By George Orfanakis / info@eurohoops.net
The top European clubs have completed their transfer deals and have now entered the preparation stage with the aim of presenting the best possible outcome.
But in conjunction with team goals, each player will try to give their best and to raise their value. After all, best is the enemy of the good and those who want to give some answers will have the chance to do so.
Eurohoops presents 10 players that we expect will improve their performance in the new environment that has been created in their teams…
Dee Bost (Khimki)
The new season will find Dee Bost in the EuroLeague once again, where he played in 6 games last season in the colors of Zalgiris Kaunas (2.2 points, 1.3 assists), before being released from Sarunas Jasikevicius’s team.
The American spent most of the 2017-2018 season in the French team, Strasbourg, with whom he reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League and the semifinals of the domestic league.
Now, Dee Bost will be playing in Khimki, where he’ll have the chance to side with Alexey Shved and provide solutions in offense and creation. We expect that he will be clearly improved with a steady role and playing time in Georgios Bartzokas’s rotation.
Janis Strelnieks (Olympiacos)
Olympiacos are entering a new era under the instructions of David Blatt and the different philosophy is expected to help several players, among them, Janis Strelnieks. After all, the Latvian guard characterized the basketball the Reds were playing last season as old-fashioned.
It’s telling that Strelnieks put up the worst averages of his career (7.5 points, 2.1 assists, 38% in three-point shooting) in a total of 34 games in the EuroLeague, while he was lacking rhythm in his game and a steady role.
The clearly more aggressive basketball that Olympiacos will be playing is a perfect fit for the 29-year-old guard, who will raise his averages in scoring and creating. Of course, the final judge will be the court…