Augustas Šuliauskas
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There's a team in Europe that has a better offensive rating than any NBA team ever 🤯
@ParisBasketball
offense is a thing of beauty & I tried to break it down in the video below
Check out why Tuomas Iisalo is the next great European coach.
Must-watch!
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No Porzingis. No Bertans. No Strelnieks. No Lomazs.
▪️ World & European Champs Spain: beaten
▪️ Olympics & European 2nd place France: beaten
▪️ FIBA American 2nd place Brazil: beaten
Latvia are Top 8 in the world 🤯
Luka Banchi magic
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Lithuania beat USA for the 3rd time in history 🤯
110-104
Our population = Chicago
1 NBA player
5 in EuroLeague
But fundamentals like movement w/o ball on drives, boxing out & simple team play according to opponent’s weaknesses, once again proved superior.
Luck on 3P, too
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Fenerbahce Backdoor Play | How To Score 2 Easy PTS
Voiceover: Dimitris Itoudis (sound on)
Main roles: Nick Calathes & Marko Guduric
Just sit back, relax and enjoy the masters at work.
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Despite Serbia losing, Aleksa Avramovic deserves a huge shoutout.
It was his fighting spirit that kept Serbia close until the end.
We know about his defense, but he was balling on offense today as well with Bogdanovic locked in the 2nd half.
21 PTS
7/15 FG
What a tournament
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2 thoughts here: I don’t care Punter is dribbling in front of your face, there is absolutely no reason for Sergio Llull to make a foul like this. Disgraceful from a veteran
And for Guerschon Yabusele.. I think an entire season of disqualification is a bare minimum
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No Jokic. No Micic. Coming after a disappointing EuroBasket.
Serbia once again shows defense leads you to title games.
In a battle of two great defensive teams, 🇷🇸 also proved to have more offensive weapons than Canada.
And Bogdanovic was just unbelievable: 23 PTS on 8/12 FG
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Congrats Serbia, well-deserved from start to finish👏
▪️Way more aggressive on def
▪️Aleksa = game-changer, Jovic vs Brazdeikis physical, Bogi denying off-ball
▪️JV Drop attacked every possession with success
▪️ Petrusev at 5, Bogi-Milutinov PnR🔥
▪️ Great plan, smart fouls
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Aleksa Avramovic was on the court for 3 MIN 41 SEC in 1Q.
Serbia were +11 in this period 🤯
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Aleksa Avramovic sequence that changed the game early for Serbia
▪️ Blocks Shai's ISO sick pullback. How?
▪️ Pressures PG = bad shot + assist to Jovic
▪️ Scores 2P
▪️ Draws off foul on PnR
▪️ Steal from Barrett + 2FT
▪️ Deflects Shai's ISO
▪️ Contest 3P = turnover
Incredible
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Misses a championship winning shot for Olympiakos.
Switches team for a bigger role
Gets clowned for it
Wins the title with Panathinaikos in the 1st season
Kostas Sloukas, ladies & gentlemen
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The ending hurts, but..
I think I speak for many when I say: 'Thank you, Latvia'
The way you played - expressing fast-paced, beautiful passing basketball with a lot of 3s was one big pleasure to watch
The expectations were an early exit & now you are in the Top 8 of the world
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This is probably the first game in all the tournament where I see Canada not being the most physical team on the court so far
Serbia are not playing around, they knew how they have to respond
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Send the tape of Thomas Walkup’s 3Q defense to those who voted Walter Tavares as DPOY
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What an incredible tourney for Arturs Zagars.
People say: 'Timing is everything is basketball'
Well, it couldn't have been better for him. Without a contract coming into the World Cup, expect a EuroLeague team to grab this guy now.
14.2 PPG
6.0 AST
57% FG
His game is ELITE
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This looks insane 😳
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I knew Aleksa was like that on defense.. We saw those Partizan games..
But for Jokubaitis to lose 3 balls in your own half is something else
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Serbia absolutely destroying Canada's defense is the combo of Bogdanovic + Milutinov inside:
▪️ All guards are quick enough to beat the aggressive def high up the floor
▪️ If they get the switch, there's Milutinov to post
▪️ 2-big men lineup was amazing vs 🇨🇦 small-balll
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Next year is Saras & Fenerbahce year
Best roster he's ever had on paper for a chance to finally win EuroLeague as a coach
Fenerbahce are set to reinforce their squad with Wade Baldwin IV and Bonzie Colson 🤯
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Bogdanovic was the FIBA God today we know he is.
But Aleksa Avramovic & Filip Petrusev were the biggest game-changers.
Aleksa: 14 MIN, 8 PTS, 2 AST, 4 STL (!), 🇷🇸+13 with him on the court
Petrusev: 17 MIN, 17 PTS, 6 REB, 🇷🇸+15 with him on the court.
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This Greece defense is just amazing
Super-high levels of physicality, multiple efforts, smart gambles, diving on floor, constant pressure, diverse PnR coverages, tall guards giving team the ability to switch
Slovenia 68 PTS
Croatia 69 PTS
Will be fun to watch in the Olympics!
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I know everybody's talking about the fight & the suspensions, but Partizan proved their superiority on the court & it must not be quickly forgotten.
There is a reason Zeljko Obradovic has won 20 of 21 EuroLeague playoff series.
Open up for Real vs Partizan Game 2 thread⬇️
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Serbia's offensive playbook has been full of hidden gems.
Svetislav Pesic & his staff added variety.
For example, this set for Bogdanovic is one of the longest & fluid schemes I've seen this summer.
As some others in this mini thread:
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Olympiakos fans!
I know you wanted Mirotic, but Luke Sikma is pretty good at basketball, too.
Replacing Vezenkov is impossible, but he might be the best-fit to Olympiakos' offensive style.
A thread about ALBA's point-forward⬇️
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This Latvia team, man
You limit Bertans & Zagars?
No problem. One game it's Zoriks stepping up in 4Q. The other it's Kurucs in double digits.
Tonight? Grazulis' MVP performance with a statline of:
28PTS
12/13 FG
3/3 3P
6 REB
& a game-closing 3P. Latvia will play for 5th spot
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Olympiakos are the best team in Europe in off-ball movement
3Q vs Fenerbahce (won 24-12) was another reminder
Like this possession with 7 passes & only 4 dribbles needed to score 🔥
A thread on positive moments from Olympiakos' 3Q:
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Watch Zalgiris Kaunas execute an ATO play for Brady Manek's 3P to perfection.
It's a fake post touch with stagger on the weak side
Manek went 5/5 from the 3P land yesterday, showing off his quick release & gorgeous technique
Sound on for instructions from Kazys Maksvytis! 🔊
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Partizan fans!⚫️⚪️
This is why Zeljko Obradovic signed Frank Kaminsky.
Get to know him better with clips from NBA & my thoughts on how he'll fit with Punter, LeDay & others⤵️
A thread:
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Kendrick Nunn over Wade Baldwin in 1st team All-EuroLeague? That's ridiculous
The results of quarterfinals (where Wade barely played) shouldn't impact the awards of a regular season
💫𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯-𝟮𝟰 𝗔𝗹𝗹-𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺💫
🔸Facundo Campazzo
🔸Mike James
🔸Kendrick Nunn
🔸Nigel Hayes-Davis
🔸Mathias Lessort
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We are seeing the chess match between Fernandez & Pesic at its finest: Milutinov is dominating so much, Edey goes to court after playing 19 MIN in the whole tournament.
Pesic immediately subs in Petrusev at the 5. Edey goes back to the bench 10 seconds later.
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Italy with the most beautiful basketball possession of the summer so far 🔥
In 10 seconds:
6 passes
4 of them no-looks
2 dribbles
And 2 points to close out the friendly game vs Brazil
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Coach Spanoulis with one of the most creative end of quarter actions I've seen lately.
Ram into Spain, all as decoy, only to have a big guy turn around & set a screen for the shooter.
Also, the other player cleans the left side of the court, so no help is possible.
Smart.
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Dribbling dominates basketball, but...
There's a team in Europe that values passing & cutting more than it.
I break down how Olympiakos are successful with a unique style of play 🔥
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Olympiakos fans leaving Berlin after Friday's loss & not even showing up for this 3rd place game is the best illustration of how meaningless this match is
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Partizan -11 with 5:50 MIN left in 4Q
Zeljko subs out Punter & Leday
Partizan goes on a 20-8 run
Avramovic 12 PTS
PJ Dozier 5 PTS
Smailagic 2 PTS
The X Factors in this game were huge
What a Belgrade derby with insane atmosphere 🔥
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Basketball doesn't stop!
Let's look into Anadolu Efes' friendly game & what's different with Erdem Can replacing Ergin Ataman.
Super early thoughts & clips from match vs Bursa 🧵
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Clutchpoints consider Lithuania a Balkan country.
Well, I guess not only Team USA didn’t do their scouting until the end 😅
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Fenerbahce's Play That Efes Could Not Stop
Itoudis forced this post-up by playing a simple 2-4 side pick ~20 times.
Every time, Efes switched. Even if it meant taking Clyburn off Hayes-Davis & putting Micic against him.
It was also the play that sealed the W.
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Itoudis & Fenerbahce are making it uncomfortable for Olympiakos. It's clear.
Hitting all the correct buttons to be so close from being up 2-1. But then Kostas Sloukas happens.. So many interesting details to discuss.
Open up for Fenerbahce - Olympiakos series thread:⬇️
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Oh, and a golden rule: great game from Kostas Papanikolaou = Olympiakos win
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What can Ignas Brazdeikis give to Olympiakos? (If the deal goes through) 🔴⚪️
Thread on Lithuanian's strengths, weaknesses & tendencies🧵
Starting with posting up smaller guards (Brunson here) when playing SG:
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This is a Serie B - Italian 3rd division (!) - match in Livorno 🤯
±8000 people to watch a third league game
Italy might be a basketball country, but they sure do love this sport in some cities
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I can't wrap my head around the decisions by Pesic
1) Subs out best offensive player
2) Decides not to foul with the diff of shot & game clock only 3 sec
(gets lucky Fontecchio shoots too early)
3) But hey, Bogdanovic is on the bench
4) Not doubling Simone when he was cookin'
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Sasha Vezenkov finally got back into the rhythm tonight vs the Cavs
11 PTS
17 MIN
4/6 FG, including 3/5 3P
🧵Short thread on where the Kings involved him & how the comeback of De'Aaron Fox is helping:
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Came to see Giannis, stayed for Papagiannis..
13 PTS in 11 MIN on 5/6
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Latvia, you were incredible. Zagars, Smits, their PnP dominant vs France’s drop. Bertans adding 4 threes.
But moreover, it seemed like one team wanted it more than the other. You don’t win in basketball without heart and passion & Latvia showed much more of it
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Mirotic & LeDay together at Partizan would be unstoppable offense, right?🧵
I went back to old Fenerbahce days (2016-18) to see what Zeljko Obradovic ran with Datome & Melli together at the PF & C positions.
Lots of intriguing stuff.
Open for 7 different situations⤵️
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AS Monaco - Fenerbahce Match Thread🧵
▪️ Itoudis' defensive strategy vs James/Loyd/Okobo
▪️ Fenerbahce set play that worked like magic
▪️ Calathes' masterpiece
Here are 6 videos from the game:
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Why the ball is in Okobo’s hands and not Mike James’ for 2 times in the crucial possessions?
What a historic win by Fenerbahce
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Crvena Zvezda has 4W in a row (all at home) and their defense has been an absolute joy to watch (like always).
Watch these 4 possessions that emphasize their main defensive principles.
Here -- constant pressure and unity as a team.
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Erdem Can & Anadolu Efes adding new layers to a well-known guard-to-guard slip screen entry.
Multiple options here for everyone. Nice stuff
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‘But he’s not worth €3M..’
One more proof Sloukas is simply a winner
What a performance
EuroLeague legend
Sloukas to PAO is crazy
Bold ‘I’ll show you I was right’ move in my opinion
Tickets for that Olympiakos game away anyone?
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Defensively, Serbia's plan was clear: 'We are good with anybody else not named Shai shooting'
Stunts in ISOs; two bodies in PnR def; forcing left also helped; rotations on rolls, leaving others open for 3P shots.
FG attempts:
▪️ RJ Barrett 14
▪️ Brooks 12
▪️ Shai 8
Says a lot.
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Crvena Zvezda led +9 vs Zalgiris with 7 MIN remaining.
But then Zalgiris' small-ball lineup went on a 18-3 run & won the game.
So what exactly happened?
🧵Let's analyze it clip by clip in a thread:
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Real Madrid - Olympiakos Match Thread🧵
▪️ What worked so well for Bartzokas' team?
▪️ How Vezenkov outplayed Yabusele
▪️ Plan against Deck & more
Here are 6 videos from the game:
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This play won the game for Partizan in 4Q vs Olympiakos.
Guard-to-guard 'ghost' screen is super popular nowadays = everyone practices how to defend it.
So coaches have to innovate to hide it.
This is Zeljko masking it & successfully allowing Exum to drive to the right 3 times!
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Down 3 with 21 SEC left vs Panathinaikos, Zalgiris ran this slip PnP action for Brady Manek & it worked brilliantly.
Listen to coach Kazys Maksvytis explaining everything in the timeout 🔊
Slips vs switching in clutch are huge
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Partizan Belgrade - Virtus Bologna Match Thread🧵
▪️ Zeljko Obradovic’s plan that worked to perfection
▪️ Why James Nunnaly was key for Partizan
▪️ Defensive detail which stopped Virtus
Here are 6 videos from the game:
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Textbook defense | Dejan Radonjic (Crvena Zvezda)
Zvezda has the
#1
defense so far in the EuroLeague (only 61,7 PPG allowed). How they do it?
Constant pressure, active hands, physical + all the other things explained in the video below. Amazing sequence vs Zalgiris Kaunas:👇
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So 5 hours have passed after the Lithuania - USA game..
And it's still all surreal.
There's a shit ton of work to do but I just can't stop watching memes & reactions.
Love basketball, love my work & love Twitter in moments like this 😂
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Monday thought before Lithuania - Serbia
Lithuania are
#1
in the World Cup in 3P% at 46.4%
2nd place is far behind - South Sudan at 40.7%
That's pretty crazy.
But even crazier is the fact that the same Lithuanian team shot 33.5% in 8 friendlies.
How long can this continue?
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Sums up perfectly what this man has done for Zalgiris in 1 month
Trinchieri has changed this team incredibly
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Every game matters.. More like every playoff game matters for these EuroLeague awards 😂
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Arturs Zagars was on the floor holding his knee for a couple of minutes. Looks terrible, couldn’t put any weight on it later…
This is just so so sad
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PJ Dozier & Caboclo combo is going to be huge for Partizan late in games
Bruno has the ability to switch & some guards don't even look to attack him
PJ has the length to make it extremely tough to attack through the mismatch inside
Teams will have to look for points elsewhere
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Okay, let’s try the Euroleague playoff predicting game (which will probably go very wrong haha) 🍿
Olympiakos 3-0 Fenerbahce
Barcelona 3-0 Zalgiris
Real 1-3 Partizan
Monaco 3-2 Maccabi
Who do you have?
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Crvena Zvezda in the EuroLeague:
▪️ LOWEST budget (~5M€)
▪️ BEST defense (67 PTS)
How coach Radonjic and his players do it? Tricks to steal time, % game, insane levels of physicality & more.
Also, why it's the ONLY way for low-budget teams to compete:👇
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Zeljko Obradovic is the GOAT offensive mind in basketball.🧠
Spain PnR got famous in 2016? Well, he ran it in 2002.
Zoom? Found clips from 2007 PAO days.
+many more. It's my favorite video ever made after long hours of research. Go check it out below:
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Sloukas - Lessort PnR is going to be 🔥
Ergin Ataman just paired one of the best (if not the best) PnR guards in Europe with one of the best rolling bigs in Europe.
Love the move from PAO
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What a game between Partizan & PAO in Stark
What a return by Punter with that shot in 4Q
And what a way to seal it with KP-LeDay lob dunk
Amazing night of EuroLeague hoops
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Latvia guys..
I want to tweet about Bertans sick threes, but then Zoriks makes an insane ISO 3+1 stepback
So fun to watch
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Watch Zeljko Obradovic use PJ Dozier in the same way he used Dante Exum.
It's a post catch with pindown for his big man, whose defender should be the helper.
This is the tricky part: does he follow LeDay OR helps on the post?
Dozier scores & here are examples from last year⬇️
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Article about Naz Mitrou-Long time in Zalgiris is coming tomorrow, but I’ll just say this: the guy is way more talented than those averages in Kaunas tell you
Fresh start will do only good for him
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Last month with World Cup was crazy & special.
In 25 days, I made 12 breakdowns & recorded 13 podcasts
Also, yesterday one of our old videos hit 1M for the first time 🤯
Here you see me working on the last one that drops tomorrow.
Thanks to everyone for watching & listening!
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Feel pretty good about this prediction from yesterday about Andy Obst & why Germany will win against USA.
Andy Obst with a game of his life:
24 PTS
6 AST
6/11 FG
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Serbian coach Pesic just said:
'We haven't watched Lithuania's game vs USA, it's not important. We saw their other games'
I don't know whether that's true or it's only mind games, but I'm pretty sure seeing your next opponent's last game is a must before a World Cup QF
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Has an 8-point possession ever happened in EuroLeague history?
That was just insane by PAO
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Olympiakos' 12-men rotation & depth look incredible, but..
Walkup | Goss | Lountzis
Canaan | Brazdeikis | Larentzakis
Papanikolaou | McKissic
Sikma | Peters
Milutinov | Fall
Loads of talent combined, but do they have the top top talent that makes the difference to win it all?
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I swear it goes every time like this when EuroLeague referees go to watch the replay😂
@blaz3viciously
with the idea
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If I’m playing.. And my coach is reacting to our made baskets like Pozzecco does.. If he tells me to run through a wall I’m probably doing it
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France in the FIBA World Cup
One lap is for Canada game, the second for Latvia one
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Just Thomas Walkup (
@twalkup23
) bullying opponents on defense for 1 minute and 22 seconds.
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Arturs Zagars is a baller
Just a reminder that the 23yo was once one of the biggest European prospects from his ‘00 class
Injuries have limited his growth but the guy can hoop
This is what he is able to do when healthy. Amazing
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A funny thing happened in Partizan - Olympiakos game Friday.
Both coaches drew up the same ATO play after the 1st timeout.
Result? Both teams scored. And both got a dunk.
Look at this effective & quick action to create a 2 vs 1 situation with no nail help. ⬇️
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Probably wasn't small talk after all 😁
'hey so we on the same team tomorrow, right?'
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What I love about Shai is how calm and collected he is despite what's happening on the court. Good or bad. Foul or not
A true leader under control sets a great example for others
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Brazdeikis played SG mostly for Zalgiris & mostly SF for Lithuania NT. Never PF as I read in some tweets.
Has advantages for both positions. Quick for SF, much stronger than many SG.
Depends on the team's structure he's playing for & coach's preference where to deploy him.
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That's just wild. What's the need of throwing Napier -- who is playing for another team right now -- under the bus here?
Ettore Messina revealed Shabazz Napier's desire to return 👀
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My EuroLeague Power Rankings
1 Real
2 Monaco
3 Olympiakos
4 Efes
5 Maccabi
6 Panathinaikos
7 Milano
8 Partizan
9 Fenerbahce
10 Zvezda
11 Zalgiris
12 Barcelona
13 Bayern
14 Baskonia
15 Valencia
16 Virtus
17 ASVEL
18 ALBA
Who's too high/too low? Drop yours in replies 🔽
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I'm glad not all these clips ended in injuries, but..
Slipping on ads has to stop. How much longer international basketball managers will value sponsorship money more than players' health?
The NBA has sorted this out with virtual ads, maybe it's time to do the same everywhere?
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With Sloukas, Vezenkov, Canaan & Walkup OUT for various reasons, this was the closing lineup for Olympiakos in yesterday's clutch moments vs PAO:
Larentzakis
McKissic
Papanikolaou
Peters
Fall
Before yesterday, this lineup had played exactly 0 (!) minutes together in 76 games.
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Could watch Aleksa Avramovic play defense all day every day
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EuroLeague season started out with new beginnings
Virtus vs Zalgiris & my first-time ever trying out the color commentator duties on the broadcast of Lithuanian national TV
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'Nooo, but Olympiakos don't need good ISO players'
Offense not working, Real forcing them into late 1 on 1 plays..
5 possessions ended in ISO = 0 points in those in the first 10 minutes
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Superb idea from Itoudis & Fenerbahce.
Have a forward that can post-up?
Want to get him the ball in the best possible spot aka middle of the paint?
See the confusion it creates. Everyone knows the helps/rotations from the low block, but who helps when ball is in the middle?
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Absolutely loved this SLOB idea from Bartzokas to get Alec Peters a 3P shot 🔥
Classic Zipper entry with PF setting the pin. After, he cuts to opposite side.
As PnR happens, the corner man cuts across & PG gets into a handoff for Peters with his defender not expecting it
Cash
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