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Who will win the EuroLeague? Who will be named the best player and who will be the top scorer. Diamantopoulos, Kavalieratos, Skondis, Stavrou, Makris, Tregas, Karamoza and Veronas make their options ahead of the start of the 2023/24 season.
Do you like predictions? us very much. This is mainly because we see them at the end of every season and often wonder “What were we seeing when we wrote this?”. However, it’s not possible to start the season without… guessing the future, that’s why Sport24 We are back to provide you with everything new before the start of the Euroleague regular season.
Pantelis Diamantopoulos, Spyros Kavalieratos, Vassilis Skondis, Haris Stavrou, Stefanos Makris, Alexandros Trigas, Vasiliki Karamoza and rookie Thanos Veronas have made their selections and will be judged eight months from now. Some cling to magic, others look for surprise, read on and you will understand.
Pantelis Diamantopoulos throws everything at Fener
- Hero: Fenerbahce
- Fourth: Fenerbahce, Real Madrid, Anadolu Efes, Partizan
- Regular Season MVP: Shane Larkin
- Scorer: Carsen Edwards (Bayern)
- Rebound Leader: Willie Hernangometh
- Defensive Player of the Year: Eddie Tavares
- Most Improved: Nikola Mirotic
- Best young man (under 22 years): Elie Edage
- Rookie of the Year: Frank Kaminsky
- Disappointing player: Kemba Walker
- Prediction for Olympiacos: Qualifiers
- Prediction for Panathinaikos: Playoffs
- Pleasant surprise: Bayern Munich
- Unpleasant surprise: Barcelona
Spyros Kavalieratos sees the final of Real Madrid and Olympiacos
- Hero: Real
- Fourth: Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, Partizan, Real Madrid
- Regular Season Player of the Year: Fakudo Capasso
- Top scorer: Willie Claiborne
- Rebound Leader: Willie Hernangometh
- Best defender: Alexa Abramovich
- Most Improved: Thomas Walkup
- Best Young Man (U22): Matteo Spagnuolo (Alba)
- Rising star: Iago dos Santos (Red Star)
- Disappointing player: Jabari Parker
- Olympiacos match prediction: Final
- Panathinaikos match prediction: Final Four
- Pleasant surprise: Bayern
- Unpleasant surprise: Barcelona
Vassilis Secondis sees eternity in Berlin
- Hero: Partizan
- Fourth: Real, Partizan, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos
- Regular Season Player of the Year: Mathias LeSueur
- Scorer: Will Claiborne
- Rebound Commander: Nikola Milutinov
- Best defender: Thomas Walkup
- Most Improved: Alexa Abramovich
- Best Youth (U22): Gabriele Procida (Alba)
- Rising star: Frank Kaminski (Partizan)
- Disappointing player: Jabari Parker
- Olympiacos match prediction: Final Four
- Panathinaikos match prediction: Final Four
- Pleasant surprise: Red Star
- Unpleasant surprise: Barcelona
Harris Stavro supports Kalefa Diop
- Champion: Real Madrid
- Fourth: Real Madrid, Olympiacos, Monaco, Partizan
- Regular Season Player of the Year: Fakudo Capasso
- Scorer: Marcus Howard (Baskonia)
- Rebound Commander: Nikola Milutinov
- Defensive Player of the Year: Eddie Tavares
- Most Improved: Roman Sorkin (Maccabi)
- Best Junior (U22): Khalifa Diop (Baskonia)
- Rookie of the Year: Brady Manek (Zalgiris)
- Disappointing player: Kemba Walker
- Olympiacos match prediction: Final Four
- Prediction for Panathinaikos: Playoffs
- Pleasant surprise: Red Star
- Unpleasant surprise: Barcelona
Stefanos Makris sees disappointment in Serge Ibaka
- Champion: Real Madrid
- Fourth: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Partizan, Olympiacos
- Regular Season Player of the Year: Willie Hernangometh
- Scorer: Mike James
- Rebound Commander: Nikola Milutinov
- Best defender: Thomas Walkup
- Most Improved: Alexa Abramovich
- Best Youth (U22): Gabriele Procida (Alba)
- Rising star: Iago dos Santos (Red Star)
- Disappointing player: Serge Ibaka (Bayern)
- Olympiacos match prediction: Final Four
- Panathinaikos Prediction: 5th to 6th place
- Pleasant surprise: Red Star
- Unpleasant surprise: Anatolo Efes
Alexandros Trigas supports Obradović
- Hero: Partizan
- Fourth: Partizan, Panathinaikos, Olympiacos, Real Madrid
- Regular Season MVP: Kevin Bander
- Scorer: Mike James
- Rebound Commander: Nikola Milutinov
- Best defender: Thomas Walkup
- Most Improved: Carsen Edwards (Bayern)
- Best Youth (U22): Gabriele Procida (Alba)
- Rookie of the excitement: Jabari Parker
- Disappointing player: Kemba Walker
- Olympiacos match prediction: Final Four
- Panathinaikos match prediction: Final Four
- Pleasant surprise: Bayern Munich
- Unpleasant surprise: Villeurbanne
Vasiliki Karamoza goes with surprises
- Champion: Real Madrid
- Fourth: Real Madrid, Fenerbahce, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos
- Regular Season MVP: Will Claiborne
- Scorer: Kevin Bender
- Rebound Leader: Eddie Tavares
- Best defender: Thomas Walkup
- Most Improved: Mike Tobey (Red Star)
- Best Junior (U22): Nikos Rojavopoulos
- Exciting rookie: Antonius Cleveland (Maccabi)
- Disappointing player: Kemba Walker
- Olympiacos expectations: Qualification to the quarter-finals
- Panathinaikos Prediction: Qualification to the Final Four
- Pleasant surprise: Armani Milano
- Unpleasant surprise: Bayern Munich
Thanos Veronas gives the first of two goals to Eddie Tavares
- Champion: Real Madrid
- Fourth: Real Madrid, Olympiacos, Monaco, Panathinaikos
- Regular Season MVP: Eddie Tavares
- Scorer: Mike James
- Rebound Leader: Eddie Tavares
- Best defender: Thomas Walkup
- Most Improved: Giorgos Papagiannis
- Best Young Man: Gabriele Procida (Alba)
- Rookie to impress: Kemba Walker
- Disappointing player: Jabari Parker
- Olympiacos match prediction: Final Four
- Panathinaikos match prediction: Final Four
- Pleasant surprise: Bayern
- Unpleasant surprise: Barcelona
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