Being used to all those PF's in the past, Slokar, Balažič, Zupan aren't all that up to our ussual level, but within a well thought system they can do their job nevertheless.
Most of all I am not really sure what can we expect from Maljković, as G. Dragić already complained (well, he went publicly with it, so basicaly that's a complaint even if it wasn't neccesarily meant this way) that in the last eurobasket they were playing way to controled, slow paced, should push the ball more and that Maljković didn't really succesfully apply his philosophy to the team. We'll see if anything will change in his head.
We don't have as many briliant scorers as we used to, but the transition to the new generation kind of surprised me as it has gone low profile, but nevertheless pretty well.
I personaly got high hopes for a lineup Begič/Murič/Z.Dragič/Blažič/G.Dragič as it should be one of the best defensive lineups at the championship.
Either by pressuring the transition, lanes or Begič's lenght deflecting shots, these guys should be phenomenal on open court together when given a chance, generating fast breaks even when it seems unlikely at first hand. Assuring defensive rebound and letting them "off the chain" in front of home fans could be deadly. However, un-confident first pass, def fouls in transition would slow it down, definately resulting in a zone and than, as neither of Murič, G. Dragič or Blažič (and definately not Z. Dragič) is some phenomenal shooter, it's basicaly the matter of that 1,2 shots falling in or not. I believe our result will depend a lot on that lineup able to prevent defenders from closing into zone or effectively breaking it.
The second quite nice lineup is the vet/scoring mix. Lakovič/Udrih/Nachbar/Slokar +either of the both C's, this lineup shouldn't occur a lot, but when it would that's just whole lot of experience and firepower.
Most of the time (including starting lineups) we'll see combinations within both of those lineups, with such a variety of all that different players, should be an interesting thing to observe.
I believe the team should be playing agressive, fast first pass, defensively annoying basketball, with the succes in a large part depending on Maljković's perception of that and his ability to mold this team. Even if name wise the roster doesn't seem particulary strong, some of those "small names" are quite usefull players.
I am not actualy Maljković's loudest critic, I wish him all the best and would be extremely happy if he'd get a good result in 2013, but he isn't really my type of a coach and would feel way more comfortable if someone like Zdovc was in his position.
