Tikteknu: clip summarizing today's events in sports, 17.4 (Sport1)
The Euroleague playoffs are already upon us, but in Europe we are still in the summary phase of the regular season.
And not surprisingly, Maccabi Tel Aviv receives a place of honor in these summaries.
It seems that the Yellows, who finished the season in fifth place, are starting to get the appreciation they deserve just before the quarter-final series against Monaco.
"We need to apologize to Oded Ketch, and to the entire team of Maccabi Tel Aviv. We didn't expect it to be such a good team," they said on the podcast of the website "Basketnews" yesterday (Monday).
"Ketch embraced the culture of the club, he made the players connect and run, and Maccabi really ran like crazy. What's beautiful is that it ran almost the most in the Euroleague, and is still ranked among the teams that lose the fewest balls in the factory. It's a kind of paradox. Ketch trusts Brown and Baldwin, He believed that they were capable of playing together and made them do it properly. Their standing attack is also fun to watch, they do a lot of beautiful exercises. The whole Euroleague should apologize to Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ketch. They should be appreciated, maybe we'll see them in the Final Four."
Respect.
Ketch and the players (photo: Danny Maron)
In the same podcast, they chose the first five players of the season, and crowned Lorenzo Brown as the best center in the league this season.
"He led the league in scoring, Maccabi Tel Aviv finished fifth, he put up impressive averages and the entire attack was in his and Wade Baldwin's hands. He deserves to be in the top five at the point guard position. He could even be the MVP of the season if we took that out of the equation Sasha and Zenkov. What he did at Maccabi Tel Aviv was truly unbelievable," they said.
"Lorenzo is perhaps the best defensive player among the offensive guards in the league. He is the most all-around player, he is also a clutch player. There were many question marks surrounding Maccabi, but Lorenzo's leadership, his abilities and his willingness to find chemistry with Baldwin, and to lead a completely new team, it Simply worthy of appreciation. He is the best center in the Euroleague right now."
Wade Baldwin also received an apology after being questioned on the same podcast at the beginning of the season.
Baldwin was named to the podcast members' second top five of the season.
"He was the MVP of the second part of the season, he led Maccabi in several important games without Lorenzo, and with all the question marks around him, with all the talk about him in the Euroleague, he silenced the critics. He was very close to even entering the top five of the season , because in the second part of the season he was simply exceptional."
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"The best center back in the Euroleague."
Lorenzo Brown (Photo: Danny Maron)
By the way, "Basketnews" decided to give the rising star award of the season to Lim Madar, almost without a choice.
"There wasn't a single young player who made a real impact in the Euroleague this season, but you have to choose someone, so I chose Bim Madar," said reporter Donatas Orbonas.
"I am one of Madar's biggest critics, his decision-making is suspect, but he made a difference in several games with his hustle, with his defense of the ball, sometimes also with important baskets in the attack. I chose him pretty much without a choice, but he is my choice."
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