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By Nikos Varlas / varlas@eurohoops.net
The season gets under way in a few days and the time has come for the top 100 Euroleague Rankings. A difficult concept, subjective, one that – by nature – creates differing opinions and disagreements!
Eurohoops begins the presentation from the bottom up and the main thing that has to be made clear is that our Rankings are not made based on those that are published about NBA players in the USA. It’s true that the individual element is very important, but we equally evaluate the team’s dynamics and potential.
Here You can check the 80-71 top Euroleague Rankings
Criteria
1. PLAYER’S VALUE: The overall competitive evaluation of players. The characteristics of their game, their worth, their leadership skills, their quality as a unit independent of the team they play for.
2. PLAYER’S ROLE: The importance of a player for their team as we evaluate and predict it for the new season.
3. TEAM’S WORTH: The team the player we choose plays for, its apparent value in the league in the long term and the potential it has. How far the player’s team that is chosen for the new Euroleague season can go.
4. INDIVIDUAL POTENTIAL: The individual potential of the player, exclusively. The extent to which they can grow and improve, how high they can go based on their value, talent and age.
5. THE NUMBERS: The statistics we speculate the player can tally on average, when their team’s run in the Euroleague is completed. This is definitely an important criterion but the last priority for our choices, since it depends directly on the quality of the team they play for and their role in the team.
These are the 5 criteria that we factor in in order to reach an overall assessment of every player individually and from that point to draw the Top 100 Ranks. If you consider that around 360 players are registered on the rosters of the Euroleague, you will comprehend how hard and tortuous it was to make these selections!
So many players of value that we respect infinitely for whom there was not enough space and, really, from a total of 150 players, the list of the 100 was drawn up with great difficulty. Especially in the bottom 20 slots, there could be any name from the 50 that were necessarily not included and we ask for your understanding for this in advance.
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#70 Anthony Randolph
1989 2m.11 F/C
Lokomotiv Kuban
A quality big man, with a gift for scoring and putting the ball through the hoop in multiple ways. His goal is to return to the NBA in the summer as a free agent and this motivation combined with his role, suggest that he will get us used to big numbers this year.
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#69 Brad Oleson
1983 1m.91 G
Barcelona
He does specific things well on the court, things that are very important for the rotation of a top team. He’s a committed defender, he can pass well, he’s a coldblooded shooter from the perimeter and he can shoot the ball splendidly after a dribble, something that is rare in the Euroleague. A quality role player in a big team.
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#68 D. J. Strawberry
1985 1m.96 G
Olympiacos
It’s never too late! At 30 years of age and after the magical season with Karsiyaka, he found himself at the top level. A master of defense in every situation, a tough and strong player, one of those players that coaches love. If he finds himself in an ensemble with good chemistry and he feels good, he can offer effective solutions in scoring as well, without any shortage of perception and creativity.
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