Classic bottom group
This time we diversified and opened with a riddle of logic. Sorry, in the question find the unusual. Shall we start? Haida. So like this, dear and dear surfers: Did you know how to identify which is the extraordinary season of Maccabi Tel Aviv out of the last six? Among the correct solvers is Yogral Peres – for example a potential person responsible for failure – a gift …
1. Balance 4-6 (40% success), relegation
2. Balance 10-20 (33% success), 14th place out of 16
3. Balance 13-17 (43% success), 10th place out of 16
4. Balance 14-16 (47% success), 10th place out of 16
5. Balance 19-9 (68% success), 5th place out of 18, in a season that has not come to an end
6. Balance 11-17 (39% success), 14th place out of 18, temporary balance
Yannis Sapropoulos was the Messiah of the Yellows last season, who we would never know how it would have ended (spoiler: with Andulo’s subdivision) had it not been for the Chinese and their fucking bats. He launched, on his back, a classic bottom group into districts she had long forgotten. The thing is, that season, like the Asteracenica vaccines, came to a halt. And all that remains is to wonder whether things really were, or whether it was just a single, fleeting flicker that does not indicate anything, in the examination of the exceptional, in the examination of the extraordinary.
Well, esteemed jury, you are asked to put aside feelings, sentiments and urban legends – and to base your decision on the inexhaustible facts. Because in this case the statistics cannot be cheated. And you can not lie to phone reviewers. The last five seasons of the Yellows, and to be precise, four of the five seasons of the second best league in the world in its new format make it clear, unequivocally, who belongs to the competitive part and who the distinct sub-teams are. And Maccabi Tel Aviv is a distinct bottom team. Maccabi Tel Aviv is a classic bottom team.
Failure is irresponsible
An unusual situation, which can only be explained by the genius of a-la-Bibi publicist, was invented for her in yellow and blue. – But only the coaches are responsible. Wait, it’s not accurate, because the players were also really wrong, so they went home as if it was a reality show from the genre that is worth a rating. But only coaches and players, because everything else? Snoopy Disco. Because Maccabi Tel Aviv There is a professional manager named Nikola Vujicic, who according to him (and his superiors) is not responsible for anything, although he does not replace lamps in foreign apartments, but his role, if I understood correctly, is representative and built on the basis of the British royal house. This is the situation in relation to the entire professional system, from Vujicic and below, except for the coach.
But this time it is announced that the coach is also what it is, and that it is impossible to succeed in every season. In my life, Sapropoulos said. The players are also fine, if you ask Maccabi Tel Aviv. Wilbkin remained. Hunter too. Zizic with a contract. Also Caluiaro, Dibertolomeo, Caspi, etc. Bender? Beautifully advanced. Blazer? success. Jones? Exercise the option. Bryant? Until very recently, Maccabi really wanted, he is less.
In short, most of the players are cool. The coach is great. The professional system does not decide anyway. Management / Owner? Not related to professional issues. what a luck. Because if there was a professional system here that would, say, make professional decisions that were the basis for measurement and examination, everyone might agree that the completion of the examination would lead to a slight conclusion that they are not so good at what they do.
But wait a minute, you mock. And what about the budget? It is well known that Maccabi does not have a budget equal to the top of the Euroleague – and if there is no budgetary capacity, then it is impossible to succeed. Okay, so let’s talk. And let’s put aside other measurable parameters such as the amount of American foreigners who play in the Israeli champion’s uniform to differentiate, say, from Spanish or Greek teams. Let’s talk faculty. How many players from Bayern Munich or Zenit St Petersburg, two excellent Euroleague teams at the moment, would have signed with the old Elijah as top players? What is the budget of Zalgiris Kaunas, a team that equals or tickles the playoffs on a regular basis? I would continue with the examples, but space should also be reserved for the jeeps on the way.
Maccabi Tel Aviv opens seasons with a relative lack of pockets compared to quite a few others. That’s right, and that’s a problem. The bigger problem is that it fails, time after time after time after time, to produce groups that are worth more than the budget. Yes, except for almost one season that represents nothing. And if that is the case, it would make sense to point the finger of blame at those who do not know how to build. An accusing finger should have been pointed at those who do not know how to correct the movement. Because if it’s the coach, then alas. And if it’s the professional manager, then his balance and condition are bad and bitter. And if it is not, then it is not clear what its role is. Oh, and if his role is savvy in being able to locate reality in the European / ex-Yugoslav / Croatian market, then Walla – it seems that he is not particularly successful either.
Turkish machine dance
I sat during the game quite close to the guest’s bench. I have repeatedly examined the movements and body language of the coach, Argin Atman. And there was a moment, in my life, when it seemed to me that his face had a troubled expression. However, as the difference at this stage is closer to the Likud’s current mandate forecast, it can only be assumed that Coach Atman was trying at the time to recall in words the singer’s huge Turkish hit said Karodoman, Chebashiz ‘Chinelma. By the way, search on YouTube. presentation.
Alternatively, Ataman may have taken a moment to recall and enter into proportions. Because the 2017/18 game season his team finished in last place in the Euroleague. By the way, Kronislav Simon and Bryant Dunston also played for him then. But then they made some decisions worth gold. Remember that Maccabi Tel Aviv added a coordinator, ex Zalgiris, who answers to the name Knight Walters? Well, then the Turks added one too. Celia Mitchic started in just ten games in Kaunas before moving to Istanbul, where he scored a total of 7.7 points per game. Before moving to play for Atman. Next to him, Atman added Boboa and Larkin from Basconia. Two who could have reached, say, the yellow uniform. At least, it was also proposed – and refused.I think I understand the principle.
And out of this unimpressive fabric, Atman built a group. Wait, I’ll fix it: he built the most oiled and impressive basketball machine on the old continent since the second empire of Pini Gershon, that of Sharas, Parker & Co. And it’s all Atman, yeah? A coach who once belonged to the underdogs of European basketball. A coach who currently wins a spectacular basketball game. Offensive and defensive basketball at the highest level there is, let alone a perfect level. A basketball that makes almost every opponent, certainly the one he met yesterday, look like a primitive team. Or as a regular team playing against a PlayStation version. And crashes.
Four balls. Seven seconds. Four attacks
As the date of the game approached, the optimistic feelings around our armored representative grew. Talk about a stress-free game plus a crowd push plus a natural voltage drop of zero after its mighty winning streak = an introduction to the splash. And feelings, by the way, are a beauty of a thing. But four balls and seven seconds into the game made it clear that a sensation, or noise in Hebrew, is nothing more than a song in the rock opera “Tommy”. By the way, search on YouTube. presentation.
This is the time it took the Turks to attack the hostess’ ring and conquer an easy basket at first. Seven seconds. Because it is likely that when Atman checked the form of the game, before the game, and discovered that what Maccabi has to offer defensively in the chin position is Žižić – he had a slight wave of laughter and said to his back line players something like: “Ahhhh, pick and roll and goal “. And this is what happens during the first. Žižić’s legs turn into a crosswalk on the one hand, while Caspi has to make a decision whether to stop Chanley Badisho or to jump out to Muarama and trust Jones to let Mitchić come and help. the answer? The answer is dunk.
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Second Turkish attack. Pick & Roll on Zizic. And another pick and roll on Žižić. And pay attention to Atman signifying that for the third time ice cream. And boom.
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Third Turkish attack. You will not believe it, but pick and roll on Žižić. And this time, too, Caspi needs to make a decision: either go all the way with the rushing Chanel or wait for Wolbkin to help from the corner (and leave Boboa). Have fun.
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Fourth Turkish attack, this time particularly brutal. Notice the Žižić, who in this passage mimics the scene from the midnight express film, in which Billy Hayes asks in vain for the degree of mercy of his judges in court. Simon’s first pick and roll on it. Then Mitchic’s second pick and roll on him, leading to tonight’s nomination for the confused Travolta award tonight. And Caspi does just what it takes. And the ball goes where it needs to go on the way to Simon’s easy work, which until a moment ago hid behind the latitude in front of the deteriorating defense. Bryant. Chess-Matt. Sorry, March Turkish.
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By the way, Maccabi Tel Aviv managed to produce a stop in the next pass. Which sent Andulo’s bench to go for a different move. Instead of a pick-and-roll in the middle on Žižić, he came and intervened defensively from the side. Wow, what an absurdity, the same pick and roll in such a different approach. And that’s how it ended.
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find the differences
Everything you need to know about the gaps between the teams, or whether the inferiority of Maccabi’s attack against the superiority of zero, is in the following sections. Here, for example, is a classic attack by the Yellows in which Wilbkin tries to score through a pick and roll with Caspi + 18 balls.
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And here, from the other side, Mitchic, who attacks Pick & Roll for my hopeless money.
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Do you know Chris Jones? It could be that he owes the leap in his career to a 13-assist game he managed to produce, last season, in the Turkish league against Andulo Zero. Last night he represented the next dribbling move, against Mitzic, at the end of the second quarter.
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Which is nice, because here’s the Turkish version of an attack towards the end of (the same quarter). Mitchic’s pick and roll on, believe it or not, Žižić. And please note the level of accuracy in Muarma’s physical work, which in perfect timing and position locks, at the same time, the bender – and allows free access for travelers. Žižić, by the way, presents here for the second time his candidacy for the confused Travolta Prize.
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And now we come to the part where we talk about the middle ground. Where we will try to find the differences in the way the teams attack the mismatch. That is, if the fetus is low keep high. Let’s start with Maccabi. Who tries to punish the Turks when Simon replaces and receives my money. So the ball goes in for my money. Then out to Dibertolomeo. Ahhh. And that’s it.
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Now for the Turks. Jones keeps Singleton inside? So go inside and pull a double guard from Caluiaro’s direction. And now please note Dorsey, who is staring into the void while Anderson cuts to the baseline. Two dedications and another light basket.
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The biggest and highest home loss in history (European)
It is possible to continue to glorify the Ottoman Empire, but it is desirable to remember Maccabi Tel Aviv’s share in the circle. The broken, tired and desperate Maccabi Tel Aviv. Because Yannis Sapropoulos was right when he explained that the historical rate of small losses this season is due to the fact that his team is always fighting. Always. And therefore manages to get one-sided games to be decided really small. But another loss and another loss, after another bad game and another bad basketball, and suddenly the fighting is lost too. Suddenly the apathy also permeates.
All of them snatch Mandulo Zero at the top, but not everyone gets to absorb in front of her the highest home loss in history (European, the league has the 28-year-old bomb against Jerusalem). And not everyone loses 6 of 7 from their last games. And not everyone is eliminated in the game before against Pau.
When Coach Sapropolos located the desperate and replaced them with the frantic legs of Sandy Cohen and Dibertolomeo, they were given a few minutes of fighting on the island of the temple. Not basketball, but motivation. And that’s a problem. To paraphrase the plot of the magician from the Land of Oz, it seems that Maccabi currently has a number of players who have either courage or common sense (that is, IQ basketball) or talent. And it’s hard for her to find ones that are both and both and both.
And out of desperation comes nonsense too. Like for example the problem of defensive communication here between Bryant and Caspi. One of them is guarding the ICE defense in front of Larkin’s pick and roll, the other is actually waiting for a SHOW-like cladding, and the third, that is, Larkin, knocks them in the head.
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And we will not end up without the grand winner of the confused Travolta Prize.
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Get the No. 3 nominee and winner, Dragon Bender, Mr. Upside, during the next revolving defensive. Congratulations.
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Three points to go
1. Hunter. The Yellow Anchor points average in the last three games is 2.3. In those three games – against Valencia, Pau and Andulo – the man threw 14 times for two points and scored twice. Cumulatively. That it comes out 14% success. And these are the numbers that are supposed to make the decision-makers of the Israeli champion, whatever their identity, think well before making a decision in his case this summer.
2. Bryant. By the time of the away game against Fener in the 22nd round, Elijah Bryant had reached a double-digit number of points 13 times. That it’s really cool. Six games have passed since then – and Nada. Not even once. And beyond the offensive drought, what remains will be central to this man. Is it, as quite a few believe, a team attacking player who does not find himself in the chaos of the orderly attack made by Sapropolus, or is he a selfish player no less than Tyler Dorsey, but with much better public relations.
3. From extreme to extreme. Angelo Caluiaro showed up for the game against the Turks as the player who plays the most on average, and for some reason, at Maccabi Tel Aviv this season. A matter that has won these reviews. Reminiscent, say, of the criticisms of the lack of use of pressure defense – which was suddenly raised by the sorcerer in the previous game in Athens. And look at this miracle, one game later – and suddenly he is excluded from the top five, also (but not only) in favor of a rare three-guard lineup. And look at this miracle, because one game later, and suddenly a negative season record in game minutes (7:43). The previous negative minute record, in case you were wondering, was 18:47. Strange and interesting.
