18/07/2023
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The Euroleague 23/24 starts engines. In full summer activity, with a hectic transfer market, the European basketball competition has unveiled the calendar of the next season. A course that starts next October 5th and that it will have an attractive FC Barcelona – Anadolu Efes.
Big names like Sasha Vezenkov, Dante Exum about Vasilije Micic They have packed their bags for the NBA. Therefore, it is a fact that the Euroleague seeks new referents, but in the competition there are still stars of the stature of Nikola Mirotic o Kostas Sloukas, two of the most famous transfers on the market and that will return to their previous pavilions with the shirts of their new teams.
At SPORT, we review the 10 parties with more ‘morbo’ of the next edition of the Euroleague that you cannot miss.
The classics between Barça and Real Madrid
Roger Grimau and its players still have in their retina one of the most bitter defeats of last season: the one inflicted by the whites in the last Final Four semi-finals of the Euroleague, in which they lost 66-78, in addition to seeing how their eternal rival lifted the title to the sky in Kaunas. It remains to be seen how both teams progress in the season, and if there will be a meeting again in the games for the title. At the moment, in regular season, Barça-Madrid will be played on October 26 at 8:45 p.m. at the Wizink, while the duel at the Palau will take place on January 3 of the next year at 8:30 p.m.
The return of Nikola Mirotic to the Palau
In the absence of official confirmation, as soon as Nikola Mirotic and Barça reach an agreement for the termination of the contract, the Spanish-Montenegrin will join the ranks of the Partisan Belgrade, which will coincide with Zeljko Obradovic. So, one of the most attractive games that the regular season will offer will be that Barça – Partizán, scheduled for March 14 of next year, at 8:30 p.m. In his last two games in the ACB final against Real Madrid, there were really emotional moments between the stands and the player.
Mirotic returns to Wizink, but without the Barça shirt
If after what happened in the last Euroleague playoff between Real Madrid and Partizán, some incentive, Nikola Mirotic’s arrival at Partizan is an addition to one of the games that has already become one that nobody wants to miss. It is enough to remember the receptions that the power forward has suffered in the white pavilion, so once he no longer wears the Barça shirt, it will be interesting to see the reaction of his fans. We will leave doubts next December 21 at 8:45 p.m.
Pablo Laso returns to Madrid
If Mirotic was ‘scalded’ by the Real Madrid fans, it will be very different the return of Pablo Laso to Wizink. One of the best coaches in the history of the section will return to the pavilion where he achieved so many victories, yes, representing Bayern Munich. The party, the next December 14 at 8:45 p.m.
Laso, also back at the Palau
Barça will have a very start to the Euroleague demanding, with a calendar that will force Grimau’s men to start adding victories from the beginning. On the fourth day, the next October 20 at 8:45 p.m. Bayern will visit the Palau, with the addition of receiving Pablo Laso as coach of the German team.
The ‘traitor’ Sloukas returns to Piraeus
On the opening day, Panathinaikos and Olympiacos faces will be seen. The Athenian team starts a new era, with Ergin Ataman on the bench and with the loud arrival of Kostas Sloukas to the team, after leaving the Piraeus team. The first duel will take place at the OAKA, while the derby at the Peace and Friendship pavilion will take place on March 14 of next year at 8:15 p.m.
Efes will receive Ataman, the coach of the two Euroleagues
The bad season carried out by Anadolu Efes last year, plus the goodbye of Ergin Ataman from the Turkish team, does not tarnish the most successful stage of those from Istanbul in Europe, after having been proclaimed Euroleague champions in 2021 and 2022. The successes came with the Turkish coach on the bench, but Ataman starts a new stage at Panathinaikos next season. So that, Efes – Pao on December 5 at 6:30 p.m. It will be another of the encounters that promises strong emotions.
Olympiacos, to take revenge on Madrid after the last final
a basket of Sergio Llull with just a few seconds left to finish the game, added to an error in Kostas Sloukas in the last shot of the match, he left Olympiacos without the Euroleague. The most consistent team from last year was left with the honey on the lips, and will try to get revenge in the regular season. The first duel will be in Piraeus next December 5 at 8:15 p.m., while in the Wizink, the match will be played on January 25 of the next year, at 8:45 p.m.
The attractive Serbian derbies
Partizan and Red Star They are planted in the 23/24 season with two really competitive teams and that should, at least, be in that fight for the positions of playoff of the Euroleague. The whole of Europe always looks towards the Sala Pionir or the Stark Arena when the two teams from Belgrade face each other, so you have to mark on the calendar now the October 26th (Partizán – E. Roja 20:30) and the January 4 (E. Roja – Partizán 20h).
Efes-Fenerbahçe, synonymous with quality
With the memory of the last semifinals of the Turkish league, in which Efes beat Fenerbahçe to later proclaim themselves champion of the competition, both Turkish teams return to Europe with the desire to once again be two of the most fearsome of the continent. The derbies usually leave high-level matches and outstanding performances in some of the noisiest environments in the competition, so it will be attractive to live the Efes – Fener on December 28 at 6:30 p.m. and Fener – Efes on April 5 at 7:45 p.m., in a penultimate day in which there can be many things at stake.
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