EL Mid-Season Awards, Brave Topić & Bold Predictions For 2024
Jan 04, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 149
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Episode description
URBONUS’ Augustas Suliauskas & Rytis Vysniauskas give out EuroLeague Mid-season awards: MVP, Best Defensive Player, Best Coach, Most Improved Player. Guys also discuss 10 players who deserve a spot in All-EuroLeague First & Second teams, while also giving bold predictions for 2024 & sharing impressions about this week’s biggest games, including El Clasico.
Topics:
- El Clasico impressions (0:00);
- Trinchieri’s first ideas in Zalgiris (8:49);
- Brave decision by Nikola Topic & his debut in Crvena Zvezda (16:39);
- Miller-McIntyre & Baskonia don’t like Greek teams (22:39);
- Is Pangos to Valencia a game-changer? (26:22);
- What will Zizic bring to Virtus? (33:14);
- Campazzo, James, or Shengelia for Mid-Season MVP? (36:07);
- Extremely tough choice for Defensive Player of Year (44:01);
- Banchi’s dominance for Coach Of The Year (47:35);
- Miller-McIntyre, Caboclo, Nunn, or PJ Dozier? Best rookie (53:02);
- Who is the most improved & why this award is so much different in the EL? (1:00:05);
- Dilemmas choosing All-EuroLeague 1st & 2nd Teams (1:07:18);
- Bold prediction for Fenerbahce (1:18:20);
- Bayern in the playoffs? (1:21:52);
- How many more coaches will lose their jobs? (1:24:37);
- Guessing Real Madrid’s wins & losses (1:26:40);
- Impossible task of naming regular season’s Top4 (1:30:04).
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