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Elrod is Back wrote:CrowderKeg wrote:
Austin Ainge gives the impression the G, as he calls him, can be a defensive stopper.
I approve of that message.
After putting together one of the greatest seasons by a teenager in European basketball history, Luka Doncic of Real Madrid was the unanimous choice of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague head coaches to win the EuroLeague Rising Star Trophy for the 2016-17 season. The Rising Star Trophy recognizes the best EuroLeague player each season who was under the age of 22 on July 1 of the summer before the season started. After making his debut in the competition and becoming a regular time contributor with Madrid a year ago, Doncic made the transformation into true EuroLeague star despite only turning 18 years of age during the course of this season. Not only did Doncic become the youngest player to ever claim MVP of the Round honors, he went on to do so four times this season, which was second most in the competition, as he helped lead Los Blancos to the Final Four next week in Istanbul.
Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul center Ante Zizic was second in the voting, while Marko Guduric of Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade and Ilimane Diop of Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz tied for the third-most votes. The Rising Star Trophy is one of several end-of-season honors awarded by Euroleague Basketball. Earlier in the week, Unics Kazan guard Keith Langford was named the recipient of the 2016-17 Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy and Adam Hanga of Baskonia was selected as Best Defender Trophy winner. The All-EuroLeague honorees will be announced later this week. The identity of the 2016-17 EuroLeague MVP will be revealed at the Final Four, between May 18 and 21 in Istanbul. The Alexander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year Trophy and the EuroLeague Club Executive of the Year are post-season awards.
Fencer reregistered wrote:Elrod is Back wrote:CrowderKeg wrote:
Austin Ainge gives the impression the G, as he calls him, can be a defensive stopper.
I approve of that message.
The most interesting generality to me was what A. Ainge said about modern PFs -- they need to be able to defend inside and rebound, but offensively they need to be like guards, able to dribble, pass and shoot.
Cibos wrote:After putting together one of the greatest seasons by a teenager in European basketball history, Luka Doncic of Real Madrid was the unanimous choice of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague head coaches to win the EuroLeague Rising Star Trophy for the 2016-17 season.
Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul center Ante Zizic was second in the voting,
It is worth mentioning that Ante played his first game in round 15 (out of 30 in the regular season), so he missed the first half of the regular season.
Elrod is Back wrote:There are playoffs in the Turkish League and Ante's squad will be a favorite. They have won like 9 in a row.
The quarterfinals begin in a week. http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Turkey/Darussafaka-Dogus-Istanbul/195?Page=2
Should be over well before summer league.
Fruit Pastilles wrote:
Elrod is Back wrote:Fruit Pastilles wrote:
That is high praise because this is generally considered one of the deeper lotteries in a while.
Fruit Pastilles wrote:
NormanDale wrote:Dannyboy36 wrote:
Interesting. So you're seeing a future all star with Zizic?
I'm not sure about his future, but I'm hopeful. I do look over the past two decades and see that 20 year olds with a fraction of his euroleague production are usually mid- to high-lottery picks. His euroleague highlights are also more impressive than most of those past players.
I think if he were in the draft this year he'd be considered just below the fultz-ball-jackson tier, and would be drafted in the 4-8 range. Given that we dont know whether the 2018 brooklyn pick will be another top selection or slightly lower, i think that's not as valuable as zizic right now.
