A few weeks ago there was some discussion on here about Virtus Bologna and radallo was saying that they were performing as expected for their roster. That was a fair point but the issue is that this team is greatly underperforming considering how high their budget is. Their two big signings didn't work out. Shengelia hasn't delivered to the level that they must have been hoping for and Lundberg isn't even on their roster for the Italian playoffs.
For some reason Scariolo's reputation is better than ever, despite presiding over a clearly underwhelming season with a big budget team.
It is still a joy watching Teodosic and Belinelli operating at Euroleague level and without them Virtus would have been battling ASVEL at the bottom of the standings. Those two legends deserve a
B grade for their seasons but Virtus overall were
D calibre.
As for Calathes, his season deserves a solid
B grade. He lead his new team to one game away from the Final 4 which was an incredible achievement considering they were such a new team and taking into account the sheer quality of the Olympiacos squad they faced in the playoffs. Calathes remains a terrific leader and point guard and he quietly shot 33.6% from behind the arc.