The Endesa League It is widely considered to be the most powerful domestic competition in Europe, an assessment based on the difficulty that any rival can pose to a large team but also on much more scientific data.
There are two aspects that allow us to demonstrate the number one in Spain in the concert of national competitions in Europe. On one hand, the result of the Spanish teams in the continental tournaments. Today, up to eight Spanish teams have already qualified for the final phases of the Euroleague (Real Madrid and Barcelona), Eurocup (Gran Canaria and Joventut) and Champions League (Lenovo Tenerife, UCAM Murcia, Unicaja and Baxi Manresa). This list could still be joined by Baskoniawhich has its qualification for the Euroleague playoffs quite well on track.
To put into perspective what the classification of at least eight Spanish teams means for the final phase of the different European club competitions, it should be noted that the next country with the most ‘alive’ teams in these tournaments is France, with three (four if we count Monaco, who dispute the French league). Behind are Germany (3), Italy, Turkey, Israel and Greece (2), Ukraine, Lithuania, Montenegro and the United Kingdom (1).
The other great piece of information that makes clear the greater difficulty of the Endesa League compared to other national leagues in Europe can be found when reviewing the Euroleague statistics. And it is thato There is only one player from the four ACB teams (Real Madrid, Barça, Baskonia and Valencia) among the 15 who play the most minutes in the top continental competition. This is due to the need to dose the players before the competitiveness (higher quality of the teams and, in many cases, more games) of the Spanish league, much higher than that of the rest of the leagues.
The player of an ACB team that plays the most minutes in the Euroleague is Darius Thompson (Baskonia, in 16th place with an average of 26:38. Among the 30 players with the most minutes in the Euroleague there are only three other players from ACB teams, Rokas Giedraitis (Baskonia), 17th with 26:24, Gaby Deck (Madrid ), 20th with 25:43, and Nikola Mirotic (Barça), 27th with 25:18.
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