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This is not the same thing: Maccabi Tel Aviv's problems in opening the season in the Euroleague
The dependence on Wilbkin is excessive, Hunter is surprisingly bad, Bender leaves a void in a critical position, and in the end everything drains into obscene habits in the last quarters.
Sapropoulos' team reveals quite a few problems at the start of the season, and now comes a challenging streak of games that could deepen the crisis
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Monday, October 19, 2020, 5:30 p.m.
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The opening of the season in the Euroleague entails many surprises.
Real Madrid, Anadolu Efes and Maccabi Tel Aviv - three of the teams that manned the top four in the table in the interrupted 2019/20 season - are today (Monday) in a negative balance of 3: 1, and the fourth side in the form of CSKA Moscow, is far from impressive with a halved balance ( 2: 2).
but even if it is a statistical anomaly straightened as the season progresses (if you move), and if not, there is no doubt that the group of Yannis Sfrofolos suffering from real problems. the question mark major beginning of the season about the ability of the yellow function games suite: yellow encountered so far For three games decided in the last minutes, and lost in all three - CSKA surrendered by four points after leading in an advanced stage in the fourth quarter, Bayern Munich lost by three points despite a mini-comeback towards the end, and Olympiacos also lost by three points, three on the buzzer.
When you dive into the numbers, you find that there is a uniform line in these games: in all of them, the Yellows showed almost complete dependence on Scotty Wilbkin in the last quarter.
Note the statistics of the Yellow Star in the last quarters of these games: 15 points against CSKA Moscow (5 from 7 from the field); 15 points against Bayern Munich (3 from 8 from the field); and 12 against Olympiacos (3 from 6 From the field);
"It is doubtful whether Yannis Sapropoulos is satisfied with this new dependence," read the "Eurohops".
But this season, almost everything is in his hands, perhaps excessively.
Wilbkin is one of the special and quality players in the Euroleague, but the plan to give him the ball and allow him to improvise, does not work.
"Maccabi Tel Aviv needs players who will take the pressure off him in money time, like Tyler Dorsey, for example, who has rarely played in the last quarters."
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Wilbkin and Dorsey (Photo: Courtesy of Olympiacos)
Another disadvantage of the Yellows is in position number 4. The Yellows received last season the least points from position 4 of all the Euroleague teams, but this season the problem is also on the defensive side.
Dragon Bender is having a hard time getting into things, and Angelo Cloiaro who has no choice in the power forward position, can not bear the burden alone.
Omri Caspi is still disabled and if Bender does not see signs of life, the vacuum in position 4 will not be filled.
Another option is to fill it out by signing a new player.
With the exception of Quincy Acey who is still apparently awaiting the opening of the free agent market in the NBA, the Yellows can find some reasonable options in that position.
The free agent list currently includes names like veteran James Gist, Anthony Gil who has already been mentioned as a candidate to join the team, as well as inside players like Thomas Robinson and Adrian Payne.
that's not it.
Dragon Bender (Photo: Courtesy of CSKA Moscow)
Aside from the percentage of problematic threes (32 percent, fifth from the end of the Euroleague) and the suspicious offensive efficiency (the Yellows are ranked third from the bottom of the league in True Shooting percentages), there are also personal issues.
Othello Hunter is far from his peak at the start of the season, which is also reflected in advanced statistics: he is ranked last among Maccabi Tel Aviv players Benn Rating (the index that weighs a player's influence on the team's defense and attack).
Below him is the one who was supposed to make a leap this season, Tyler Dorsey.
Surprisingly, Hunter is also the player with whom Maccabi Tel Aviv scores the least points per 100 passers (ORAT).
Can the problems be solved more easily than it seems?
We will get the answers in the Yellows' challenging series of games in the coming weeks, during which they will host Moscow Himaki, Anadolu Efes and Real Madrid, while in the middle they will host the intriguing Fenerbahce and the hot Zalgiris Kaunas.
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