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Congrats to Macabbi team from Lithuania, it’s going to be a great series vs Panatinaikos

@charalamposnakos6744

Ай бұрын

hope you support your green brothers. Greetings from Athens!

Crazy games yesterday! Looking forward to the playoffs, great match ups ahead! 🔥

Kendrick Nunn signed his contract on 31/10/23, he landed in europe (never played basketball outside USA till then) on 7/11/23 and played his first game on 10/11 (vs Alba in Berlin) and since then Panathinaikos climbed some levels with Nunn doing his things on the court. Mvp

actually, he is hating Ataman. but when Ataman was in Efes, he has to attack Efes too. Now, Ataman is in PAO, so he is attacking automatically PAO.

Augustas is the best. He has strong arguments for every case. He is not biased at all and he even is open minded enough to change his opinion if someone else convinces him with good arguments

You see rytis you know he will say baldwin 🤣 where is your funny moustache ?

For our friend on the left, there is also basketball outside Europe. I watch both Euroleague and the NBA, and mostly Euroleague because of the time difference. We can argue, and i would agree, that Euroleague's regular season is the most competitive league in basketball (we dont include playoffs). But NBA is by far the most talented league in basketball and there is a huge gap between the second. For example the reigning MVP of the Euroleague couldn't find a spot in the rotation of the Kings who were a play-in team that ultimately lost the playoffs. When someone is good in the NBA the chances are he is going to be really good in Europe. Nunn was a starter in the Miami Heat that reached the Finals in the bubble (2020) and he averages above 12ppg in the NBA. If you don't count his first 4 games in Europe were he played about 10 mins a game and he was trying to find his rhythm, he averages 17 a game with 42.3% from 3 and almost 100% ft. If you count them 15ppg 37.5% 3p ~100% ft. His a three level scorer with elite midrange game. If you watch on game of him you can see that. He has his flows, he is a bit careless with the ball sometimes, but his offensive game is top. Also he is playing for a contender and he helped Panathinaikos immensely in securing 2nd seed. Baldwin never played for a contender. He struggled in Olympiacos, he had his breakout season at Bayern, it didn't work for him in Baskonia and now he had 2 good seasons with Maccabi. As of now, none of the contending teams have trasted him a spot in their roster. That's saying something. Also Baldwin is not a three level scorer as his shooting percentage from 3 is on very low 30s. The fact that he has established himself in Euroleague level doesn't mean he is better than someone who was proven in the NBA and now is having a great first year in Europe. I could see that argument for guys like Larkin or James who played for contenders and have been elite. Baldwin is not up there yet. Saying there is no discussion between Baldwin and Nunn in Baldwin's favour, is kinda crazy. Anyways "I dont need no smoke with a guy that averages 3ppg (NBA)"

I get it, Keenan Evans is a great player, but I don't think you can put him in an All Euroleague Team looking at how his team performed. Markus Howard was the top scorer in the Euroleague and was key for Baskonia, who you guys predicted to finish 14th or so in the league, to finish 8th. He also scored +30 pts at Madrid and at Bolonia to clinch the Play-In. I think he should be at least in consideration, well above Moneke if you have to pick a Baskonia player.

Who is this guy who said in pre-season that sloukas can be compared with Nappier? Ohh yes of course. The anti-panathinaikos fan from the left side.

NUNN-STOPPABLE

1st team: James, Baldwin, Hayes-Davis, Moneke, Lessort 2nd team: Campazzo, Nunn, Evans, Hezonja, Vesely (pao fan)

Chima Moneke is a stat padder on the average team. He has a great personality, but do you put him on the first team? Come on now!

Bro realy said Kendrick Nunn is nothing special so far. And thats when you realize he hasnt even watch 1 full game, informed by highlights and advanced ready stats in front of a screen.

Macabi is by far the toughest match up for PAO but home court will probably do it for them

@nicholas6574

Ай бұрын

It is going to be a great series, an old school derby

1st team: Campazzo, james, Baldwin, Lessort Vesely 2nd team: Evans, Nunn, Hayes Davis, Peters and Tavares

Finally you woke up. Well said. Pao Awards and James MVP

I'm a fan of Partizan, but I supported Virtus with all my heart because everyone wrote them off. They play real katanaco. It's not pretty, but it works... Experience, experience and only experience.

Fenerbachce bird is real MVP

SAVAŞ ABİ TOLD THE TRUTH AGAİN 😎

before i watch the video, i have to comment about our antipanathinaikos friend rytis, whats up man?

@user-zq1hn2lw5t

Ай бұрын

Ο συγκεκριμένος έλεγε τον Γενάρη ότι ο Ολυμπιακός μέχρι τον Απρίλη θα τερματίσει ψηλότερα από τον ΠΑΟ. Και τώρα δε λαμβάνει υπόψη του ότι ο Ναν είναι rookie στην Ευρώπη, έχει κάνει όργια και επιμένει να λέει τα δικά του. Ούτε βαφτιστήρι του Μπαρτζώκα να ήταν..

@rytisvysniauskas4350

Ай бұрын

Hey. Nothing's changed I still hate Panathinaikos from the bottom of my heart.

@user-hy9qx1wk6c

Ай бұрын

​@@rytisvysniauskas4350 you are Noone bro nobody cares

@beisiknikneimas

Ай бұрын

@@rytisvysniauskas4350 why to hate so much some specific team lol. they play beautiful basketball and we can appreciate them. it's one of my favorite teams, would be sick if they would take the trophy

@freedomtoultras

Ай бұрын

@@rytisvysniauskas4350 we know that pretty well...but Panathinaikos performance and rankings made you look like a huge clown to your 'audience' :)

Basket news will you do a research for this year's budgets?

Larkin, James, Baldwin and others. It's easy to pronounce.... Nunn with an (a) :)

Really the analysis was bad for the game of pao. You said about that makabi has no mismatch... And on the other hand you said that baldwin is better than nun because he has better numbers... what about then lessor vs nibo?? mitoglou ?? the frontline is not a mismatch ???????? In one case you consider the numbers(nun vs baldwin) and in the other you dont even look about.

baldwin has the statistics...i would always choose kendrick over him...its not all about stats...one kendrick in your team is a blessing...we waiting him in oaka so we can show him that important thing is your heart and not the stats☘☘☘☘☘NUNN BETTER

The biggest irony is that Duško "made" that Čović's (star) team for the final four and then took over Baskonia and brought it to the playin. I remember your 4-5th podcast when there was talk about Duško's dismissal and arrival in Vitoria , and you said then that whoever comes won't be able to do anything because the team is simply too weak, the players... The worst GM of the year and the best coach, Duško :)

Hopefully we will kick Covic out, but my hopes are low. Ivanovic is a horrible coach for preseason and player selection. And next year should be better. Biggest miss is obviously Napier who took a big chunk out of Zvezda budget and who was supposed to be the biggest star(besides 36yo Teo), but there were other fails like Toby.

Hezonja nowhere?

Nahh bro Kendrick Nunn is way better tell me one time that baldwin scored an important basket. He scores all game but when it comes to last minutes Nunn is always there

@mixalisvardakis8817

Ай бұрын

η μαλακια της ημερας

@ofirhajaj

Ай бұрын

are you kidding me ? you watched maccabis games ? he literally take over 4th qtrs in all maccabis wins .

@n_bou1

Ай бұрын

@ofirhajaj well it might be that I am a panathinaikos fan😂 I still belive Nunn is better

@ofirhajaj

Ай бұрын

​@@n_bou1 i believe they are equal , nunn is a better shooter baldwin is a better slasher , anyway gonna be a fun series , happy to see a classic club like PAO back in the playoffs .

@kostasdounias6418

Ай бұрын

Wade ain't a rookie, remember him a rookie? He was failing big time..

Jealous

If you want to be called objective, you must at least do some research on what you're about to say before you open your mouth, rather than just expressing your opinion like that, just because everyone has their own opinion doesn't mean they can't be judged for it. In the Baldwin-Nunn dispute, for example, Baldwin, when he came to the Euroleague, had an average of 5.5 points, 2FG - 48.1%, 3FG -26.7%, FT-63.3%, PIR 4.3, in contrast to Kendrik Nunn, 15.4 points, 2FG-46.1%, 3FG-38.5%, FT-98.2%, PIR 10.9. It's preferable to say that you have favorite teams than to say you're objective and not know what you're talking about.

@ofirhajaj

Ай бұрын

yeah but wade came to europe in age 23 he was an still undeveloped , nunn came in 28 , these is the peak years of a bball players .

@DioTkS

Ай бұрын

@@ofirhajaj Doesn't matter the age. We are talking about the talent and adaptation. Nunn had 15 points in that age in NBA.

@ofirhajaj

Ай бұрын

@@DioTkS age is maybe the most important for comparison ,barring injuries , players peak is age 27-30 when they are close to peak athleticaly yet expirianced. So comparing the 22-23y.o baldwin to 28 y.o Nunn , is a bad comparison.

@DioTkS

Ай бұрын

@@ofirhajaj I will highlight my previous commend where I said that Nunn at 23 has had in NBA 15points average. Luka Doncic at age 19 had 16points average in Euroleague. I am just giving you players with the same age or younger. We are talking about pure talent. Just to clarify, I am not saying Wade has no talent. I respect every player in this league, and I believe everyone is playing according to their role.

@ofirhajaj

Ай бұрын

@@DioTkS Sure you are right about that , but its tricky bc wade developed late while nunn kinda broke through young and stagnated , wade didnt have a shot back then , now hes the midrange king with 40% on 3. Any way the most imporatant thing that we can expiriance Pao-Maccabi in the playoffs again , gonna be fun to see this classico again.

Abi and Pajo best defenders

Drop your All-EuroLeague teams in the comments ⬇

Finally Rytis back!!

Yellooooowwwwwwww 💙💛

Best 6th player? My top 3 1#McIntyre 2#Grant 3#Lundberg

Maccabi Swept PAO in the Regular season , and it was not a fluke . Pao is the Favorites bc of home court but Pao is the Perfect Opponent for Maccabi , why ? Maccabi is struggling against Huge Centers Like Tavares , Fall , Milotinov Because it takes away Their Monstrous Offensive Rebounding (number 1 in the EL) , Lessrot might be a great player , but he is just the Type that Nebo and Rivero Parying on the Off. boards , go back to RS games to see. Pao is definitely not a BETTER team then Maccabi ,they would not win 20 games without homecourt like Maccabi.

I cannot believe that you have leflop in your first team.

@user-qy3wo7lu8s

Ай бұрын

Γαύρος?

ROY for sure should be Codi Miller

Nunn is the best PAO player by a wide margin and the purest 3 level scorer in Euroleague right now . If any PAO player should be in st euroleague team , it should be Nunn without a doubt . Lessort is guard dependent , he can't creat his own shot at all . He needs others to put him in good spots . Nunn is the polar opposite .

@ubagorojus

Ай бұрын

Are you dumb? Best player by margin? Best guy to score points yes But clearly not the best player Unless he will start to follow PIR and it will equal PPG

I think that Bianchi is the best coach because he took over a team in which he did not select a single player. Before the start of the season, Virtus was planned for the 15-16 position, and he was 2nd in the middle of the season and has a great chance to enter the playoffs. I agree with Ataman that he made a huge success but he personally brought every player and that team is probably twice as expensive as Virtus.Imagine Alba or Asvel in play off...who will be than coach of the year.

no mustapha fall in any 5team sounds weird with how dominant he is defencively and with his passing being huge in olympiakos offence. Augustas btw my man,where is larentzakis,expected you to have in in first team!

I was hoping for Efes to get the 8th place as they are the only ones that could potentially kick out Real if they play the way they can. Now Real will go to f4 with a sweep most likely. Also Panathinaikos will probably advance 3-2 but I wouldn’t be surprised if they go 1-3 given they don’t have depth and rely only in 3 players not having a bad day.

great analysis for the efes virtue match. Last week you were sure for efes. By far the worst journalists for euroleaque you believed that they will pass real you guys are amazing :)

the disrespect to Nunn is real. so u want to tell me if u had to choose between those 2 for your team you would choose Baldwin? Vysniauskas will regret once more. the guy is so butthurt -Baldwin is proven in the league -yes bad Nunn was playing NBA better league -Baldwin is proven in the league lmao

PAO fans writing comments about you hating PAO are hilariously stupid. And I am a PAO fan.

@kostas1351

Ай бұрын

You watch the podcasts;

@NK-dj7no

Ай бұрын

@@kostas1351 Where is the hate? Some of them might like more some other team (like Monaco) but they are objective and know what they are talking about. Only exception some unfortunate comments about Ataman in the last episode. If we would want to listen only to kind and favourable opinions there are plenty of sites in Greece we could find.

@kostas1351

Ай бұрын

@@NK-dj7no you don't watch these podcasts and you are not Pao fan

Hopefully Virtus can get the win Friday and get to the playoff proper

Cinderella is still fighting! 🤍🖤

Fenerbahce's beating Monaco and Mike's season overs. One more prediction for next season: if we buy Larkin, he'll be MVP with Fener for next season.

You hated PAO

@vagosg.9269

Ай бұрын

Pao fans when they arent called the best euroleague team

@kostas1351

Ай бұрын

@@vagosg.9269 We have 6 Euroleagues and these guys keep talking about the team disparagingly and keep saying the negatives and don't say the good things

@dmarkwelberg

Ай бұрын

it is what it is... im Pao fan and i know that your comment is true, but they have their opinion and this is alright. Go greens! 💚

@vagosg.9269

Ай бұрын

@@kostas1351 So many years u were absent, especially the last 3 years. They give predictions and opinions. U are just an average pao fan who thinks that only pao exists in euroleague and that pao dominates in every field of team statistics

@kostas1351

Ай бұрын

@@vagosg.9269 no I don't think we are the only ones out there but they should be taking about this club with respect

So where the hell is the best passing center that also scores and rebounds Moustapha Fall? And where is Dinos Mitoglou? .....

First team: Campazzo,Nunn,Hezonja,Yabusele,Tavares. Second team: James,Grant,Hayes Davis,Moneke,Vesely.

Coach of the year should be someone that produces a great result compared to the roster he has and the budget. Having a superstars in your team that can easily score 20 points in each game with iso and crazy shoots does not give credit to the coach. Not even for picking them cause other coaches would probably pick them if they had the budget. Bartzokas for example kept his team on top level without any superstars, and with a record number of injuries he had to face. Milutinov is maybe the greatest name in their roster but he didn't even play for most of the season. And they ended up 5th and only a single win short of the second place...

1. Mike James 2. Evans 3. Hezonia 4. NIgel Hayes 5. Mustafa Fall

So.......The Main scorer, Howard, not even in 2nd team. The coach of the best regular season team ever...not even in the conversation for best coach. Same for most assist guy ( Cody.m.m). And then you spent the whole pod talking about stats....

Maccabi shouldn't be in Euroleague like Russian teams and nobody mentioned it. We have to be fair. It's common sense.

@cohena88ify

Ай бұрын

You speak joke so bad, its not the same and think again about it

@aristerniotis7060

Ай бұрын

It's a country which causes a war isn't it? It is exactly the same thing. Innocent people are dying...

@trazy1854

Ай бұрын

Cry more

@cohena88ify

Ай бұрын

@@trazy1854 hahahahaha

@aristerniotis7060

Ай бұрын

I don't cry. I am a Panathinaikos fan so it is easier for us to kick out Maccabi... I am talking about the fact that innocent people are dying.

your hate on panathinaikos is tiring. unsubbed