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Efes-stalne musterije
Real-uvek izmuvamo barem jednu pobedu
Armani-bice gusto, ali se stize i minus 25 na poluvremenu
Kvalifikant-opet neka dezurna musterija
Real Madrid comes off a strong Turkish Airlines Euroleague season - in which it reached the Final Four for the first time since 1996 - and is ready for more, as it is keeping a core of young, hungry players ready to take the club to a new golden era. Sergio Llull, Sergio Rodriguez and Carlos Suarez are back in the perimeter while Felipe Reyes, Rising Star award winner Nikola Mirotic and Ante Tomic will use last season's experience to be more motivated than ever under the boards. New head coach Pablo Laso faces a big challenge - making Madrid play more up-tempo without losing its defensive identity.
Turkish Airlines Euroleague runner-up Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv is not satisfied resting on last season’s accomplishments and the Israeli champs are eager for another big year. The heroes of the run to Barcelona are back, including Alexander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year runner-up David Blatt, All-Euroleague First team center Sofoklis Schortsanitis and All-Euroleague Second Team point guard Jeremy Pargo. Maccabi also added big names, including former All-Euroleaguer Yotam Halperin, All-Eurocup swingman Devin Smith and rookies Jon Scheyer and Shawn James to make what promises to be a serious title contender.
Perennial Serbian and Adriatic League champion Partizan has not only managed to be very competitive in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague but turn all of its home games into a can't-miss social event in Belgrade. Naturally, Partizan will be backed by its outstanding crowd, who will see a lot of familiar faces, starting with head coach Vlada Jovanovic. Team captain Petar Bozic, crunch-time master Dusan Kecman, aggresive swingman Dragan Milosavljevic or big man Rasko Katic will be back in Belgrade next season. As usual, Partizan will fight for a Top 16 spot and take it from there.
One of the most excited team entering the 2011-12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague season is Anadolu Efes Istanbul, which will see the 2012 Final Four played in its home arena. Efes wasted little time in upgrading its roster with an eye on its first Final Four in over a decade this summer, first by extending the contract of head coach Ufuk Sarıca, who took over at the club during last season. All-Euroleague forward Dusko Savanovic and center Stanko Barac, who comes off a breakout season, also joined up among other additions geared at making this a season to remember.
Despite being late addition to the 2011-12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague regular season, this will be EA7 – Emporio Armani Milan's fifth straight year in the competition. Milano has been really active in the off-season market, landing prestigious head coach Sergio Scariolo as its main new face. Milano signed three valuable veterans like three-time Euroleague champion Antonis Fotsis, former All-Euroleague big man Ioannis Bourousis and last season's Top 16 and Quarterfinal Playoffs assists leader Omar Cook. Expect Milano to be very dangerous against everyone, everywhere.
POST-DRAW REACTIONS
Real Madrid technical director, Alberto Herreros :
“Our group is really hard. It was good teams with a lot of experience. With Maccabi and Efes, it will be very difficult for us.”
Maccabi Electra president, Shimon Mizrahi :
“Going over the four groups, I think we are in the toughest with teams like Partizan, Efes and Real Madird. For sure Efes will be very strong because they want to qualify for the Final Four in Istanbul. I think it’s an attractive one and we will have to be at our best to go on.”
Maccabi Electra head coach, David Blatt:
"Every season we go through the same scenario. Everybody speculate which group is tougher or easier, what is good and what isn't, yet at this stage of the season it's inaccurate and very unclear because we still don't know the full face of all the teams and their rosters. What I can say is that we got a very difficult group in the lower seeds with Anadolu Efes Istanbul and EA7 Emporio Milano coming from the fourth and fifth seeds and that's always a challenge. I remind everybody that the most important thing in the Regular Season is to finish among the top four and to qualify. Last season some people thought we were not going to qualify at all and we eventually held a 9-1 record, the best in the entire Euroleague. In the Top 16 we finished second, but still made the title game. The position doesn't always matter. What matters is how the team is going to look and play and I can promise we'll do everything we can to be the best possible."
Olimpia Armani Jeans Milano general manager, Gianluca Pascucci:
"Even this year Olimpia, was included in a group composed of teams with great tradition and European importance. It will be a tough group, but certainly exciting for the fans in Milan, who will have the opportunity to attend high-level competitions. In our group, three teams have played the last two Final Fours, Maccabi and Real Madrid last season and Partizan two years ago. In addition, Efes Istanbul is a great team of European experience, which last year he reached the Top 16. Finally, a strong opponent could come from qualification. Galatasaray played in the Turkish final last season, Lietuvos Rytas has won the Eurocup and Villeurbanne is a team with an important past in the international arena. We are aware that we were placed in a challenging group, but we are ready to face it with determination. "
’Crno-beli’ se nalaze u C grupi zajedno sa Makabijem, Real Madridom, Efes Pilsenom, Milanom i kvalifikantom.
„Po meni smo dobili najtežu grupu. Ne znam ko će biti kvalifikant, ali od preostala četiri tima ne vidim da bi mi u startu mogli da imamo neku prednost.“
„Mislim da nismo imali sreće prilikom dobijanja timova iz četvrtog i petog šešira, dobili smo najteže protivnike, to su Efes Pilsen i Milano. Mogu da kažem i da se neka tradicija nastavlja da svake godine dobijamo najteže timove u grupi, ali ne bih imao ništa pšrotiv i da se tradicija u ovom drugom delu nastavi, odnosno da prođemo grupu“.
Todorić dodaje da će puno zavisiti i od timova sa kakvim će svi ući u novu sezonu.
„Dosta stvari će zavisiti i od kompletiranja timova. Ja koliko znam Makabi tu ima ubedljivo najbolji tim i da je doveo još par igrača. Zavisiće dosta kako će Real da prođe u prelaznom roku. Znamo da Efes Pilsen i Milanu su se dosta ’otvorili’, to se naročito odnosi na Milano koji je već kupio tri, četiri odlična igrača. to isto će se desiti i sa Efesom pošto znamo da se fajnal for naredne godine igra u Istanbulu.“
Partizan je u prethodnih pet sezona uspeo da prođe grupu i plasira se u Top16 fazu, a to je cilj i u novoj sezoni.
„Naši ciljevi se dobro znaju. Mi smo navikli našu armiju navijača na neke standarde za koje moramo da se potrudimo da ih zadržimo i ove godine, a to je makara da pokušamo da prođemo u Top16 šesti put za redom. Mi od toga ne bežimo, da li ćemo uspeti, to ne znam, ali sigurno je da ćemo pokušati da sve timove pred našeom vernom publikom dobijemo.“
A svoj kratak komentar na grupu u kojoj će igrati Partizan mt:s dao je šef stručnog štaba Vladimir Jovanović:
„ Ne mogu da budem previše objektivan, moram da budem subjektivan, ali ljudi koji se bave dešavanjima koja su se desila u evropskoj košarci, u prelaznom roku ovog leta, i oni ocenjujući i analizirajući ovu našu grupu kažu da je ona jedna od težih, ako ne i najteža. U njoj su dva učesnika na prethodnom fajnal foru, Real Madrid I Makabi, i jedni i drugi su ušli u manje renoviranje tima, Makabi je zadržao osnovicu ekipe koja ih je dovela do finala fajnal fora. Oni su tim koji je sezonu odigrao na jako visokom nivou. U početku su možda delovali kao iznenađenje, ali su kasnije prikazali kontinuitet rezultata i na kraju zasluženo došli do finala Evrolige. Real Madrid je uprkos svim turbulencijama i promene trenera, sa jakom igračkim kadrom, tokom sezone su dovodili igrače uz velika obeštećenja, došli su do fajnal fora. Možda nisu ispunili glavni cilj da ga osvoje, ili bar da igraju finale, ali posle takve sezone ipak su ostvarili plasma na završnicu takmičenja. Ipak to nisu potvrdili u ACB ligi, ali sigurno je da imaju velike ambicije ove sezone.
Efes, kao I Fener, kao učesnici ovogodišnje Evrolige ulaze sa jako velikim ambicijama, obzirom da se fajnal for održava u Istanbulu. Pojačavaju se, kupuju igrače, plaćaju jako velika obeštećenja, tako da će izuzetno motivisano ući u sezonu, jer prethodni učinci Efesa sigurno nisu zadovoljili rukovodstvo kluba.
Armani posle tavorenja ne samo u evropskoj košarci, nego i u italijanskoj, i bez obzira što je uvek bio finalist ili polufinalista, nije pružao rezultate shodno budžetu. Ove godine su napravili zaokret doveli su novog trenera, maksimalno pojačali igrački kadar, gde se to jasno vidi u njihovoj borbi sa Barselonom za Fotsisa, oni daju veći ugovor i potpisuju igrača na poziciji četiri koji je prošle godine bio prvak Evrope. Eklipa koja je dobila pozivnicu, a koja iz petog šešira predstavlja pravu opasnost pretendent je ne samo na Top 16 i Top 8, već das u im ciljevi jako visoki, i osvajanje italijanske lige I što bolji rezultat u Evroligi.
Kvalifikant iz grupe A. Tu se priča o nekoliko timova, Galatasaraj, Lijetuvos Ritas, Asvel, međutim to su sve ekipe koje u domaćim ligama predstavljaju jako kvalitetne timove, ili su finalisti ili su prvaci takmičenja u kojima učestvuju. Mislim da će i kao šesti u takmičenje ući tim koji po budžetu daleko nadmašuje Partizan mt:s. Te akipe svakako imaju interes da iskoriste lokaut u NBA, da dovedu dobre NBA igrače da iskoriste njihov kvalitet za prolaz u Evroligu. A u zavisnosti od trajanja lokauta možda će ih iskoristiti i za regularni deo Evrolige“, rekao je trener šampiona Srbije.
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