The European Championship starts on September 1 and has an extensive list of great players
The winners of the last four ‘MVPs’ of the season in the NBA will play the Eurobasket
The next September 1st start the Eurobasket. After the conquest of the European crown by Slovenia in 2017, the battle for the Championship kicks off with a large group of favorite teams to win the title, but it is already known that in a Eurobasket anything can happen.
The poster of players who are going to play the European has names of the highest level, elite players who are stars in the NBA. The stage will have little to do with the usual glamor on American tracks, but the demand will have to be maximum if they want to hang the gold.
In SPORT, we review 10 names that you cannot miss in this Eurobasket.
Nikola Jokic
Current ‘MVP’ of the season in the NBA (already achieved it in 2021), Nikola Jokic arrives at this Eurobasket wanting to lead Serbia from Svetislav Pesic and the azulgrana Nikola Kalinic to gold. ‘Joker’ has fun with the national team, and in these preparation matches for the European Championship, plus the windows for the 2023 World Cup, he has shown an excellent version in which he has averaged more than 20 points per game. In the most literal sense of the word, is unstoppable in the paint, and his threat from beyond 6.75 make him an unpredictable player who also has a privileged vision of the game.
Giannis Antetokounmpo
to their 27 years and with a NBA champion ring in hand, Giannis Antetokounmpo disembark again with Greece in an international championship. After a ‘disappointing’ World Cup in China in 2019, where they failed to get past the second phase and get into the knockout rounds for the title, ‘Anteto’ leads a Hellenic team that dreams of equaling the generation of Papaloukas, Diamantidis y Spanoulis how good basketball he played, and what was plata in the 2006 World Cup. In Europe, Giannis can play in any position he wants, being a guarantee of both ‘1’ and ‘5’, and, although it remains his great weakness, the star of the Milwaukee Bucks It offers better sensations in the shot, something that he will have to demonstrate on the track to achieve European glory.
Luka Doncic
If Jokic and Antetokounmpo have managed to take the last four ‘MVP’ of the season in the NBA, Luka Doncic could perfectly be the one chosen to take over from them, always with the permission of said protagonists. The Slovenian, who had just turned 18, led the team of Goran Dragic, Anthony Randolph and company to be one of the revelations of the European past and take the gold. Now, at 23 and with the memory of the last summer in which stroked the Olympic bronze in Tokyo, Doncic puts on the national team shirt again to try to revalidate the European crown. Slovenia is framed in death group beside Lithuania, France and Germany, but it is hard to believe that this can impress a Doncic with a practically endless deployment of resources and of which he has not yet been see limits.
Rudy Gobert
The ‘Eiffel Tower’ of France. At 30 years old, and in a summer where Utah Jazz they have transferred it to Minnesota Timberwolves, Rudy Gobert he is ‘tired’ of not winning gold medals with France, and will seek to win gold in this Eurobasket. Current Olympic runner-up and bronze in the last World Cup, the three times best defender in the NBA will be in charge of putting the lock on the painting, with its great wingspan that give it a intimidation practically unique in the continent. France has better players every time, they are practically all ‘NBA’, but Gobert must be demanded more in attack, and greater regularity in his game. If he succeeds, France will once again fight for gold.
Jusuf Nurkic
In Bosnia by Jusuf Nurkic has had the misfortune to fall into the death group, and although four teams go through to the next phase, France, Germany, Lithuania and Slovenia start as favorites to qualify. Even so, those four teams can ‘hit it’ against the bosnian Giant, who already showed his potential against the French in the World Cup qualifiers. with the madridista Call me Musa as a squire, the powerful center of the Portland Trail Blazzers will try to lead his team to higher levels, and be very careful, because if they manage to ‘sneak’ into the qualifying rounds for the title, they could be one of the tournament revelations.
Vasilije Micic
Despite not playing in the NBA (it will not be because of the insistence of the Thunder), Vasilije Micic It deserves to be on this list too. Despite the scare he suffered in the form of a game-injury in the World Cup qualifier against Greece, the point guard Anadolu Efes will arrive at the Eurobasket, with Jokic’s permission, wanting to be a leading player and being one of the leaders from the Pesic team. The double Euroleague champion has been outgrowing Europe for years now: His mastery of the game, combining incalculable talent and a killer instinct that rarely fails in decisive moments, make him a unique player and one who will have to be closely followed in this championship.
Domantas Sabonis
Lithuania is in the group of candidates and not favorites to win the Eurobasket, a situation that could change if Domantas Sabonis put himself in ‘MVP’ mode and line up with Jonas Valančiūnas one of the most powerful interior couples in Europe. the player of the Sacramento Kings y two-time NBA All-Star has a privileged physique that is difficult to contain, being one of the best ‘4’ in the competition, so yes Rokas Jokubaitis and the rest of his companions decide to look for him in attack, it can be a weapon to take into account.
Franz Wagner
The number 8 of the 2021 draft is ready to arm it in the Eurobasket. The eaves of the Orlando Magic faces his first international tournament with Germany, and in both the Eurobasket preparation matches and the World Cup qualifying matches, he has come out on top, rising above 20 points per game on average. High forward, with good penetration to the basket and with an outside threat. The Germans are in the group of death, but they will play this Eurobasket at home: first phase in Cologne and final phase in Berlin. Be very careful with what could be one of the revelations of the tournament.
Cedi Osman
Another small forward who can have a lot of prominence in this Eurobasket. At 27 years old and with more than 300 games with the Cleveland Cavaliers jersey, Cedi Osman arrives fully mature at this European Championship, and his versatility on the track makes him a fundamental pillar for the Turkey of Ergin Ataman. It will be rival of Spain in the group stage in which, a priori, they will fight with those of Sergio Scariolo for the first position in the group.
Willy Hernangomez
spain comes to this Eurobasket in full transition without the gasol brothers, without the injured Sergio Llull and with a group with little experience in a whole Absolute European Championship. The quality and points in the selection are the responsibility of the Hernangomez brothers, and throughout the preparation, Willy has shown that he accepts the challenge of being the team’s offensive reference. The pivot of the New Orleans Pelicans has power under the hoops, mid-range shooting, and on defense he’s still making progress to this day, have a high level in terms of intimidation and rebounding ability. Spain can overcome the expectations with which he starts in this Eurobasket, and a large part of these options go through seeing the best version of Willy.
