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The renewed Euroleague season has injected more energy into the lives of the people of the Lithuanian sports world. After a long break from commenting, Vaidas Čeponis has already returned to the microphone of the Betsafe-LKL championship and admits that although he is no longer commenting on the Euroleague fights, he is closely following them.
He admits that multiple teams are favorites to win the title this year, and it’s even harder to predict the regular season winners. According to V. Čeponis, the final ranking of the teams can be greatly influenced by how the teams will handle the coronavirus within the teams. For example, the loss of Sergio Rodríguez from AX Armani Exchange in Moscow or CSKA-Mike James in Moscow would drastically reduce the quality of play of these teams.
However, with the relentless start to the regular season, V. Čeponis, together with Betsafe’s basketball betting experts, decided to predict what the next EuroLeague season will look like, which clubs have the best chances of winning the title, how Kaunas “Žalgiris” will triumph and who will become the regular player of the regular season. .
After 6 years at the Kaunas club, Š. Jasikevičius went to work for a much richer Barcelona, FC Barcelona, which is what will determine that Žalgiris is not in the playoffs this year, says V. Čeponis.
“The home games with the Milan and Panevėžys teams showed that the new team strategist Martin Schiller lacks the highest level of experience in basketball competitions. I also see gaps in the composition: the best player in attack J. Lauvergne will be too slow in defense against sudden players, and the only real lightweight forward P. Garino is traumatized and does not know when he will return to the lineup, “the famous commentator paints a gloomy season.
Speaking of the main contenders, V. Čeponis chose between five teams, but was a bit surprised by his choice. According to him, the highly underrated Anadolu Efes team will become this season’s champion, and Betsafe’s basketball experts give the Istanbul team a 14% chance of winning the tournament.
Without a doubt, favorites like Real, Barcelona, CSKA are named among the favorites to win, like every year. The AX Armani Exchange joins them this year, but I wouldn’t underestimate the basketball players from Istanbul’s Anadolu Efes. “They finished last season at the top of the tournament table and with all the key players in mind the Anadolu Efes team will have a strong case for the first ever title,” he said.
Although the commentator predicts the title for the Istanbul team led by S. Larkin, he sees Š. Nikolai Mirotičius, a student of Jasikevičius, and emphasizes the versatility of the forward:
„S. Larkin, M. James, A. Shved are the “second” line players, scoring a lot of points, but N. Mirotičius is a more versatile basketball player, accumulating points, making effective passes, bouncing a lot of balls. I believe that the Barça team will return to the game through N. Mirotičius, so that they will regain the title of most useful player, ”said V. Čeponis as his favorite.
In addition to these predictions, V. Čeponis highlighted the “dark horse” of the tournament and reviewed the duels of the first round.
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