VTB League 2010-11

[IGLR]

Next season at VTB will participate 12 teams separated in 2 groups.

Russia: 4 best clubs
Lithuania: Kauno "Žalgiris" and Vilniaus "Lietuvos rytas";
Latvia: Rygos VEF;
Estonia: Talino "Kalev";
Poland: Sopoto "Trefl" and Gdynės "Prokom";
Ukraine: Kijevo "Budivelnyk" and Mariupolio "Azovmaš".

[Straight forward]

Next season at VTB will participate 12 teams separated in 2 groups.

Russia: 4 best clubs
Lithuania: Kauno "Žalgiris" and Vilniaus "Lietuvos rytas";
Latvia: Rygos VEF;
Estonia: Talino "Kalev";
Poland: Sopoto "Trefl" and Gdynės "Prokom";
Ukraine: Kijevo "Budivelnyk" and Mariupolio "Azovmaš".

Well, very nice competitive league. Having in mind that 7 teams surely hold the level of Euroleague (4 Russian teams, 2 Lithuanian, 1 Polish) and other teams are not bad at all.

[Straight forward]

Four Russian teams hold EL level? Which ones except for obvious CSKA and Khimki?

I think Unics and Dinamo. Ok, they at least have potential to hold the level of Euroleague.

[Dreamcatcher]

Next season at VTB will participate 12 teams separated in 2 groups.

Russia: 4 best clubs
Lithuania: Kauno "Žalgiris" and Vilniaus "Lietuvos rytas";
Latvia: Rygos VEF;
Estonia: Talino "Kalev";
Poland: Sopoto "Trefl" and Gdynės "Prokom";
Ukraine: Kijevo "Budivelnyk" and Mariupolio "Azovmaš".

Hm...Kalev is very weak team now and didn't even get to Estonian final. Are you sure about this list?

[IGLR]

Sergej Cernov few days ago said it to newspaper "Lietuvos rytas".

[auris1]

update
according to the general manager of the league Shirokov -
12 teams split in two groups - winners go straight to final four,second and third to have a play off game.
Russia: 4 clubs
Lithuania: Kauno "Žalgiris"
Estonia: Talino "Kalev";
Poland: prokom
Ukraine: Kijevo "Budivelnyk" and Mariupolio "Azovmash
Latvia =VEF

Lrytas have some conditions (English as an official language ?) which are achievable .
somehow unclear about the rest of the teams - he says that Poland might have two teams,but only prokom definitely makes the cut - for the last place there are many candidates - Minks,Tartu, Venspils, Barons, Siauliai and Honka (Finland),the last one mainly because it might attract some big sponsorship from Finland

http://news.sport-express.ru/2010-06-15/368242/

[auris1]

According to not so reliable source again(krepsinis.net) the last team to join the league is Belarussian team Minsk 2006. I can only guess what level they represent nowadays, but i do not see them being competitive. Fourth place in the group tops
But it is only 200 km from Vilnius,and 300 km from Kaunas.Plus now there are 7 countries competing

[sagenas]

Группа А: ЦСКА (РОССИЯ), Летувос Ритас (Литва), УНИКС (РОССИЯ), Днепр (Украина), Хонка (Финляндия), Минск-2006 (Беларусь)

Группа В: Калев (Эстония), ВЭФ (Латвия), Проком (Польша), Жальгирис (Литва), Химки (РОССИЯ), Азовмаш (Украина)

Very good group for Lietuvos Rytas.

[auris1]

Группа А: ЦСКА (РОССИЯ), Летувос Ритас (Литва), УНИКС (РОССИЯ), Днепр (Украина), Хонка (Финляндия), Минск-2006 (Беларусь)

Группа В: Калев (Эстония), ВЭФ (Латвия), Проком (Польша), Жальгирис (Литва), Химки (РОССИЯ), Азовмаш (Украина)

Very good group for Lietuvos Rytas.

better than for Zalgiris,definately - probably will be close call with with Uniks for the second place in the group.
Zalgiris might get just the same either first or fourth place in between.

[sagenas]

better than for Zalgiris,definately - probably will be close call with with Uniks for the second place in the group.
Zalgiris might get just the same either first or fourth place in between.

both teams can be first in their group. CSKA, nor Chimki isn't unbeatable team.

[rikhardur]

Группа А: ЦСКА (РОССИЯ), Летувос Ритас (Литва), УНИКС (РОССИЯ), Днепр (Украина), Хонка (Финляндия), Минск-2006 (Беларусь)

Группа В: Калев (Эстония), ВЭФ (Латвия), Проком (Польша), Жальгирис (Литва), Химки (РОССИЯ), Азовмаш (Украина)

Very good group for Lietuvos Rytas.

You could have translated those

PS: Thanks Demarr!

[Demarr]

Group A: CSKA (Russia), Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania), UNIKS (Russia), Dnepr (Ukraine), Honka (Finland), Minsk-2006 (Belarus)

Group B: BC Kalev (Estonia), VEF (Latvia), Prokom (Poland), Žalgiris (Lithuania), Khimki (Russia), Azovmash (Ukraine)

[sagenas]

You could have translated those

PS: Thanks Demarr!

I thought you'd understand it

[vaslover]

Vice-premier of Russia Sergey Ivanov wants to secrifice our national championship for the f..cking League of VTB. I really hope that this IDIOTIC idea with a crushing defeat.

[auris1]

Vice-premier of Russia Sergey Ivanov wants to secrifice our national championship for the f..cking League of VTB. I really hope that this IDIOTIC idea with a crushing defeat.

meaning?
any articles you know of?