Our NBA guys probably will end up as disappointments in Euroleague.
Cedi said he is in his prime and wants to go back NBA but I think he is far away from his prime. Even in EuroBasket 2015, he was more creative and effective. Defensively, he makes small mistakes all the time. It is really hard to play with him right now. But he can be better defensively as the season goes, there is still room. On the positive side, he is better 3pt shooter. I think he reached his prime times around World Cup 2019. To sum up, probably Papapetrou will be main SF which is a thing I scared most. To witness that Papapetrou is better than Cedi. Cedi will fight with Grigonis for rotation minutes.
Yurtseven is far away to be a guy for a Euroleague contender. His basketball IQ is just too low. He is an offensive hole. I am not sure he is better than Balcerowski and probably he deserves to be in Eurocup level team like him.
Korkmaz is not ready and he will never be. He is talented but it is not enough. If he was ready and trained well, then he might still be in NBA. Monaco made a deal with Loyd. Calathes, James, Okobo, Strawzel, Loyd and even Begarin. There are too much players and probably Korkmaz will be out of rotation.
And now Bitim. We will see what he gonna do.
It is really hard to admit that but it explains the loss against Greece in Olympic Qualifiers.
I hope at least Osman will make a jump and will be part of the team. For other two, it is not easy.
Cedi said he is in his prime and wants to go back NBA but I think he is far away from his prime. Even in EuroBasket 2015, he was more creative and effective. Defensively, he makes small mistakes all the time. It is really hard to play with him right now. But he can be better defensively as the season goes, there is still room. On the positive side, he is better 3pt shooter. I think he reached his prime times around World Cup 2019. To sum up, probably Papapetrou will be main SF which is a thing I scared most. To witness that Papapetrou is better than Cedi. Cedi will fight with Grigonis for rotation minutes.
Yurtseven is far away to be a guy for a Euroleague contender. His basketball IQ is just too low. He is an offensive hole. I am not sure he is better than Balcerowski and probably he deserves to be in Eurocup level team like him.
Korkmaz is not ready and he will never be. He is talented but it is not enough. If he was ready and trained well, then he might still be in NBA. Monaco made a deal with Loyd. Calathes, James, Okobo, Strawzel, Loyd and even Begarin. There are too much players and probably Korkmaz will be out of rotation.
And now Bitim. We will see what he gonna do.
It is really hard to admit that but it explains the loss against Greece in Olympic Qualifiers.
I hope at least Osman will make a jump and will be part of the team. For other two, it is not easy.
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