CoachZ, I think the main mistake you make - you have a natural attitude that between Teo and Kalnietis (and partly between Serbia and Lithuania) it's like between sun and earth, but it's not, specially when it comes to NT performances. Kalnietis individually was more outstanding than Teo in OG. His PER 36 was 20/8,4 while Teo's 17/7,6 (72%/42% vs Teo's 42/32%). Just saying Kalnietis had a really good tournament, it's not only because he had all freedom and plenty of minutes.
I can't go into detailed comparison of all your guards as I don't know them that well, but how exactly is Lekvicius a non factor here and his transition to Pana is fluke? How it's fluke he's 3rd in creating points in a minute in Euroleague? 4th in p'n'r effectiveness after Teo, Lull, De Colo. Zalgiris was a legit team last season. Oh, he doesn't look flashy, super crafty and he's small so his efficiency doesn't count? That's romanticism. I'm not saying he's some lelgit different maker, but he's a figure, he proved he can play.
PS: Regarding your last post, yeah, but let's not forget Lithuania beat Serbia in 2015 semis fair and square, that's post 2014 era.
I can't go into detailed comparison of all your guards as I don't know them that well, but how exactly is Lekvicius a non factor here and his transition to Pana is fluke? How it's fluke he's 3rd in creating points in a minute in Euroleague? 4th in p'n'r effectiveness after Teo, Lull, De Colo. Zalgiris was a legit team last season. Oh, he doesn't look flashy, super crafty and he's small so his efficiency doesn't count? That's romanticism. I'm not saying he's some lelgit different maker, but he's a figure, he proved he can play.
PS: Regarding your last post, yeah, but let's not forget Lithuania beat Serbia in 2015 semis fair and square, that's post 2014 era.
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