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Uğur Yılmaz Profile picture
@UYilmazz_
Jun 27, 2019 • 6 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
OK, a bit of a thread for this. Firstly: I wanted Partizan. Let's get that over with. But admittedly Loko or UNICS deserved more by results and VTB is the 2nd best domestic league in the continent and is strong enough to deserve 3 teams in EL.
I get the financial reasons behind a Zenit move. As in big fanbase, big city, big money, big market. And EL absolutely has to think financial for survival now. My issue is giving a 1 year wildcard to Zenit won't really make you benefit from Gazprom, fans or St Petersburg market.
That would require a long term thing. One question would be whether they could renew that shitty Russian broadcast deal now with a bigger club in Zenit relative to UNICS or Loko. The biggest question is what would Zenit do, if anything, to belong to #EuroLeague competitively?
Their initial signings this offseason don't even scream ambition for EuroCup. They need to completely invest big now or they won't belong to #EuroLeague and finish last. All 3 of Partizan, UNICS or Loko are in much better shape competitively. If Zenit's going to botch this up...
Then it's a big shame just for a 1-year wildcard. If we miss the eternal derby, Trinchieri, Marinkovic and so on and so forth at EL for 1 shitty season by Zenit without having the financial benefits due to... Well just having them for 1 season, then it's a disaster.
Finally, I rooted for Partizan to get the wildcard but as I said in the first tweet, UNICS or Loko probably deserved more and it's such bad news for them that a 3rd VTB team got it but it wasn't even them.

Zenit better build a competitive squad.

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Sep 29, 2020
1st half, especially 1st period was unbelievable in how prepared Malaga was (even if they mostly retained the squad) and how unprepared @Metropolitans92 was. Parisian side then managing to cut the deficit to as little as 4 in last minutes is admirable. But they're not a team yet.
During @unicajaCB dominance Metropolitans looked like they met 2 hours ago without any training together, 2nd half wasn't like that perhaps but individual players have put forward individual qualities in their games as they cut the deficit.
Assem Marei thought he could mix up ORebs and did, Bastien Pinault moved to right spots behind the arc to find and make 3s, Brandon Brown used his ability to create space individually and make pull-ups, David Michineau utilised his powerful drive game as leverage to score & pass.
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Aug 28, 2020
1974 Final in Nantes of @RMBaloncesto and @PallVarese is next. Pedro Ferrandiz vs Sandro Gamba and their star studded squads.

Film has 2nd half only: We'll miss Varese & Meneghin's superb start, Ferrandiz changing bigs' defence. We'll witness RM comeback.
I appreciate how Gamba uses Manuel Raga and Bob Morse. They are in constant movement at halfcourt going through multiple Meneghin and Ivan Bisson screens at practically every possession. Walter Szczerbiak and Brabender defend them tightly, so off-ball screens and movement needed.
I've read a praisal of Wayne Brabender's defence on Manuel Raga in this match but I like Szczerbiak's defence on Morse better. Brabender overhelps to others at times and Madrid bigs need to help extensively on backscreens set on Brabender which frees Varese screener to shoot.
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Aug 25, 2020
1971 Antwerp Final between @PallVarese and @cskabasket is next: Not sure if the video captures full match or not.

First time I'll be watching this final. It's a famous one so I'm stoked to see it. Aca Nikolic vs Alexander Gomelsky. Well, sort of.
The amazing story of this final is CSKA coaching staff and centre Vladimir Andreev not being there because Soviet Basketball Federation sanctioned them for smuggling. So it's not quite a Nikolic vs Gomelsky match-up, as Sergei Belov player-coached the team in the final.
I'd imagine match prep belongs to Gomelsky and the coaching staff but obviously in-game coaching is Belov's work. So it's more of a Nikolic vs Gomelsky & Belov.

Belov apparently didn't even play in the first 8 minutes to coach the team, despite being the best CSKA player.
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Aug 24, 2020
Only have short clips from the epic 1969 Final. Total bummer that we don't have any extensive film from the 3 CSKA vs Real finals in 60s.

Onto the 1970 Final of @PallVarese vs @cskabasket. Aca Nikolic vs Armenak Alachachian. There's film of 1st half only:
Pic quality is what it is but Andreev showcases his reach. Ball is very high as his left foot, displaying his vertical jump. He must be nicknamed "Russian Bill" after @RealBillRussell as much for his physical tools as his defence. He blocked 4 shots in 1 possession in 1969 Final. Image
This is my first rewatch, the 3 finals prior were first time watches. I have to note how much Meneghin's scoring outburst had surprised me when I first watched this as I see it again. Based on his stats, I thought he was a special player due to defence and rebounding and he is.
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Aug 17, 2020
1968 Lyon Final between @BasketBrno and @RMBaloncesto is next. This is also a final I've never seen before, recent upload on youtube.

And again, it seems the video captures the 2nd half of the match only:
Real is the reigning champion but a match report says Brno was the favourite as they beat Real earlier that season and Real had health problems for the final. Emiliano Rodríguez had back issues and actually was forced to sideline due to that with 6 minutes left in the 1st half.
Brno is shooting super well at the start but an awful thing about this film is I can't make out who is who on Brno as their kits aren't numbered (or they are but can't be seen on film). Audio quality is worse than previous 2 finals so I can't hear names via play-by-play either.
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Aug 10, 2020
2nd one will also be a first time watch for me. It's 1967 Final this time, the 2nd and last Final 4 in 1960s played in Madrid this time. @RMBaloncesto basically hosts reigning champs @OlimpiaMI1936.

It appears the footage only captures the 2nd half:
Real plays with essentially two centres in Clifford Luyk & Miles Aiken. Aiken seems to handle one-on-one defence and Luyk commits aggressively to whoever is coming to the rim to protect the rim. On attack, they moreso gunned for outside shots instead of looking at either so far.
Intriguing to see how Olimpia attack changed post-Bradley. They now look for the new import Chubin as a scorer but Riminucci has a lot more creative responsibility, dribbling a lot without Bradley. Chubin doesn't dribble like Bradley. They space the court better, ball moves more.
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