Why Valencia–Olympiacos deserves a closer look. Last season, I wrote about the different rotation philosophies in the EuroLeague. Paris had been taking an unusual approach for several years: frequent substitutions, short appearances and a remarkably structured rotation pattern. The idea…
The summer of FIBA national team basketball has come to an end. And at the men’s European youth championships, one observation stood out. Slovenia won U20. Slovenia won U18. Latvia won U16. Both countries have around ... two million inhabitants.…
Everyone talks about analytics nowadays. It’s almost impossible to have a conversation about basketball without the word coming up. It sounds modern. It sounds smart. It sounds like control. But most of the time, it’s neither. Analytics is often used…
Updated weekly after each EuroLeague round If you’ve been watching EuroLeague basketball long enough, patterns start to emerge.Some teams keep playing in remarkably similar ways. This chart looks at how EuroLeague teams manage minutes:average stint length versus rotation variability. For…
Everywhere I go, I hear the same thing.I have been lucky to visit many countries, and coaches tell me the same thing everywhere: “We don’t have enough time with our team.” Doesn't matter the level, age or how many sessions…