always had to focus on this aspect of the game - the team play, the subtle positioning, the passing game - as they've not been able to attract physical weapons like LeBron to their team.

It makes them better all round players and a better all round team. People talk about our bench being deep but is it deep, or is it that we've just concentrated on skills that require and develop great team play? We have stand-out players but even our worst players can rotate into our line-up and cause problems because they know how to work together better than most other teams I watch in the NBA.

In fact when that breaks down you see the Warriors stumble. That was most of the problem in game 2-3 of the Grizzlies series: we played sloppy team play and just tried to shoot all the time. Veering between selfish shots and stupid sharing - it was the antithesis of what makes the Warriors good.

All this means that yes, they play like a soccer team. This is a good thing.