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Message: [QUOTE="That Guy, post: 4991326, member: 8905"] Yes, this is true. Not sure how fully developed or prevalent the basketball youth academies are in Europe, as it is still growing sport there, but they definitely exist. In soccer it is an extremely common thing. Most professional teams bring in players as young as 10 and train them in their youth teams. Back in the early 2010s FC Barcelona's entire starting 11 were players who came through their youth academy and they were the best team in the world at that time as well. [/QUOTE]