EuroBasket 2022 Power Rankings

[Jazz]

Slovenia has the best PG slot, no problem at all, they are like kings in this position. USA NT would want Luka to run the show. Serbia normally doesn't have a problem, even now they have MVP PG with huge size and toughness, I mean they let go Teo. Yeah, a bit thin now maybe, but not a problem. Greece still has high level point guards. France, maybe lacking par exellence Euro minded PG, but having Okobo, Maledon and Ntilikina is pretty solid. Lithuania has Jokubaitis and Lekavicius. Spain only missing Rubio, but he will come back and guys like Alocen and Nunez will be ready to back him up.

Top teams have their answers at 1 and situation is either good or solid.

It does appear to be a position in decline- generally there aren't the sheer amount of quality creative PGs that there were in the previous generations. Teodosic, Diamantidis, Rodriguez, Calderon, Calathes. You mentioned Rubio but even he is early 30s now.
Jokubaitis seems to be a bit of an exception. Classic PG skills are undervalued and especially in relation to outside shooting ability.

[Killer Bob]

It does appear to be a position in decline- generally there aren't the sheer amount of quality creative PGs that there were in the previous generations. Teodosic, Diamantidis, Rodriguez, Calderon, Calathes. You mentioned Rubio but even he is early 30s now.
Jokubaitis seems to be a bit of an exception. Classic PG skills are undervalued and especially in relation to outside shooting ability.

Slovenia looks to have with Samar and Vide very solidly covered Pg position for the future, especially if we know that Luka is only 23 years old. Guards won't be a problem for next decade, problem for Slovenia is small population and consequently lack of the big bodies.

[Camoka]

Everyone here complains about their team and say their weaknesses maybe except Slovenians. Teams which have Jokic, Giannis, Doncic and even Sabonis are naturally favorites and their target must be top. Maybe only Spain has excuses for this tournament. At the end of the day, one of these teams will win probably.

[Camoka]

Slovenia has the best PG slot, no problem at all, they are like kings in this position. USA NT would want Luka to run the show. Serbia normally doesn't have a problem, even now they have MVP PG with huge size and toughness, I mean they let go Teo. Yeah, a bit thin now maybe, but not a problem. Greece still has high level point guards. France, maybe lacking par exellence Euro minded PG, but having Okobo, Maledon and Ntilikina is pretty solid. Lithuania has Jokubaitis and Lekavicius. Spain only missing Rubio, but he will come back and guys like Alocen and Nunez will be ready to back him up.

Top teams have their answers at 1 and situation is either good or solid.

How can Jokubaitis be considered in same level with the guys you mentioned. Guys like Jokubaitis and Maledon are only prospects. They never lead a high level team. Maybe they can in coming years but now they are not in same level with Doncic, Sloukas, Sato, Fournier even Ntilikina.

[Killer Bob]

How can Jokubaitis be considered in same level with the guys you mentioned. Guys like Jokubaitis and Maledon are only prospects. They never lead a high level team. Maybe they can in coming years but now they are not in same level with Doncic, Sloukas, Sato, Fournier even Ntilikina.

I have watched more or less all Mavs games, so you can believe me that Ntilikina is bad. He isn't even good enough to be on court because of his Pgs skills, which are nonexistent, he's getting some minutes only as defensive specialist. Jakubaitis is much better Pg than Ntilikina.

[slice me nice]

Bold move by Pešić, he will take all the heat in case of failure. The reasoning behind this move is probably because he wants to accomodate Micić and set a strong hierarchy around Jokić and Micić. It could be that Teo didn't agree to smaller role that Pešić probably suggested to him or he just doesn't fit the game plan. This means Avramović is in as a pesky defender who can do a good on ball pressure as well as Jaramaz. The only problem about this move is that behind Micić we don't have any more passing point guards. Both Jaramaz and Avramović are combo guards with not so polished passing skills. Pešić is probably counting on Jokić to be that playmaker along with Micić, which is good indication of maximizing Jokić's skill set. The idea is obviously to build a fighting team around Jokić and Micić.

Very good reasoning. Teodosic is still Teodosic and he could be the first option in most of the teams in tournament, but for Serbia having him in team along with elite passers like Micic and Jokic could be a bit luxury. You will need on ball pressure in big games to derail opponents. Jaramaz is that guy. I wouldn't cry out for Teodosic if I am Serbian.

[Straight forward]

It does appear to be a position in decline- generally there aren't the sheer amount of quality creative PGs that there were in the previous generations. Teodosic, Diamantidis, Rodriguez, Calderon, Calathes. You mentioned Rubio but even he is early 30s now.
Jokubaitis seems to be a bit of an exception. Classic PG skills are undervalued and especially in relation to outside shooting ability.

A bit too soon to tell cause there's Jokubaitis, Nunez, Samar (and even A. Marciulionis) who all have that "Classical PG" profile + 23yo Doncic. Some others, not so obvious cases ATM, might emerge a bit later. The same French dudes, even if they never typical Euro PGs, will fill the market as Maledon, K.Hayes, Strazel.

How can Jokubaitis be considered in same level with the guys you mentioned. Guys like Jokubaitis and Maledon are only prospects. They never lead a high level team. Maybe they can in coming years but now they are not in same level with Doncic, Sloukas, Sato, Fournier even Ntilikina.

My point is that Jokubaitis is pure, classical Euro PG. If you have elite decision maker, dominant facilitator - you are on the good track cause without it it's super hard to win anything even if you're stacked in other positions. He likely won't be all that dominant ATM and he shouldn't be, but capable of running the team already as shown many times in Barsa. The thing is that LTU has PG answer long term.

Fournier is not PG, Ntilikina barely too as KB expressed.

[Killer Bob]

Very good reasoning. Teodosic is still Teodosic and he could be the first option in most of the teams in tournament, but for Serbia having him in team along with elite passers like Micic and Jokic could be a bit luxury. You will need on ball pressure in big games to derail opponents. Jaramaz is that guy. I wouldn't cry out for Teodosic if I am Serbian.

Doncic has joined NT today. So he might play in Istanbul.

[slice me nice]

Doncic has joined NT today. So he might play in Istanbul.

Awesome, I hope so!

[Nemanja95]

Greece looks very good for this period and without Sloukas. They woon 16 points against Spain.

[Shawshank]

Gianni's 2022 is still same version like 2019 people were telling tales here to me

In 20min 31 pts domination againts Spain

[Straight forward]

Willy the best Spanish player though...

I literally not familiar with a bunch of Spanish players among top scorers. Nah, this is not usual Spain...

[Killer Bob]

Gianni's 2022 is still same version like 2019 people were telling tales here to me

In 20min 31 pts domination againts Spain

Nobody cares about those games, Spain with B team and 0 preparation for Greece. Put just Gobert or other big camping in the paint and game changes totally.

[Furkan Korkmaz]

Nobody cares about those games, Spain with B team and 0 preparation for Greece. Put just Gobert or other big camping in the paint and game changes totally.

I agree, but forget about caring, no idiot would try to go hard defense against a known injurer like Adetokubo (Porzingis, Irving) and risk an injury weeks before EB22. I’m sure the Spaniards still know what happened to Llull against Belgium back in 17. Yes Adeto is very efficient when the defense on him is marginal, but fanboys should hold their horses, untill I see him score 30 against a top tier team in an actual Fiba match that matters I’m going to remain skeptical.

[Toruko]

Even if I dont like this Giannis hype as well its always good Spaniards losing. Lets face it though Spain is not a top team this time and Giannis will be better, much better but if Greece doesnt win a medal with him now it never will. I dont see any problems for Greece until quarter finals.