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Darrell Armstrong2
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Woa. The trident of offensive basketball you mention there. You are reaching hard on this one. Very nitpicky on a 14+11ast double double with zero turnovers (magic or not...) with a better plus minus. And at the same time very nonchalant on the (my opinion) weakest MVP of the last 30 years of Eurobasket having a meh performance in the final.
I'm sure you can find a lot of other centers that faced that trident and both outscored and outrebounded them. In little more than 20 minutes and with better percentages than Willy. Go find one if you can.
The truth is, France had a clear advantage at the center position for almost every game in this tournament. And Willy turned this into an advantage for Spain. Brown managed scored 14 points... and was clearly outscored by Heurtel and Albicy.
Having said that, I must agree with you in both statements: weakest MVP, and so-so in the final game. Still, Willy has a better case for MVP as the best player (in terms of statistical efficiency) from the best squad.