EuroCup Group Day 4 (15/12/09)

[Jaimeg]

[Jaimeg]

A few lines about Spanish teams in this competition:

Bilbao comes after some irregular games but they finally are finding his form. At home they are usually trustable and they normally show his best face. They have still problems with their play guards, because Javi Rodriguez and Salgado couldn’t find the exact rhythm of the game than they would preffer but with Conley and Banic raising his level during last month it seems than we can find his best level not far. Only Chris Warren is out for Bilbao.

Joventut this season is really tricky to predict because they have too many young players than can show 20% or 90% in his level depend how hot they start the game. A clear example is Tripkovic, if he scores his first shoots he gets confidance and he feels than he is new Michael Jordan, but if he miss the first 3 pts shoots. He can easily kill his team. It is really hard to say anything about them to me, because sometimes they seem quite interesting but also a few times they play like kids. Let s see which face they will show today.

Valencia is probably the most solid Spanish team in Eurocup. Finally Spahija could find what he was trying to get during last 2 years. It is true than maybe name by name, Pamesa isn’t anything great but they have more or less in each position what they need. Rafa Martinez is finally showing all good skills than he was predicted to have. They have a good pair of play makers with De Colo and Marinovic and some rude and strong centers than help a lot. Claver is still improving slowly, but when this guy will change his mind and finally believe than he is able to be in top 10 players in Europe, he will be in NBA next year. He has a perfect body and conditions, but it seems than he doesn’t improve in the speed as he could.

Canarias is a bit tricky team like Joventut. They have 2 totally different faces but this season they are so irregular even playing at home. This is because they have many crazy 3 pts shooters and they don’t defend as strong as they did during last year’s. If they are hot they can beat any team in Europe, but if they have a bad day anyone can beat them. Very hard to rate their games because you never know which level they will show.

[ZoneDee]

Guys, be careful betting on BK Ventspils. They have lost all three games so far by around 20 points. From what I have seen they are the worst team in Uleb cup competition consisting of only young inexperienced players and shitty americans. I might bet on Biella -7,5 today.

Also, dont bet on Dynamo Moscow. They are really bad at the moment.