The tallest player in the Euroleague will arrive tonight (Thursday) at the hall.
Christ Komaje, the center of Elba Berlin, will meet Maccabi Tel Aviv and this is a good reason for the ranking of the highest players in the factory.
Who is on the list of players who look down on everyone, who is the highest quality, the most contributor and the most effective, who in this aerial umbrella contributes less defensively, and who still needs polishing.
The movie Love in the Sky - Euroleague version.
5. Christ Comaja - 2.23 m - Elba Berlin
Statistics: 6.8 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.1 blocks.
The center, who will meet Maccabi Tel Aviv tonight, is the rookie in the group and has only been playing in the Euroleague since the middle of last season.
Komaje, born in Chad, is the youngest of them all - 26 years old - and it is evident that he is still far from polished.
He regularly comes off the bench and has defined roles in certain formations in which he can express himself.
His numbers relative to the 15 minutes he gets are good, and he shows good blocking ability.
Comaja.
Still needs polishing, photo: AFP
4. Yussuf Pal - 2.21 m - Villerban
statistics: 9.4 points, 6.5 rebounds
Pall replaced Mustafa Pall at Villerban who moved to Olympiakos and this is his second season in the team.
His first Euroleague experience was in Baskonia, where he played for two years.
The 28-year-old French/Senegalese is ranked fourth in the Euroleague in rebounds.
He is one of the most efficient in the factory and shows excellent numbers in relation to his amount of minutes, which is 20.
Joseph Pal (right).
Second season in Villerban, photo: EPA
3. Tibor Place - 2.21 m - Anadolu Zero
Statistics: 6.3 points, 3.1 rebounds
The German chin is different from all the other tall ones on the list.
He is the most mobile and technical of them all and goes out quite a bit to throw three-pointers.
On the other hand, it is quite soft and almost non-blocking.
Anadolu Efes does not have the concept of a leading center.
Place competes for the spot with Ante Zzic, Bryant Tov, and coach Ergin Ataman uses the "whoever is the best on a given evening takes most of the minutes" method.
This season he is not as good, but his last season was good and he reached his peak in the Euroleague final when his excellent game helped Anadolu win the title.
This is already the 33-year-old center's sixth season at the club.
Tibor Place.
Helped Anadolu win the title last season, photo: EPA
2. Mustafa Pal - 2.18 m - Olympiakos
Statistics: 8.2 points, 4.8 rebounds
After Tavares is the French center, whose career developed slowly and he reaches his peak at the age of 30 as a starting center with a significant contribution in a leading Euroleague team.
He has extensive experience in Europe.
Among other things, he played for Lokomotiv Kuban and Telecom Ankara.
His first Euroleague experience was in Villerban, from where he moved to Olympiacos where he has been playing for the second season.
He is very efficient on both ends of the court and shoots 76 percent on 2-pointers.
Mustafa Pal.
Very effective on both sides of the court, photo: EPA
1. Eddie Tavares - 2.20 m - Real Madrid
Statistics: 11.1 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.8 blocks
The best center in the Euroleague, a candidate for the factory player of the season.
This is his sixth season at Real and many wonder why with his data he is not an NBA player.
The 30-year-old giant from Cape Verde is certainly the most influential player in the Euroleague and the most important player in Real Madrid.
For evidence - he gets 25 minutes in a game, which is a lot in Real's rotation system.
His defensive presence is tremendous.
He leads the Euroleague in blocks and in the past has already been selected twice as the Defensive Player of the Factory.
This is the terror of the attacks of the Euroleague and a real tie breaker.
Eddie Tavares.
A tie breaker, photo: EPA
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