Partizan Belgrade returned to the Euroleague this season
True, in the Euroleague championship Partisan will not win, but the noise around it is great, and not only because of the city rival Red Star.
Partizan's home games are regularly attended by 18,000 spectators, of which 11,500 are subscribers.
After the ropes of reception in the Euroleague, Partizan experienced a difficult crisis of five losses, and seemed to disconnect from the connection to the first eight.
But lately Obradovic's ship seems to have changed direction.
For the match with Maccabi Tel Aviv tonight (Wednesday), she comes with a streak of five victories, when she looks connected, adjusted and knows how to properly use the tools she has, along with hiding her shortcomings, of which she has quite a few.
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The hard work will pay off for him, photo: IPA
A foreman is needed
The existing staff has quite a few holes that prevent it from storming the top of the factory.
For example, the coordinator position.
Overdovic, who has had growing success with high-profile centre-backs - Dimitris Diamantidis at Panathinaikos and Kostas Sloukas at Fenerbahce - suffers from a hole in this position.
It has only one natural hub - the Medar Sea.
Donte Exum, who also occupies this slot, is not a natural coordinator.
Meanwhile, Alex Abramovich returns to the field after a long injury.
Madar is the starting point guard and is on a steady progression, but he does so in small steps.
He is still far from the peak of self-confidence in his ability to lead a team as large as Partizan.
Evidently, Overdovic doesn't always let him finish games, but it's only a matter of time before that comes.
This is also Madar's debut season in the Euroleague and Overdovic gives him credit, but also sits on him in every defensive action.
The constant pressure, the demand for names, that's the price for better or worse when you play under the master.
There is no doubt that under a coach of the caliber of Overdovich, this period will only improve the Israeli center.
The soft is not easy, but the profit will be clean.
Maccabi's miss
Beyond Madar, Partizan's Israeli connection is expressed in foreigners: Zack Liday played in Gilboa/Galil, James Nunnally was in Maccabi last season, as well as Matias Lesor who played for the Yellows for two months.
The ability demonstrated by the latter in the uniform of the Serbian team shows that this is a big mistake by Maccabi, which could have kept him with them.
He shows great ability and dominance, being second in the Euroleague index, first in rebounds (7.8 per game) and very efficient with almost 70% for 2.
The French chin sits like a glove on the hand of a partisan.
He plays with enthusiasm, he is full of passion and this is very suitable for the warm crowd of the club.
Overdovich.
Make adjustments, but not assumptions, photo: IPA
Change to control
Overdovic gave up last season a return to the Euroleague in favor of returning home and this season he is both at home and in the Euroleague.
The interesting element about the veteran coach is the style of play.
He has always been known to field teams that play in complete control and have strong defenses.
A slower and more controlled style of play.
And here this season the data says exactly the opposite.
Very offensive Partizan - number 4 in the Euroleague in scoring.
On the other hand, you absorb a lot - a third from the end.
The nature of the staff and the years that take their toll and lead to adjustments for the coach have resulted in the different team he puts together.
However, make no mistake: even in a group of this type, he dominates without straits.
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