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 Valencia, Spain
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If you're new here: I break down basketball from a coach's perspective. X's & O's Analytics ATO's Defensive concepts Trends across EuroLeague, ACB and European basketball A few of my favorite recent breakdowns ↓ 🧵
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With Kyle Kuric on your team, you can add a wrinkle with a Ricky action to any of your setplays Having a big that understands screening angles is crucial. Ricky action requires 3 screening actions in a row, each with a different angle 👇📽️ a Floppy & a Double Iverson play #ACB
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Sometimes your setplays creates an advantage. Sometimes they don't That's when you flow into your off. concepts you have been building since preseason. Spacing, timing and ball movement are key to keep challenging the defense Breogán has been excelling at this so far in ACB
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Breogán 🇪🇸 — Preseason Concepts Weak-side spacing behind the PNR: • Baseline cut from the weak-side corner • Wing drifts down to replace A simple way to force the low man (who watches the PNR action) to choose between offering help as the last and covering the cut.
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Limburg United 🇧🇪 — Quick Lob Play #BNXT Nice quick hitter out of a timeout, overloading one side of the court to create space for a lob to their big man.
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Emma Meesseman in the low-post is a problem. Lethal in 1X1 situations and when other defenders keep an eye on her, she knows to find any teammate that is moving. Court vision ➕ passing skills ➕ unselfishness
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Belgian Cats 🇧🇪 - Horns Chin to bring Emma in the post Emma Meesseman's playmaking and passing skills from the post are crucial for Belgium. This Horns Chin action followed by a diagonal screen of Allemand/Vanloo will be one of the go-to-plays to set her up at the WC in Berlin
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Valencia–Olympiacos tonight. Short, structured shifts or longer stretches? The real coaching question is how those choices fit your players and playing identity. My latest article: Two Ways to Manage 40 Minutes. Keep an eye on the bench.
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Full article: pascalmeurs.com/euroleague-r…

Two Ways to Manage 40 Minutes

Short shifts or full quarters? EuroLeague rotation philosophies remain far apart. Valencia–Olympiacos brings the contrast onto the same court. Keep an eye on the bench.

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Olympiacos’ rotation against Žalgiris caught my eye. Not one single sub in Q1. One player staying on for the whole second half. Tomorrow, Valencia brings a complete opposite approach Two ways to manage 40'. Neither guarantees success. Link to my complete article in comments
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Full article: pascalmeurs.com/euroleague-r…

Two Ways to Manage 40 Minutes

Short shifts or full quarters? EuroLeague rotation philosophies remain far apart. Valencia–Olympiacos brings the contrast onto the same court. Keep an eye on the bench.

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Valencia 🇪🇸 — Opening Spain PnR When not opening a quarter with their classic Double Iverson, Valencia likes this stagger into Spain PnR with the 4 and 5 as screeners. Works because of excellent timing by Mirotic, on top of his quick and high release on the shot.
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Not bad for a guy who isn't exactly known for his shooting touch.. Maybe Sako should consider shooting his free throws left-handed? 😉
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🇧🇪 #BNXT League — Antwerp vs Kortrijk 0.6 seconds left in OT. Kortrijk steals & hits a half-court buzzer-beater. Game clock never ran Referees "calculate" 0.68s from catch to release. Basket cancelled Spurs file a protest. Is the time gap between TV frames valid? Thoughts?🤔
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Virtus Bologna 🇮🇹 — 2-3 Zone Blitz ATO Sometimes the old tricks still work, even at the highest level. Coming out of a timeout, Virtus catches Bayern off guard with a classic half-court trap. Not even perfectly executed, but the surprise makes it effective nonetheless.
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Maccabi 🇮🇱 — BLOB with lob Another example of a defense relaxing after surviving the classic screen-the-screener action. Sometimes a split second is enough to get caught by what comes next: the lob.
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Can a player get an assist without touching the ball? Who deserves more credit for TLC being wide open here: Maledon for the pass or Jantunen for sprinting the floor and dragging the defense? Quantifying actions like this is the next frontier in basketball analytics.
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I spent three seasons coaching inside L’Alqueria del Basket So yes, I’m slightly biased But after tracing Europe’s U16 & U18 internationals back to their clubs, one thing stood out: Spanish development environments keep appearing. Here’s what I found 👇 pascalmeurs.com/youth-basket…

These Clubs Are Developing Europe’s Best Young Players

I traced Europe’s U16 and U18 internationals back to their clubs. Which clubs are developing talent across borders — and why does Spain keep appearing?

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Tenerife 🇪🇸 — BLOB: STS → Spain PnR A BLOB is a perfect alignment to flow into Spain PnR. Just when the defense thinks it has survived the traditional screen-the-screener action, Tenerife immediately hits them with another problem.
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A national-team jersey tells us which country a player represents. But where do Europe’s best young players spend the rest of the year learning the game? I traced the U16 & U18 EuroBasket players back to their clubs. Some interesting results 👇
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The full analysis, including some important context behind the ranking: pascalmeurs.com/youth-basket…

These Clubs Are Developing Europe’s Best Young Players

I traced Europe’s U16 and U18 internationals back to their clubs. Which clubs are developing talent across borders — and why does Spain keep appearing?

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This possession could only come out of the coaching hat 🎩 of Txus Vidorreta, whose teams are known for long possessions, with a ton of ball & player movement. Here, Unicaja 🇪🇸 uses Double Iverson to create early advantages before flowing smoothly into Floppy #ACB
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