Euro Roundup: Vasilopoulos making noise
By Luis Fernández

An href=/profile//> excellent href=/profile//> week href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Panagiotis href=/profile//> Vasilopoulos. href=/profile//> Olympiacos href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> our href=/profile//> man href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> key href=/profile//> contributor href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> both. href=/profile//> In href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Euroleague, href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> 14 href=/profile//> points, href=/profile//> 4 href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 3 href=/profile//> assists href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Armani href=/profile//> Jeans href=/profile//> Milano. href=/profile//> A href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> days href=/profile//> later, href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> domestic href=/profile//> league, href=/profile//> Olympiacos href=/profile//> faced href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> extremely href=/profile//> difficult href=/profile//> task: href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> almighty href=/profile//> Panathinaikos href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> trying href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> undefeated href=/profile//> status href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Greece. href=/profile//> Coming href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bench, href=/profile//> Vasilopoulos href=/profile//> contributed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> team’s href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> victory href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 11 href=/profile//> points, href=/profile//> 7 href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 4 href=/profile//> assists, href=/profile//> earning href=/profile//> MVP href=/profile//> honours href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> week href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Greek href=/profile//> league.

That href=/profile//> makes href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> row href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> Panagiotis href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> become href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> factor href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> It’s href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> early href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> call, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> keeps href=/profile//> receiving href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> answers href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> type href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> performances, href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> start href=/profile//> receiving href=/profile//> serious href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> increasing href=/profile//> consideration href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> draft.

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href=/profile//> almost href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> guy href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> intensity href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> desire, href=/profile//> showing href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> strengths, href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> defense href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> Zalgiris’ href=/profile//> guards, href=/profile//> moving href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> without href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ball href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> offense href=/profile//> (he's href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> "hiding" href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> court href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> set href=/profile//> himself href=/profile//> free href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> shot), href=/profile//> shooting href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> well, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> sometimes href=/profile//> helping href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> teammates href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> boards href=/profile//> (something href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> should've href=/profile//> done href=/profile//> constantly, href=/profile//> seeing href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> long href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> went href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> Zalgiris' href=/profile//> hands). href=/profile//> A href=/profile//> put-back href=/profile//> dunk href=/profile//> attempt href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> particularly href=/profile//> impressive, href=/profile//> stopped href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> foul, href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> showed href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> nice href=/profile//> vertical href=/profile//> leap. href=/profile//> Again, href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> attack href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> man href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dribble, href=/profile//> except href=/profile//> once href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> transition href=/profile//> situation. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> caused href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> Marco's href=/profile//> reluctance href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> Climamio's href=/profile//> offensive href=/profile//> plays: href=/profile//> Climamio's href=/profile//> offense href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> oriented href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> give href=/profile//> Belinelli href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> long-distance href=/profile//> shots href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> slashing href=/profile//> opportunities, href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> specialized href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> creative href=/profile//> "dribbling href=/profile//> drivers" href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> Sani href=/profile//> Becirovic href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Nate href=/profile//> Green href=/profile//> (and href=/profile//> sometimes href=/profile//> Kiwane href=/profile//> Garris). href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> said, href=/profile//> surely href=/profile//> Marco href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> take href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> hoop href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> often href=/profile//> whenever 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In href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Spanish href=/profile//> ACB href=/profile//> League, href=/profile//> Sergio href=/profile//> Rodríguez href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> 17 href=/profile//> points, href=/profile//> 2 href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 3 href=/profile//> assists, href=/profile//> becoming href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> important href=/profile//> factor href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Adecco href=/profile//> Estudiantes href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> victory href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Euroleague href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> Unicaja href=/profile//> Málaga. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> hasn’t href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> easy href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> him href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> far, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> he’s href=/profile//> reaching href=/profile//> lately href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> needed href=/profile//> flow href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> Marko href=/profile//> Tomas href=/profile//> contributed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Real href=/profile//> Madrid’s href=/profile//> much-needed href=/profile//> victory href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Ricoh href=/profile//> Manresa href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 14 href=/profile//> points, href=/profile//> 4 href=/profile//> rebounds, href=/profile//> 2 href=/profile//> assists href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 3 href=/profile//> steals. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> took href=/profile//> advantage href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> absence href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Igor href=/profile//> Rakocevic href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> step href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> gain href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> prominence href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> team’s href=/profile//> offensive href=/profile//> game.

To href=/profile//> start href=/profile//> our href=/profile//> Balkan href=/profile//> roundup, href=/profile//> we href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Trevisio href=/profile//> –the href=/profile//> Union href=/profile//> Olimpija href=/profile//> Euroleague href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> Bargnani href=/profile//> shined, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Yotam href=/profile//> Halperin href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> brightest href=/profile//> spot href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Slovenian href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> 21 href=/profile//> points, href=/profile//> 4 href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 4 href=/profile//> assists, href=/profile//> although href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> suffered href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> defense href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Drew href=/profile//> Nicholas, href=/profile//> while href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> keeps href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> basically href=/profile//> SG, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> might href=/profile//> hurt href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> already href=/profile//> low href=/profile//> draft href=/profile//> stock href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bit href=/profile//> more.

He href=/profile//> went href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> unnoticed href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Adriatic href=/profile//> League, href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> teammate href=/profile//> Hasan href=/profile//> Rivcic href=/profile//> assumed href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> offensive href=/profile//> responsibilities. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> 15 href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> important href=/profile//> victory href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Zagreb href=/profile//> (Olimpija href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> through href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> horrible href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> four href=/profile//> victories href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> competition), href=/profile//> although href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> single href=/profile//> rebound, href=/profile//> rather href=/profile//> surprising href=/profile//> considering href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> plays href=/profile//> center. href=/profile//> Milenko href=/profile//> Tepic href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> nice href=/profile//> outing href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> NIS href=/profile//> Vojvodina href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 15 href=/profile//> points, href=/profile//> 4 href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 2 href=/profile//> assists, href=/profile//> although href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Geoplin href=/profile//> Slovan. href=/profile//> Partizan href=/profile//> kept href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> competition href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> victory href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Red href=/profile//> Star, href=/profile//> enjoying href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> productive href=/profile//> performance href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> Luka href=/profile//> Bogdanovic, href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> 19 href=/profile//> points, href=/profile//> 3 href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 2 href=/profile//> steals. href=/profile//> In href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Serbian href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> Buducnost href=/profile//> keeps href=/profile//> adding href=/profile//> victories. href=/profile//> Led href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> Nenad href=/profile//> Mijatovic’s href=/profile//> 19 href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 2 href=/profile//> assists, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> easily href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> Borac.

We href=/profile//> finish href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Russia, href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> Andrei href=/profile//> Komarovski href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> Samara href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 17 href=/profile//> points, href=/profile//> 6 href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> 2 href=/profile//> assists, href=/profile//> although href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> couldn’t href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> Khimky. href=/profile//> He’s href=/profile//> having href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> individual href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> averaging href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> 18 href=/profile//> points href=/profile//> per href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> although href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> managed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> victories.