now when I have finished with the statistics I don't actually know why I even started this. I was bored and looked at my fantasy team and then simply spent too much time doing this so I wanted to finish it..
Each year in euroleague fantasy I create a team with players only from ABA league countries. Second week of euroleague this season it was my highest scoring team (which says a lot about my other teams ), also since the upcoming EC will be held in Slovenia and all ABA countries will participate on the tournament I though It would be interesting to follow the players of each country throughou the euroleague (maybe also ULEB to be included) since some of those players will be participating at the EC.
As it can be seen from the list below (list consists of all players euroleague.net have in every team) in total there is 68 players from ABA countries registered to play in euroleague this season.
Slovenia - 13 players
Croatia - 25 players
Serbia - 22 players
Macedonia - 4 players (3 actually since euroleague.net is having Bo McCalleb listed under USA)
Bosnia & Herzegovina - 2 players
Montenegro - 2 players
Numbers listed by each players name are index ratings from the official statistics.
1. Round results
Slovenia
Mirza Begić (Real Madrid) - -4
Luka Rupnik (U. Olimpija) - DNP
Klemen Prepelnik (U. Olimpija) - 2
Jaka Blažič (U. Olimpija) - 10
Dino Murič (U. Olimpija) - 0
Dražen Bubnič (U. Olimpija) - 10
Jan Močnik (U. Olimpija) - DNP
Alen Omić (U. Olimpija) - 3
Zoran Dragič (Unicaja) - -1
Saša Vujačić (A. Efes) - 9
Boštjan Nachbar (Bamberg) - 23
Gašper Vidmar (Bešiktaš) - 5
Erazem Lorbek (Barcelona) - 7
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Average: 5,81 (11 players actually played)
Croatia
Roko Ukić (Panathinaikos) - 2
Zoran Planinić (Khimki) - 31
Krešimir Loncar (Khimki) - 14
Bojan Bogdanović (Fenerbahce Ulker) - 4
Krunoslav Simon (Unicaja) - 16
Luka Žorić (Unicaja) - -6
Mario Kasun (M. Siena) - 16
Marko Car (Cedevita) - -1
Roko Rogić (Cedevita) - DNP
Luka Babić (Cedevita) - 1
Karlo Lebo (Cedevita) - DNP
Lukša Andrić (Cedevita) - 8
Ivan Buva (Cedevita) - -1
Goran Suton (Cedevita) - -1
Miro Bilan (Cedevita) - DNP
Marko Tomas (Cedevita) - DNP
Marino Baždarić (Cedevita) - 2
Rok Stipčević (EA7 Milano) - 4
Stanko Barać (A. Efes) - -3
Marko Popović (Žalgiris) - 20
Mario Delaš (Žalgiris) - 6
Leon Radošević (L. Rytas) - 17
Mario Hezonja (Barcelona) - DNP
Ante Tomić (Barcelona) - 25
Damir Markota (Bešiktaš) - 2
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Average: 7,80 (20 players actually played)
Serbia
Marko Ščekić (Cantu) - 4
Kosta Perović (Unicaja) - 0
Vule Avdalović (A. Berlin) - 10
Aleksandar Rašić (M. Siena) - 3
Predrag Šuput (Cedevita) - -1
Duško Savanović (A. Efes) - 16
Milko Bjelica (C. Laboral) - DNP
Nemanja Bjelica (C. Laboral) - 13
Nemanja Nedović (L. Rytas) - 2
Miloš Teodosić (CSKA) - 6
Vladimir Micov (CSKA) - 10
Nenad Krstić (CSKA) - 23
Zoran Erceg (CSKA) - 16
Nikola Milutinov (Partizan) - 0
Vladimir Lučić (Partizan) - 26
Dragan Milosavljević (Partizan) - 15
Bogdan Bogdanović (Partizan) - 3
Đorđe Gagić (Partizan) - 8
Dejan Musli (Partizan) - -7
Marko Čakarević (Partizan) - 0
Branislav Đekić (Partizan) - DNP
Danilo Anđušić (Partizan) - DNP
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Average: 7,73 (19 players actually played)
Macedonia
Vlado Ilievski (Cedevita) - 0
Pero Antić (Olympiakos) - 12
Predrag Samardžiski (L. Rytas) - 3
Bo McCalleb (Fenerbahce) - 13
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Average: 7 (4 players actually played)
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Nihad Đedović (A. Berlin)- 12
Jusuf Nurkić (Cedevita) - DNP
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Average: 12 (1 player actually played)
Montenegro
Marko Todorović (Barcelona) - 1
Vladimir Dašić (Bešiktaš) - 1
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Average: 1 (2 players actually played)
2. round
Slovenia
Mirza Begić (Real Madrid) - 2
Luka Rupnik (U. Olimpija) - DNP
Klemen Prepelnik (U. Olimpija) - 10
Jaka Blazic (U. Olimpija) - 11
Dino Murič (U. Olimpija) - 2
Dražen Bubnič (U. Olimpija) - 5
Jan Močnik (U. Olimpija) - DNP
Alen Omić (U. Olimpija) - 8
Zoran Dragič (Unicaja) - 10
Saša Vujačić (A. Efes) - 13
Boštjan Nachbar (Bamberg) - 15
Gašper Vidmar (Bešiktaš) - 2
Erazem Lorbek (Barcelona) - 2
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Average: 7,27 (11 players actually played)
Croatia
Roko Ukić (Panathinaikos) - 10
Zoran Planinić (Khimki) - 16
Krešimir Loncar (Khimki) - 19
Bojan Bogdanović (Fenerbahce Ulker) - 15
Krunoslav Simon (Unicaja) - 7
Luka Žorić (Unicaja) - 10
Mario Kasun (M. Siena) - 12
Marko Car (Cedevita) - -1
Roko Rogić (Cedevita) - DNP
Luka Babić (Cedevita) - 6
Karlo Lebo (Cedevita) - DNP
Lukša Andrić (Cedevita) - 2
Ivan Buva (Cedevita) - DNP
Goran Suton (Cedevita) - 1
Miro Bilan (Cedevita) - 6
Marko Tomas (Cedevita) - DNP
Marino Baždarić (Cedevita) - -5
Rok Stipčević (EA7 Milano) - 4
Stanko Barać (A. Efes) - 17
Marko Popović (Žalgiris) - 10
Mario Delaš (Žalgiris) - -2
Leon Radošević (L. Rytas) - 9
Mario Hezonja (Barcelona) - DNP
Ante Tomić (Barcelona) - 9
Damir Markota (Bešiktaš) - 16
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Average: 8,05 (20 players actually played)
Serbia
Marko Ščekić (Cantu) - 4
Kosta Perović (Unicaja) - 2
Vule Avdalović (A. Berlin) - 15
Aleksandar Rašić (M. Siena) - 1
Predrag Šuput (Cedevita) - 9
Duško Savanović (A. Efes) - 16
Milko Bjelica (C. Laboral) - 2
Nemanja Bjelica (C. Laboral) - 5
Nemanja Nedović (L. Rytas) - 1
Miloš Teodosić (CSKA) - 6
Vladimir Micov (CSKA) - 1
Nenad Krstić (CSKA) - 9
Zoran Erceg (CSKA) - 13
Nikola Milutinov (Partizan) - 0
Vladimir Lučić (Partizan) - 2
Dragan Milosavljević (Partizan) - 5
Bogdan Bogdanović (Partizan) - 23
Đorđe Gagić (Partizan) - -1
Dejan Musli (Partizan) - 20
Marko Čakarević (Partizan) - 1
Branislav Đekić (Partizan) - DNP
Danilo Anđušić (Partizan) - -3
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Average: 6,23 (21 player actually played)
Macedonia
Vlado Ilievski (Cedevita) - 1
Pero Antić (Olympiakos) - 4
Predrag Samardžiski (L. Rytas) - 5
Bo McCalleb (Fenerbahce) - 25
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Average: 8,75 (4 players actually played)
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Nihad Đedović (A. Berlin) - -1
Jusuf Nurkić (Cedevita) - 4
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Average: 1,5 (2 players actually played)
Montenegro
Marko Todorović (Barcelona) - 3
Vladimir Dašić (Bešiktaš) - 2
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Average: 2,5 (2 players actually played)
Best performance in first two rounds: Zoran Planinić - 31 index rating (against Fenerbahce)
Worst performance in first two rounds: Dejan Musli - -7 index rating (against Bešiktaš)
Sad conclusion, there are some very good players from ABA countries playing in this years euroleague, some good and a lot of average or below average ones.
But we are really missing a world class players, a game changer like Bodiroga once was, or Vujčić etc..
Except of Slovenia basicly all ABA NT's on the upcoming EC will be consisted of this players or players who are playing in ULEB cup or are not playing any international competition.
It really makes you wonder can any of ABA teams fight for medals..
Each year in euroleague fantasy I create a team with players only from ABA league countries. Second week of euroleague this season it was my highest scoring team (which says a lot about my other teams ), also since the upcoming EC will be held in Slovenia and all ABA countries will participate on the tournament I though It would be interesting to follow the players of each country throughou the euroleague (maybe also ULEB to be included) since some of those players will be participating at the EC.
As it can be seen from the list below (list consists of all players euroleague.net have in every team) in total there is 68 players from ABA countries registered to play in euroleague this season.
Slovenia - 13 players
Croatia - 25 players
Serbia - 22 players
Macedonia - 4 players (3 actually since euroleague.net is having Bo McCalleb listed under USA)
Bosnia & Herzegovina - 2 players
Montenegro - 2 players
Numbers listed by each players name are index ratings from the official statistics.
1. Round results
Slovenia
Mirza Begić (Real Madrid) - -4
Luka Rupnik (U. Olimpija) - DNP
Klemen Prepelnik (U. Olimpija) - 2
Jaka Blažič (U. Olimpija) - 10
Dino Murič (U. Olimpija) - 0
Dražen Bubnič (U. Olimpija) - 10
Jan Močnik (U. Olimpija) - DNP
Alen Omić (U. Olimpija) - 3
Zoran Dragič (Unicaja) - -1
Saša Vujačić (A. Efes) - 9
Boštjan Nachbar (Bamberg) - 23
Gašper Vidmar (Bešiktaš) - 5
Erazem Lorbek (Barcelona) - 7
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Average: 5,81 (11 players actually played)
Croatia
Roko Ukić (Panathinaikos) - 2
Zoran Planinić (Khimki) - 31
Krešimir Loncar (Khimki) - 14
Bojan Bogdanović (Fenerbahce Ulker) - 4
Krunoslav Simon (Unicaja) - 16
Luka Žorić (Unicaja) - -6
Mario Kasun (M. Siena) - 16
Marko Car (Cedevita) - -1
Roko Rogić (Cedevita) - DNP
Luka Babić (Cedevita) - 1
Karlo Lebo (Cedevita) - DNP
Lukša Andrić (Cedevita) - 8
Ivan Buva (Cedevita) - -1
Goran Suton (Cedevita) - -1
Miro Bilan (Cedevita) - DNP
Marko Tomas (Cedevita) - DNP
Marino Baždarić (Cedevita) - 2
Rok Stipčević (EA7 Milano) - 4
Stanko Barać (A. Efes) - -3
Marko Popović (Žalgiris) - 20
Mario Delaš (Žalgiris) - 6
Leon Radošević (L. Rytas) - 17
Mario Hezonja (Barcelona) - DNP
Ante Tomić (Barcelona) - 25
Damir Markota (Bešiktaš) - 2
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Average: 7,80 (20 players actually played)
Serbia
Marko Ščekić (Cantu) - 4
Kosta Perović (Unicaja) - 0
Vule Avdalović (A. Berlin) - 10
Aleksandar Rašić (M. Siena) - 3
Predrag Šuput (Cedevita) - -1
Duško Savanović (A. Efes) - 16
Milko Bjelica (C. Laboral) - DNP
Nemanja Bjelica (C. Laboral) - 13
Nemanja Nedović (L. Rytas) - 2
Miloš Teodosić (CSKA) - 6
Vladimir Micov (CSKA) - 10
Nenad Krstić (CSKA) - 23
Zoran Erceg (CSKA) - 16
Nikola Milutinov (Partizan) - 0
Vladimir Lučić (Partizan) - 26
Dragan Milosavljević (Partizan) - 15
Bogdan Bogdanović (Partizan) - 3
Đorđe Gagić (Partizan) - 8
Dejan Musli (Partizan) - -7
Marko Čakarević (Partizan) - 0
Branislav Đekić (Partizan) - DNP
Danilo Anđušić (Partizan) - DNP
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Average: 7,73 (19 players actually played)
Macedonia
Vlado Ilievski (Cedevita) - 0
Pero Antić (Olympiakos) - 12
Predrag Samardžiski (L. Rytas) - 3
Bo McCalleb (Fenerbahce) - 13
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Average: 7 (4 players actually played)
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Nihad Đedović (A. Berlin)- 12
Jusuf Nurkić (Cedevita) - DNP
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Average: 12 (1 player actually played)
Montenegro
Marko Todorović (Barcelona) - 1
Vladimir Dašić (Bešiktaš) - 1
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Average: 1 (2 players actually played)
2. round
Slovenia
Mirza Begić (Real Madrid) - 2
Luka Rupnik (U. Olimpija) - DNP
Klemen Prepelnik (U. Olimpija) - 10
Jaka Blazic (U. Olimpija) - 11
Dino Murič (U. Olimpija) - 2
Dražen Bubnič (U. Olimpija) - 5
Jan Močnik (U. Olimpija) - DNP
Alen Omić (U. Olimpija) - 8
Zoran Dragič (Unicaja) - 10
Saša Vujačić (A. Efes) - 13
Boštjan Nachbar (Bamberg) - 15
Gašper Vidmar (Bešiktaš) - 2
Erazem Lorbek (Barcelona) - 2
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Average: 7,27 (11 players actually played)
Croatia
Roko Ukić (Panathinaikos) - 10
Zoran Planinić (Khimki) - 16
Krešimir Loncar (Khimki) - 19
Bojan Bogdanović (Fenerbahce Ulker) - 15
Krunoslav Simon (Unicaja) - 7
Luka Žorić (Unicaja) - 10
Mario Kasun (M. Siena) - 12
Marko Car (Cedevita) - -1
Roko Rogić (Cedevita) - DNP
Luka Babić (Cedevita) - 6
Karlo Lebo (Cedevita) - DNP
Lukša Andrić (Cedevita) - 2
Ivan Buva (Cedevita) - DNP
Goran Suton (Cedevita) - 1
Miro Bilan (Cedevita) - 6
Marko Tomas (Cedevita) - DNP
Marino Baždarić (Cedevita) - -5
Rok Stipčević (EA7 Milano) - 4
Stanko Barać (A. Efes) - 17
Marko Popović (Žalgiris) - 10
Mario Delaš (Žalgiris) - -2
Leon Radošević (L. Rytas) - 9
Mario Hezonja (Barcelona) - DNP
Ante Tomić (Barcelona) - 9
Damir Markota (Bešiktaš) - 16
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Average: 8,05 (20 players actually played)
Serbia
Marko Ščekić (Cantu) - 4
Kosta Perović (Unicaja) - 2
Vule Avdalović (A. Berlin) - 15
Aleksandar Rašić (M. Siena) - 1
Predrag Šuput (Cedevita) - 9
Duško Savanović (A. Efes) - 16
Milko Bjelica (C. Laboral) - 2
Nemanja Bjelica (C. Laboral) - 5
Nemanja Nedović (L. Rytas) - 1
Miloš Teodosić (CSKA) - 6
Vladimir Micov (CSKA) - 1
Nenad Krstić (CSKA) - 9
Zoran Erceg (CSKA) - 13
Nikola Milutinov (Partizan) - 0
Vladimir Lučić (Partizan) - 2
Dragan Milosavljević (Partizan) - 5
Bogdan Bogdanović (Partizan) - 23
Đorđe Gagić (Partizan) - -1
Dejan Musli (Partizan) - 20
Marko Čakarević (Partizan) - 1
Branislav Đekić (Partizan) - DNP
Danilo Anđušić (Partizan) - -3
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Average: 6,23 (21 player actually played)
Macedonia
Vlado Ilievski (Cedevita) - 1
Pero Antić (Olympiakos) - 4
Predrag Samardžiski (L. Rytas) - 5
Bo McCalleb (Fenerbahce) - 25
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Average: 8,75 (4 players actually played)
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Nihad Đedović (A. Berlin) - -1
Jusuf Nurkić (Cedevita) - 4
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Average: 1,5 (2 players actually played)
Montenegro
Marko Todorović (Barcelona) - 3
Vladimir Dašić (Bešiktaš) - 2
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Average: 2,5 (2 players actually played)
Best performance in first two rounds: Zoran Planinić - 31 index rating (against Fenerbahce)
Worst performance in first two rounds: Dejan Musli - -7 index rating (against Bešiktaš)
Sad conclusion, there are some very good players from ABA countries playing in this years euroleague, some good and a lot of average or below average ones.
But we are really missing a world class players, a game changer like Bodiroga once was, or Vujčić etc..
Except of Slovenia basicly all ABA NT's on the upcoming EC will be consisted of this players or players who are playing in ULEB cup or are not playing any international competition.
It really makes you wonder can any of ABA teams fight for medals..
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