Euroleague 2021/2022 Power Rankings

[arelg]

3 days to start the season - share with us yout power rankings for the upcoming season!

I will start :


Tier A - CSKA, Milano, Barcelona, Anadolu Efes (Best of the Best)

Tier B - Fenerbahçe, Zenit, Real Madrid (Playoff quality teams)

Tier C - Maccabi, Olympiacos, Unics, Baskonia, Bayern Munich (Playoff contenders)

Tier D - Crvena Zvezda, Monaco, Žalgiris (Good teams but not playoff contenders)

Tier E - ALBA Berlin, ASVEL, Panathinaikos (Worst teams)


Prediction Table :

1. CSKA
2. Barcelona
3. Milano
4. Fenerbahçe
5. Anadolu Efes
6. Zenit
7. Maccabi Tel Aviv
8. Real Madrid
9. Unics
10. Olympiacos
11. Monaco
12. Bayern Munich
13. Baskonia
14. Žalgiris
15. Crvena Zvezda
16. Panathinaikos
17. ALBA Berlin
18. ASVEL

Most suprising team - Maccabi Tel Aviv
Most disappointing team - Real Madrid

[Katastroika]

Interesting list. I really don't share your optimism about Maccabi. I would be hugely surprised if they land in PO. I wish you good luck besides all because EL needs strong Maccabi.

At first view without detailled analysis just a few examples: PAO is stronger team than zvezda, Bayern than Monaco and Unics, Milano looked horrible against Virtus a few days ago and generally lost quality and is overestimated because of last year. Fener is worse than Efes even though I expect that both are ranked too high in this list.

PS: Watched Unics against Loko - HORRIBLE game without any plan. Pure run and gun. Wouldn't be surprised if they land way beyond PO.

[janketa]

Fener is worse than Efes even though I expect that both are ranked too high in this list.

Efes ranked too high on 5th place? They are EL champion and changed just one player, important but nevertheless, core is still there.

Agree about Maccabi with you. Zenit without Pangos will finish near bottom imo

[Katastroika]

I think CSKA - Barca - Real are 1 to 3. For Efes you are probably right. 4 is in my opinion realistic. I don't believe in their success this season. We will see, this rankings are for fun but worthless. One injury changes all.

[zubitos]

Thats my final prediction before season start.

1)CSKA
2)EFES
3)BARCELONA
4)REAL MADRID
5)OLYMPIACOS
6)FENER
7)MILANO
8)MACCABI
9)ZENIT
10)BAYERN
11)BASKONIA
12)PANATHINAIKOS
13)MONACO
14)ZALGIRIS
15)UNICS
16)VILLEURBANNE
17)CRVENA ZVEZDA
18)BERLIN

[arelg]

Efes ranked too high on 5th place? They are EL champion and changed just one player, important but nevertheless, core is still there.

Agree about Maccabi with you. Zenit without Pangos will finish near bottom imo

about Efes - I think that except of Larkin and Micic, most of their important players are getting too old this season (Simon 36, Dunston 35, Beaubois + Moerman 33 and more) and imo it will effect their succes this season
Zenit with a great roster, they will have a good season and about Maccabi - very high potential to do a great season, I believe in the players

[Toruko]

I think CSKA - Barca - Real are 1 to 3. For Efes you are probably right. 4 is in my opinion realistic. I don't believe in their success this season. We will see, this rankings are for fun but worthless. One injury changes all.

I agree with you about CSKA and we can discuss about Real Madrid but Barca is not in 1 million years stronger than Efes not with that guard rotation.

[janketa]

I see that again I will have to 'defend' Efes, because 3rd year in a row they start as 4th or 5th team on paper

Come on guys, they are EL champion, before that the best team until cancelation, and runner up year before.

There is a reason for that and that is not aged Moerman, Dunston or Beabuois. Reason is just one and his name is Larkin

There is one more reason and his name is Micic.

You can put whoever you want beside them, with 25 or 35 years, result will be the same, they all have just episode roles. Just CSKA is better this time, thanks to stupid decision to replace Sanli with EL rookie. Milutinov will eat all Efes's centers with ease

[Nemanja95]

Maybe it would be good in IBN Predictions some part of ranking will be prediction of placement before season.

1 Cska
2 Barcelona
3 Efes
4 Real Madrid
5 Fenerbahce
6 Olympiacos
7 Bayern
8 Baskonia
9 Milano
10 Zenit
11 Monaco
12 Zalgiris
13 Maccabi
14 Alba
15 Unics
16 Crvena Zvezda
17 Asvel
18 Panathinaikos

[G&B]

I think:
Tier A - CSKA, Barcelona,Fenerbahçe,Milano, Real Madrid Anadolu Efes (Best of the Best)

Tier B - Zenit, Baskonia,Monaco, (Playoff quality teams)

Tier C - Maccabi, Žalgiris, Unics, Bayern Munich, Panathinaikos,Olympiacos (Playoff contenders)

Tier D - Crvena Zvezda, ALBA Berlin, ASVEL, (Worst teams not playoff contenders)

[ronmercer80]

Coronavirus makes any prediction over-ambitious. We don't know how many players will be affected and when, we don't know if the crowd will be present everywhere and if the situation will permit its presence during the whole season. I am afraid that these elements could determine the final classification.

So it's only a game.

1) Barcelona
2) Fener
3) Cska
4) Efes
5) Armani
6) Real
7) Zalgiris
8) Olympiakos
9) Maccabi
10) Baskonia
11) Bayern
12) Panathinaikos
13) Zenit
14) Asvel
15) Unics
16) Monaco
17) Alba
18) Red Star

[Obina]

Tier A - Anadolu Efes, Real Madrid, CSKA, Barcelona (Best of the Best)

Tier B - Fenerbahçe, Milano (Playoff quality teams)

Tier C - Zenit, Maccabi, Olympiacos, Baskonia, Bayern Munich (Playoff contenders)

Tier D - Unics, Crvena Zvezda, Monaco, Žalgiris (Good teams but not playoff contenders)

Tier E - ALBA Berlin, ASVEL, Panathinaikos (Worst teams)

[Toruko]

Eurohoops published also a power ranking.

https://www.eurohoops.net/en/trademarks/1251192/euroleague-power-rankings-by-eurohoops-vol-1-5/17/

[Toruko]

The problem with CSKA and Barca is lack of guards. Barca additionally has a problem with the bigs. They are highly overvalued. Efes has a big problem with the big rotation itself but I expect an addition during the season. The backcourt is just fine. It is probably the last dance of this team.

[Gman365]

Barcelona
CSKA
Real
Milan
Efes
Oly
MTA
Baskonia

Got 5 out of the 8 playoff teams correct last year....Will be fun to come back and check this thread as the season goes on.....