Can o John Antetokounmpo to stand out (rightly) MVP of the Piraeus Pre-Olympic tournament, however the game changer for the Greek National Team was the Nick Calatheswho had the best… week of his career.
The experienced guard was one of the standouts in all the matches of the “blue and white”, as he matched excellently with Thomas Walkup and managed to help mainly with his excellent creation, but also in scoring. It is characteristic that he finished the tournament with a double-double in the averages: 10 points and 10.5 assists for just 1.5 wrong per game.
What is striking, however, is its incredible influence Baskets in the team game. In these four matches of the Pre-Olympic against Dominican Republic, Egypt, Slovenia and Croatiaparticipated overall by scoring or assisting on 141 points of the National Team (scored 40 and created 101)!
In fact, if you consider how the “blue and white” scored in total in these games 378 pointsthis means that Calathes was responsible for the 37% of points her! Which makes sense, considering that the 50% of points which succeeded National while he was on the floor, they came from his own assist!
It is worth noting, finally, that You’re in a basket was the top of the “official favorite” as far as the positive effect that he had in the team on the court, after finishing the tournament with an average of +18 on the relative index +/-with the National team getting extremely better while he was in charge.
Source: Sport Fm
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