Updated: December 30, 2002, 3:32 PM ET

Time for a change in
basketball philosophy

After eight days traveling Eastern Europe, NBA Insider Chad Ford concludes that a new basketball world order is on the horizon.

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By by Chad Ford

LONDON, England -- During the Chicago Pre-Draft Camp in June, Celtics GM Chris Wallace and I talked about the growing infatuation teams were having with international players. Wallace acknowledged the contributions of the Nowitzkis and the Gasols of the world, but he wondered if we all weren't going a little overboard. The U.S., he reasoned, was still the best basketball country in the world.

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