Unicaja, since a couple of summers ago made a clean slate, building the current project with the signings of Perry, Carter, Kalinoski, Osetkowski, Kravish and company, has become a team without starters or substitutes. Ibon Navarro has 12 players for each game, who distribute the minutes almost to the millimeter.
The player who has been on the court the longest in these first 13 rounds of the Endesa League is Dylan Osetkowski, who plays 20:58 minutes per game, and the one with the least is Melvin Ejim, who clocks 13.34 minutes on the track. All others are between 14 and 19 minutes. The truth is that rival teams have a very difficult time preparing the green team’s scout. And the MVP changes from game to game and almost no one repeats two consecutive days as the most decisive player of the green and purple.
Coviran, another gaming philosophy
Nothing to do with the league rival that this coming Saturday will cross the path of the greens, in a new day of the Endesa League. And the Coviran Granada is the antithesis of Unicaja. The team coached by Pablo Pin is the one with the most decisive starting five in the entire League. In the Nasrid team there are 5 very regular players and 7 very substitutes.
The quintet formed by Luis Costa, Joe Tomasson, Pere Tomás, Kwan Cheatham and Cristiano Felicio is decisive for the Granadans. It is true that in the 3 position, Tomás usually starts in the starting 5, but it is the German Kramer who plays the most minutes. But it is the only position in which there is some rotation. The other four, unless there is a problem with personal fouls or extreme fatigue, are always on the hardwood.
A devastating quintet
Pablo Pin’s “magnificent 5” contribute to the team 64 of the 86 average points that Coviran scores per game, 67.8 of the 91 PIR that the Nasrid team scores on average, 21.8 of the 34 rebounds that Covirán captures and the The sum of minutes of this quintet on the court is 137 of the 200 total per game.
The overall impact on the statistics and on the game of this “typical quintet” is even better understood if we look at the percentage. And it is that Between Costa, Thomasson, Tomás, Cheatham and Felicio they contribute to the team 74.4% of the points, 74.5% of the efficiency and 64.1% of the rebounds.
While at Unicaja only Osetkowski (and very lightly) spends more than 20 minutes of play per game, Coviran has 2 players over 30 minutes, Kwan Cheatham (31.15 minutes) and Joe Thomasson (30.38). Two others are above 24, Lluis Costa (28.43) and Cristiano Felicio (24.27). And the fifth most used is the German forward David Kramer, who with 21:54 minutes on average also plays more than Osetkowski. His position partner and usual starter, Pere Tomás, is one of those who starts in the starting 5 and plays the least, but he also leaves at 16:07 on average per game.
Citation in the Carpena
This coming Saturday, Carpena will bring together two diametrically opposed playing philosophies. A Unicaja in which the rotations are continuous compared to a Coviran that bets everything on its magnificent 5… and little else. The greens will try to make use of their wardrobe to add the tenth victory in a row and virtually close their pass to the Copa del Rey as top seed.
2023-12-14 18:41:07
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