Euro League
The Sportish EuroLeague 2022/23 forecasts: titles, faces and forecasts of the evergreens
Diamantopoulos, Cavalieratos, Stavrou, Makris, Trigas, Zoitos and Pilianidis made their EuroLeague 2022/23 predictions, distinguishing teams and players, positive and negative surprises.
Four months and more have passed since May 21 and Anadolu Efes’ unforgettable 58:57 against Real Madrid. It’s been a long time, but the EuroLeague is back! The continent’s top teams are ready for a new marathon, with the legendary Partizan and Virtus Bologna spurring competition and interest from sports fans around the world.
Pantelis Diamantopoulos, Spyros Kavalieratos, Haris Stavrou, Stefanos Makris, Alexandros Trigas, Yiannis Zoitos and Valia Pilianidis made their annual standard predictions, from Champion to Angry and MVP to Most Improved Player.
Pantelis Diamantopoulos sees Gabriel Deck as MVP
EuroLeague Champions: Real Madrid
Final Four: Real Madrid, Fenerbahce, Barcelona, Armani Milan
Regular Season MVP: Gabriel Dek (Real Madrid)
Top Scorer: Scotty Wilbekin (Fenerbahce)
Lead rebounder: Josh Niebo (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Top Defender: Eddie Tavares (Real Madrid)
Most Improved: Ioannis Papapetrou (Partizan)
Best Youngster (under 22): Janan Musa (he is 23 but does not see her)
Olympiacos Prognosis: Will fight for the Final Four
Forecast for Panathinaikos: Slightly better than last year
Pleasant surprise: Partizan
Unpleasant surprise: Baskonia
Spyros Cavalieratos again relies on Anatolou Efes
EuroLeague champion: Anatolou Efes
Final Four: Anatolou Efes, Olympiacos, Barcelona, Real Madrid
Regular Season MVP: Eddie Tavares (Real Madrid)
Top Scorer: Mike James (Monaco)
Top Rebounder: Giorgos Papagiannis (Panathinaikos)
Top defender: Thomas Walkup (Olympic)
Most Improved: Filip Petrusev (Red Star)
Best Youngster (U22): Nico Magnion (Virtus Bologna)
Prediction for Olympiakos: Final Four
Prediction for Panathinaikos: 8-12
Pleasant surprise: Virtus Bologna
Unpleasant surprise: Partizan
Haris Stavrou supports his player Semi Otzelege
EuroLeague Champions: Real Madrid
Final Four: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Olympiacos, Anatolou Efes
Regular Season MVP: Tomas Satoranski (Barcelona)
Top Scorer: Mike James (Monaco)
Top rebounder: Eddie Tavares (Real Madrid)
Top defender: John Brown (Monaco)
Most Improved: Youssouf Fal (Villeurban)
Best Youngster (U22): Matt Strazel (Monaco)
Prediction for Olympiakos: Final Four
Prediction for Panathinaikos: 8-11
Pleasant surprise: Semi Ojeleghe
Unpleasant surprise: Valencia and Zalgiris
Stefanos Makris is looking forward to Virtus Bologna
EuroLeague Champions: Real Madrid
Final Four: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Olympiacos, Anatolou Efes
Regular Season MVP: Nikola Mirotic (Barcelona)
Top Scorer: Mike James (Monaco)
Top rebounder: Walter Tavares (Real Madrid)
Top defender: John Brown (Monaco)
Most Improved: Dante Exum (Partisan)
Best Youngsters (U22): Gabriele Prosida (Alba Berlin)
Prediction for Olympiakos: 4th place
Prediction for Panathinaikos: 11th place
Pleasant surprise: Virtus Bologna
Unpleasant surprise: Zalgiris Kaunas
Alexandros Trigas is not baked with the Red Star
EuroLeague champion: Anatolou Efes
Final Four: Anatolou Efes, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Olympiacos
Regular Season MVP: Mike James (Monaco)
Top Scorer: Mike James (Monaco)
Lead rebounder: Ante Zizic (Anatolou Efes)
Top defender: John Brown (Monaco)
Most Improved: Alex Poithres (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
Best Youngster (Under 22): Rokas Jokubaitis (Barcelona)
Prediction for Olympiakos: Final Four
Forecast for Panathinaikos: 10 to 12
Pleasant surprise: Bayern Munich
Unpleasant Surprise: Red Star
Yannis Zoitos expects great things from Vezenkov
EuroLeague Champions: Barcelona
Final Four: Barcelona, Armani Milano, Olympiacos, Anatolou Efes
Regular Season MVP: Vasilije Micic (Anatolu Efes)
Top Scorer: Sasha Vezhenkov (Olympics)
Top rebounder: Eddie Tavares (Real Madrid)
Top defender: Thomas Walkup (Olympic)
Most Improved: Matt Strazel (Monaco)
Best Youngster (U22): Tristan Vuksevic (Partizan)
Prediction for Olympiacos: 3-5
Prediction for Panathinaikos: 10-12
Pleasant surprise: Partizan
Unpleasant surprise: Maccabi Tel Aviv
Valia Pilianidis refuses to get upset about Barcelona
EuroLeague Champions: Real Madrid
Final Four: Real Madrid, Anatolou Efes, Olympiacos, Fenerbahce
Regular Season MVP: Vasilije Micic (Anatolu Efes)
Top Scorer: Mike James (Monaco)
Top rebounder: Eddie Tavares (Real Madrid)
Top Defender: Eddie Tavares (Real Madrid)
Most Improved: Dante Exum (Partisan)
Best Youngster (Under 22): James Nagy (Barcelona)
Prediction for Olympiakos: Final Four
Prediction for Panathinaikos: 7-8
Pleasant surprise: Maccabi Tel Aviv
Unpleasant surprise: Barcelona
Source: sport 24
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