Euro League
Real wants to finish the defense with Gabriel Deck
Gabriel Deck returns to Real Madrid and Pablo Lasso adds another great defender to the rotation. Sportish is getting closer to the comeback of the 27-year-old striker at the WiZink Center with the help of InStat Scout.
The reason for a transfer is to improve the current situation. But what happens if the team already excels in the area they are (specialized in) when they are newly acquired? This is more or less the story of Gabriel Deck’s return to Real Madrid.
Wasting no time, the “Queen” took advantage of the circumstances and brought back to the WiZink Center a player who had (basically) proved valuable at the back of the field for the past three years.
What if he left at a crucial point in the season last year? History has shown that everyone benefited from what happened, as Real Madrid received around $2 million in a buyout from the Oklahoma City Thunder, while the 27-year-old forward left his bank account with around $4 million for . .. eight bloated months of work with Oklahoma City.
In fact, Real Madrid don’t “burn” for a player with Gabriel Deck’s traits. The delay in Trey Tombkins’ reappearance in the rotation appears to have played a major role in their reunion, but at the same time the Spanish team added to an already full quiver and looked further ahead to the next six months.
As you can see, according to Iberia’s reports, the new contract between the two teams will include a collaboration of two and a half years, allowing Pablo Lasso to look further away from this summer and maintain the already strong base of players he has the last few years.
But to stick with what everyone expects, the most important thing for Real Madrid is the addition of a player of undeniable quality, an athlete who doesn’t need time to adapt and who has the know-how of Pablo Lasso’s philosophy. In general, it can immediately deliver what is expected and strengthen the “Queen’s” defensive filter. Not that the image on the back of the floor necessarily needs major improvement, it just turns out that the Spanish team worked with the “enemy of good is best” logic.
Defense for seminar
In the days of Pablo Lasso, Real Madrid showed an enviable harmony and balance in defense and attack. On the one hand, he has talented players (in size and racquets), on the other hand, he has “built” on Eddie Tavares a great defensive capability that sets him apart from most of his opponents.
What if the problems that have existed in the “4” since the start of the season (see Anthony Randolph and Trey Tombkins) were largely disguised with the acquisition of Gerson Jabuselle and the – conditional – transfer of Vincent Poirier to the position of power forward In part, the substance for the Spanish team did not change. Quite simply because Real Madrid has the second best defense of the tournament in the first round final (see in detail the detailed analysis of all teams in the first round in the corresponding Sportish tribute). Not in absolute numbers, but in the points he gets for each possession.
According to InStat Scout, the “Queen” with 0.895 points/possession in defense is only behind Olympiakos with 0.88 points/possession, with both teams being the only ones in the EuroLeague where the first decimal place is “8”.
So the defense filter is strong and the explanation is not one-sided. Even if Facudo Cabasso is gone (the pressure on the ball in the periphery has been significantly reduced), even if his main periphery is +1 years older. Real Madrid change nothing, blaming every short circuit on Eddie Tavares and cutting laurels at the end of (every) night.
The statistics confirm that their racket is untouchable. Pablo Lasso players cause their opponents’ accuracy rates to drop significantly, especially in two-point games. Precisely because the huge body of Eddie Tavares (and then the presence of Vincent Poirier as reinforcement) spoils the manner of execution. To such an extent that this year Real Madrid lowers the opponent to 43.5% in two points (295/678), a percentage far from the average of the tournament (52.9%).
It is characteristic that this season in the EuroLeague no team scores worse in the two points than 48.7% of Zalgiris.
The goal is the perfect (sic)
Such a defense is then joined by a striker who specializes in limiting the opponent. Both from “3” and from “4”. Adept at defending consistently both on the periphery and near the basket, the 27-year-old athlete has the “package” that has loosened Pablo Lasso’s hands many times over the past three years.
In this case, Gabriel Deck’s integration into the rotation predisposes for even better defensive numbers in the Spanish team. How much better? Time will tell, but it seems self-evident that from now on the goal will be…perfect.
The 40.3% (98/243) that his personal opponents had in the two-pointers from 2018 to 2021 in the EuroLeague is enough to justify the above. Especially when this percentage drops even further when we talk about post-up (35.9% – 14/39). His muscles might not have been up to NBA level, but in Europe they’re enough (and more) to make a difference.
Versatility on another level
If you look at how Real Madrid’s depth map is forming now, you can see that the line of fire will go from ‘3’ to ‘5’. Where Pablo Lasso can present forms that can “choke” the opponent and reduce his productivity.
No need to “lower” Vincent Poirier to “4” except in exceptional cases, without having to swim deep into Tristan Vukcevic, without having to work overtime as Gerson Jabuselle’s power forward.
- PG: Nigel Williams-Goss, Thomas Hertel, Carlos Allothen, Juan Nunieth.
- SG: Sergio Yul, Fabian Coser, Rudy Fernández, Alberto Abalde.
- SF: Adam Hanga, Jeffrey Taylor, Gabriel Deck.
- PF: Gerson Jabuselle, Anthony Randolph, Trey Tombkins, Tristan Vukcevic.
- C: Eddie Tavares, Bensan Poirier.
Any gaps in the forwards are covered with… top quality materials, leaving the discussion of shortcomings to the guards and whether Nigel Williams-Goss and Thomas Hertel can safely guide Real Madrid’s ship to its destination.
Source: sport24
Jessica Martinez is an author at Sportish, a publication dedicated to sports news and analysis. She covers various topics related to sports and provides insightful commentary on the latest developments in the world of sports.
Mustafa Fal has delivered a monstrous performance in international matches and Vassilis Skoundis is tackling the problem, inevitably involving the first teacher of the art, Panagiotis Fassoulas.
“The gypsy saw his generation and his heart rejoiced,” says a proverb whose meaning fits the occasion… I mean, the occasion of Fal seeing the other Fal opposite him and enjoying him normally and in accordance with the law!
Let the necessary recommendations be made…
One of them is Mustafa Fal, who was born in Paris on February 23, 1992, he is French, he plays in his country’s national team, his hat comes from Senegal, he has been looking since he was 2.18. He is in his third season at Olympiacos…
Yusufa and Taco
The other person who competed against him yesterday is Youssoufa Fal, who was born in Dakar on January 12, 1995, is a Senegalese with French nationality, has a height of 2.21 m and is competing in Villerban for the third consecutive time…
There is of course the much wilder Taco Fal, who was also born in Dakar on December 10, 1995, spent three seasons in the NBA, is now sizzling in China and has had his head tickling the feet of God since he was 229 cm tall!
Mustafa, Yusufa and Tako have no relationship or kinship between them: they are synonymous, apart from the coincidence that ensures that they are all three kilometers long!
The triple-double figure in Pylaia
He had attacked the Olympiacos central defender again on the 11th of last month, on the occasion of the triple-double he scored in the game against PAOK in Pylaia, rare in our area, but he wanted to make us laugh for a while as his only goal!
At first he missed Yannis Fileris who treated him properly, but I also have some stitches for his fur!
To say my sin, I laughed and liked Fileris’ pun on… Wrong!
Fasoulas and… Lumidis
In any case, “Pani” was like…Lumidis in the field of coffee roasting, plus he made heads turn with soft nails with his unique and unparalleled skills.
To paraphrase Lumidis’ advertising slogan: in our case it was “Everyone in their own way and Fasoulas in their caps“!
Since the conversation broke out, the experienced PAOK and Olympiacos international center has recorded five triple-doubles with points, rebounds and blocks, which are of course rarer than those that include assists.
He scored the first of these goals on October 15, 1988 (PAOK-Panionios) with 18 points, 18 rebounds and 13 blocks.
Two weeks later he “wrote” the second with 20-18-11 against Apollon Patras, on November 19 he followed the third against Sporting (29-19-15), while in the 1990/91 season he added two more: 18 – 14-10 with Peristeri and 19-12-11 with Iraklis.
Vrankovic’s record and the “wow” with Green
Similar triple feats with plugs have also been achieved by Stojan Vrankovic (who is already the record holder in EuroLeague history with 10 in a Fortitudo Bologna-Cibona Zagreb game) with Panathinaikos, Anthony Cook with PAOK, Mike Smrek with Dafni, PJ Brown with Panionios, Efthymis Renzias with the National Youth Team and Antonis Fotsis with the Greens youth team.
On Friday night in Lyon, Fall broke the bank when he nearly followed in Draymond Green’s footsteps and posted a rare triple-double without scoring in double figures.
He reached the final horn with two points, seven rebounds, seven assists and eight blocks, while the Warriors’ cocky forward did so on February 10, 2017 against the Grizzlies with 11 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals and just two points.
From 0.8 to 8
Fal had grabbed 14 rebounds in the game against Red Star while he dished out seven assists in the game against Baskonia, so there is no news here…
The wave was caused by the eight caps, because on the one hand there are a lot of them and on the other hand the so-called do not have a big problem with davtes.
Before the game with Villerban, he had taken 12 shots in 14 games, and suddenly he flashed and thundered from a 0.8 average to eight!
What is the key quality a good blocker should have?
The cap for Moretti, the timing and the caps
Instead of answering, I’ll give the floor to a specialist and expert, none other than Panagiotis Fasoulas, who, among other things, scored the most decisive international match in the history of Olympiacos!
I am referring to the match against Paolo Moretti in the third game of the European Champions Cup playoff series in the 10993/94 season, thanks to which Piraeus qualified for the Final 4 in Tel Aviv.
“Everything is a question of timing“he explained to me when I asked him how he cultivated and developed his art.
“You need to know and understand where, when and how to jump to block the opponent’s shot. In addition to this sense of space and time, speed of movement and long arms also play a role. I did the caps and even covered the ball so we could go straight to attack” explains Fasoulas, who is already drawing the moral lesson of the story…
“Attack requires talent, but defense depends on will.”
The spider web
Last but not least, this desire flowed from the… gums of Fasoula, who went out and trapped his opponents in the spider’s web from which no one could escape.
From his appearance in the early 80s until his retirement in 1999, he reduced defense not only to a science, but to a spectacular spectacle!
Source: sport 24
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.
Matias Lessor received hundreds of interesting messages from friends of Panathinaikos AKTOR about his injury and quickly explained what the situation is.
Matias Lessor’s injury was the only black mark in the game against Armani Milano. For this very reason, the people of Panathinaikos AKTOR didn’t enjoy it as much as they would have liked. At least until they received the results of the sports high school exams.
The day after the game, it became clear that the problem was not serious. However, Matias Lessor explained in detail how he feels after his injury and thanked everyone for their interest.
Matias Lesor’s message in detail:
“Thank you everyone for your lovely messages and your interest. I’m feeling much better. It just hurts, but I’m fine“.
Source: sport 24
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.
End of alert for Matias Lesor at Panathinaikos AKTOR. The French center has a bad back due to the injury and will miss tomorrow’s (December 24th) game against Prometheus in Patras (20:15, ERT3 and LIVE on Sportish), but his tests were clear.
Matias Lesor will play in tomorrow’s (December 24th) away game of Panathinaikos AKTOR against Prometheus (8:15 p.m., 3 a.m. and LIVE from Sportish) on matchday 11 of the Stoiximan Basket League due to the lower back injury he sustained in this game , do not compete Armani Milano. But he escaped the worst.
The French center was tested immediately after the return of the “Greens” from Milan, who were “clean”. In other words, they didn’t show that the bone was broken in the middle – which everyone feared when they saw the Frenchman slaughtered on the ground. But Lesor is still in pain, ruling him out of the game against Prometheus and considered doubtful for next week’s EuroLeague game against Red Star.
With Lesor out, Oleg Balcherovski, Kostas Antetokounmpo and Dinos Mitoglou will fill the center position in the game against Prometheus.
Source: sport 24
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.
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