EL 2024/25 - Round 8

[Jazz]

Thursday 7 November:

Crvena Zvezda - Alba Berlin
Olimpia Milano - Real Madrid
Bayern - Zalgiris Kaunas
Paris - Partizan


Friday 8 November:

Anadolu Efes - Monaco
Lyon-Villeurbanne - Fenerbahce
Panathinaikos - Olympiacos
Barcelona - Baskonia
Virtus Bologna - Maccabi Tel Aviv

[Edgar]

Bold prediction - Milano will beat Real tonight. Mannion magic!

[janketa]

Bold prediction - Milano will beat Real tonight. Mannion magic!

At last we agree about some playar, except Nunn But strange you like Mannion, he is far from clown profile you prefer, hm, are you under fever tonight maybe?

[Toruko]

Bold prediction - Milano will beat Real tonight. Mannion magic!

You should have warned me.

[janketa]

The ugliest team beated the one of the most talented team in EL. But cudos to Paris on defense. Carlik starts taking leader role,
Partizan plays next 6 games in Belgrade then Alba so their current 2-6 could change very fast

[Edgar]

At last we agree about some playar, except Nunn But strange you like Mannion, he is far from clown profile you prefer, hm, are you under fever tonight maybe?

Mannion is really nice guy to watch. I watched him while he was on college, GS, Euroleague, national team. I never understood why Scariolo didn't give him proper chance. Also in Baskonia same story. When Sachetti believed in him in Italian national team he was flying and Italy was great and now Mannion is much better play than he was in that time.

[Edgar]

The ugliest team beated the one of the most talented team in EL. But cudos to Paris on defense. Carlik starts taking leader role,
Partizan plays next 6 games in Belgrade then Alba so their current 2-6 could change very fast

Paris ugliest team?! Depends what you like. For someone who likes fast basketball then Paris is the best team to watch. Their pace is just crazy as hell. Everyone has freedom to take a 3pt from the halfcourt if they want.

[Edgar]

You should have warned me.

Okay, then here it is for tonight one pick - Asvel will cover handicap against Fener! Ta-da!

[janketa]

Oturu kept Efes in the game on both sides, but Mijatovic from some strange reason favors Poirier

Unbelievable he gives so much minutes to Willis who is the worst player in the roster, on small forward, while Johnson warms bench.

Similar mistakes made Obradovic last night and they lost

[Edgar]

I mean...kudos to Oly. What a game. Probably the best game I have ever seen in person. Fournier made some damn crazy shots. Offensive rebound and Lorenzo killed us. So many stupid mistakes in the crucial moments and it's crazy that Milutinov gets offensive rebound between 5 our players. Lorenzo probably played the worst game in his Euroleague career. Also I can't accept that Oly scored 5 times in a row on the same play. Walkup in the post up against Sloukas...

[Toruko]

I mean...kudos to Oly. What a game. Probably the best game I have ever seen in person. Fournier made some damn crazy shots. Offensive rebound and Lorenzo killed us. So many stupid mistakes in the crucial moments and it's crazy that Milutinov gets offensive rebound between 5 our players. Lorenzo probably played the worst game in his Euroleague career. Also I can't accept that Oly scored 5 times in a row on the same play. Walkup in the post up against Sloukas...

Yeah Ataman should have reacted to Walkups post games against Sloukas. Brown was a cancer today. PAO played too hasty in some possessions. Milutinov schooled Yurtseven and grabbed every rebound around him. PAO couldnt grab a single rebound. Osman showed why the Turkish NT couldnt finish a single game for itself. This guys talent level is below average and being a role player in the NBA does not help dominating a game. It also explains why we never win crucial games in the NT. Shitty Shaq McKissic even dominated the game more.

[Edgar]

Yeah Ataman should have reacted to Walkups post games against Sloukas. Brown was a cancer today. PAO played too hasty in some possessions. Milutinov schooled Yurtseven and grabbed every rebound around him. PAO couldnt grab a single rebound. Osman showed why the Turkish NT couldnt finish a single game for itself. This guys talent level is below average and being a role player in the NBA does not help dominating a game. It also explains why we never win crucial games in the NT. Shitty Shaq McKissic even dominated the game more.

Yeah, it was hideous defense. Osman was actually pretty decent. It's crazy how we couldn't stop Milutinov. I am just sad we missed so many good shots in the crucial moments...but hey, better that game with Fournier shooting like this happened now than at the end of the season. Now we need to beat Maccabi and Virtus.

[Toruko]

Yeah, it was hideous defense. Osman was actually pretty decent. It's crazy how we couldn't stop Milutinov. I am just sad we missed so many good shots in the crucial moments...but hey, better that game with Fournier shooting like this happened now than at the end of the season. Now we need to beat Maccabi and Virtus.

My problem with PAO is its softness. PAO is not hungry enough. I am not happy with the game and with some players attitudes but Maccabi and Virtus shouldnt be obstacles.

[Edgar]

My problem with PAO is its softness. PAO is not hungry enough. I am not happy with the game and with some players attitudes but Maccabi and Virtus shouldnt be obstacles.

Some players are completely out of the form. Sloukas is meh, Mitoglou is horrible, Yurtseven and Osman don't have a lot of minutes especially when it matters. Ataman doesn't trust them at all for now. Lorenzo had so many bad games, but also some very good. Cyclist injured. So yeah, we are not that deep at all. The only positive side from the last year is Juancho and Nunn/Lessort staying the same type of players (even though Lessort was really bad today except that 3rd quarter. Really bad). Only what matters is to get TOP 4 spots and then we will see in the april/may who is built for what...

[ronmercer80]

Itoudis and Scariolo the candidates for Real. I would avoid signing the second one.