BCL: Start for Prometheus and Dove

Two more Greek teams start their European commitments on Wednesday (02/10). The reason for him Prometheus and the Dovepremiering on Basketball Champions Leagueaiming to start the event on the “right” side.

Initially, the Patrinoi welcome at “D. Tofalos” in Czech Nieburg (19:00, COSMOTE SPORT 5). His team Elias Papatheodorou comes from a season in which he played very good basketball and managed to make the best European run in his history, reaching the eight BCL.

There are many changes in the roster, since the big protagonists of the previous year left, such as Hunter Hale, Anthony Kawan, Jaime Etzenike and Cameron Reynolds. Despite this, the foreigners that Prometheus acquired, such as the Josh Adams, Wes Ivudu and our acquaintance in the Greek league Kenny Williamsthey showed in the preparation that they can replace those who left.

On the other hand, Nieburg is a quality team that likes offensive basketball and won the championship last season Czech Republic. Last year he competed in the FIBA ​​Europe Cup, the fourth-ranked European competition, and made it all the way quarterfinals.

As for the Dovehas a more difficult mission, as it will be hosted by FMP in Belgrade (21:00, COSMOTE SPORT 5). The western suburbs team is coming off a breakthrough season, having made it all the way to Final Four of BCLplaying amazing basketball and coming close to qualifying for the final.

Nevertheless, it is a completely different season for the “cyano-yellows”, who changed almost their entire roster as well as their coach, with Vasilis Spanouliswho built last year’s team, to leave and be replaced by George Limniatis. The Dove is entering a new era, which however seems to have several perspectives.

Indeed, the western suburbs team showed an excellent image in the Super Cup, as they made it very difficult for Olympiakos in the semi-final and beat Aris in the minor final. The outsiders acquired (Chris Coffey, Justin Patton, Toby Carberry, Jarrell Eddy, C.J. Harris) have a lot of quality, and there are also very talented guys on the roster like Neokles Avdalas and the Vangelis Zougris.

As far as FMP is concerned, it is a fairly good team, which last season reached the semi-finals of the Serbian league and was eliminated by Red Star in the semi-finals. This year, he has started in the Adriatic league with a 1-1 record, while the former Panathinaikos player, Ognien Kuzmic.