Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv's star guard is Joe Arlauckas's latest guest on The Crossover as they talk about hoops and life

Lorenzo Brown hops aboard The Crossover

**Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv's star guard is Joe Arlauckas's latest guest on The Crossover as they talk about hoops and life**

[Lorenzo Brown](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/lorenzo-brown/009622/) is in the midst of his best Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season to date. The combo guard seems to have found a home with Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, which recently signed him to a three-year extension. Now at home on the Mediterranean coast in Israel, Brown spoke about his upbringing and the challenges along the way that led to him becoming a EuroLeague star. 

His path included going to a military academy for high school and changing positions after his first year of college. Brown continued to excel and shined in the G-League, where he was twice an all-star before being named 2018 MVP. Despite that, he never got his chance to play regularly in the NBA. And things didn't go so well in Europe, either.  

"When I first came overseas, I went to Russia, it was actually UNICS. I don’t know why but I failed a physical. There was something going on inside my body. They kind of told me I would never play ball again. They were like, ‘you might want to go back home and get checked out,’ “ Brown recalled. 

“So I go home and I’m sitting there for a month or two.  And I’m just sitting, I’m depressed. I’m like, ‘what am I gonna do now? ’ I’m like 25 maybe, 26. And I’m never gonna play basketball again.

“Long story short, it wasn’t what they were saying it was. And I ended up getting another job in China for two months and went on from there." 

That was in November 2016. Brown ended up back in North America and split the next two seasons between Toronto in the NBA and Raptors 905 in the G-League. After that, he decided to give Europe one more shot and that changed his career forever. 

Brown signed with Crvena Zvezda Belgrade for the 2019-20 season and, though he had an idea of what to expect, he was blown away by the crowd from the start. 

"Quincy Miller played in Red Star probably two years prior, and I’d seen a clip. And everybody is just yelling, they’re chanting. I’m just in awe at the situation. My first game is the same way. Every game is like that. So I’m just like, ‘yeah, I’m gonna love it here.’”

After that Brown spent a season with Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul and another with UNICS Kazan. In that time, he emerged as one of the top guards on the continent. Croatia had shown interest in naturalizing Brown to play for its national team, but he instead took Spanish citizenship and competed for that country at EuroBasket 2022 where he was a teammate of EuroLeague stars he had played against for years. 

"They showed me a picture and it was like all of them and they were sitting on a bus and they were like 12 \[years old\]. And I’m like, y’all have been playing together this long? And they’re like yeah, we’ve been at this for like plus amount of years. I’m like, okay, this is really it for y’all then, y’all want this this bad. It took me a while to click in and grasp what they were feeling."

Brown was a dominant force when Spain needed him; he averaged 20.3 points, 9 assists and 1.5 steals in the elimination games and was named to the all-tournament team. Then he started the season in Tel Aviv – his fourth home in as many seasons in the EuroLeague. 

With Maccabi, Brown has emerged as a team leader and he has the club knocking on the door of the playoffs and that's where he hopes to be over the next few years as this summer, for the first time in his career, Brown will head home to the United States knowing exactly where he is coming back to for the start of the next season.

With a one-hour format of exclusive one-on-one interviews, The Crossover with Joe Arlauckas goes well beyond the playing court with each podcast to delve into the life experiences that have made his guests protagonists and legends of the EuroLeague. The Crossover debuted in 2018 and has featured such current stars as Mike James, Nicolo Melli and Vasilije Micic, coaching greats such as Georgios Bartzokas, Dimitris Itoudis and Zeljko Obradovic, and legends like Theo Papaloukas, Nikola Vujcic and Mike Batiste, among others.

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There is less than a month remaining in the 2022-23 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season. Olympiacos Piraeus became the first team to punch its playoffs ticket last week and is already looking to wrap up home-court advantage for its series. Several others could follow this week. It is going to be a tight race with many critical games. In Round 30, you have at least one team in each game, if not both, fighting for a playoff spot. This should impact the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge powered by Ardu Prime. Every game matters and all the stars should be out fighting for big goals.

Fantasy tips, Round 30: It's crunch time!

There is less than a month remaining in the 2022-23 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season. Olympiacos Piraeus became the first team to punch its playoffs ticket last week and is already looking to wrap up home-court advantage for its series. Several others could follow this week. It is going to be a tight race with many critical games. In Round 30, you have at least one team in each game, if not both, fighting for a playoff spot. This should impact the [EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge powered by Ardu Prime](https://euroleaguefantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/es/home?_ga=2.124176010.1642942346.1679299913-884385655.1669721726). Every game matters and all the stars should be out fighting for big goals. Here are some recommendations for Round 30: 

[Facu Campazzo, Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/facundo-campazzo/005928/) (13.8 credits) – Zvezda is a little bit behind in the playoff race with a 12-17 record, but plays four of its last five games at home. That should boost Campazzo's chances to have a monster performance. It could very well be against high-scoring Baskonia, a team he knows very well. 

[Shabazz Napier, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/shabazz-napier/011224/) (13.3 credits) – Napier has been playing really well lately, averaging 18.3 points and 6.3 assists for a PIR of 20.0 over his team's last three games. Kevin Pangos is set to be sidelined for at least two weeks, which makes Napier an even more interesting player in the game. He comes highly recommended. 

Facundo Campazzo, Shabazz Napier, Youssoupha Fall, Maik Kotsar Top Plays from 03/12/2023 to 03/21/2023

Fantasy tips Round 30 It's crunch time!

[Youssoupha Fall, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/moustapha-fall/008811/) (11.3 credits) – His size and coordination turn him into a nightmare matchup for most teams. Fall has posted a double-digit PIR in each of his last eight games, and comes off a strong performance against Panathinaikos: 13 points, 12 rebounds, 7 fouls drawn and a PIR of 28. 

[Nikola Mirotic, FC Barcelona](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/nikola-mirotic/000796/) (15.7 credits) – Barca is fighting for big goals: playoffs first and then the home-court advantage. It will need Mirotic's best version and he has been delivering lately, averaging 21.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and a PIR of 22.3 in the last four games. Chances are he won't stop until the end of the season. 

[Maik Kotsar, Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/maik-kotsar/004603/) (11.4 credits) – A more affordable, yet very strong option at center, Kotsar has recorded a PIR of 14 or higher in his team's last seven games. In the last two, he boosted his numbers up to 11.5 points on 9-of-11 two-point shooting, 7.0 rebounds and a PIR of 20.5. Baskonia needs him in the playoff race.

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul v EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (2023-03-21T17:15:00.000Z)

Virtus Segafredo Bologna v Real Madrid (2023-03-24T18:00:00.000Z)

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade v Olympiacos Piraeus (2023-03-24T19:00:00.000Z)

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan v FC Bayern Munich (2023-03-24T20:00:00.000Z)

AS Monaco v Valencia Basket (2023-03-24T18:00:00.000Z)

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul v Zalgiris Kaunas (2023-03-24T17:45:00.000Z)

Panathinaikos Athens v FC Barcelona (2023-03-23T18:30:00.000Z)

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne v Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv (2023-03-23T19:00:00.000Z)

ALBA Berlin v Anadolu Efes Istanbul (2023-03-23T19:00:00.000Z)

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade v Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz (2023-03-23T18:00:00.000Z)

Virtus Segafredo Bologna's 21-year-old guard Nico Mannion went through all the steps expected of an American basketball prodigy. He was on magazine covers in high school, was a five-star college recruit and - after just one season in college with the Arizona Wildcats - was drafted in the NBA and made his debut in that league with the Golden State Warriors while still a teenager.

Nico Mannion, Virtus: 'My mom's a badass'

Virtus Segafredo Bologna's 21-year-old guard [Nico Mannion](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/niccolo-mannion/011064/) went through all the steps expected of an American basketball prodigy. He was on magazine covers in high school, was a five-star college recruit and - after just one season in college with the Arizona Wildcats - was drafted in the NBA and made his debut in that league with the Golden State Warriors while still a teenager.

While following that basketball path, Mannion also embraced his family's Italian roots. Nico was born in Siena, Italy, to two professional athletes. His mother Gaia is a former volleyball player, who was born and raised in Rome, and his father Pace is a former basketball player, who played six seasons in the NBA and more than a decade in Italy.

"Actually, when I was born, my dad was an Italian citizen, so technically I was born to two Italian parents," Nico explained. "He was already here for 13 years, he speaks fluent now, and he has embraced the culture just as much as I did growing up."

"I think that my mom did a really good job of keeping the Italian culture."

When Nico was less than three years old, the Mannion family decided to move back to the United States and that's where he would grow up. However, a big part of his upbringing was the strong connection he kept with his native country, mainly thanks to his mother's sense of family.

"I spent one month out of every summer in Rome. My mom's whole side of the family still lives in Rome, so we'd spent a month of our time back there."

Young Nico's constant contact with Italy helped him develop a sense of awareness that kids of his age didn't necessarily have. On top of that, his mother always went the extra mile to keep the Italian ties strong in the household.

"I think that my mom did a really good job of keeping the Italian culture. In America, for instance, family dinners are not a huge thing. People go about their own day, they eat when they can," Nico recalled. "My mom made it a habit for us to sit down together every night as a family. She would cook or my dad would grill, but we'd sit down together as a family. It was later dinners of course, like Italians. Americans like to eat earlier."

Nico was also fluent in two languages from the cradle, even though, at the beginning, he needed some guidance with that.

"When I was little and started speaking, I would mix the languages, because I didn't know the difference between Italian and English as I heard them both," Mannion said. "So growing up, my mom would only speak Italian to me, and my dad spoke in English, and that's how I kind of learned how to separate them. So I never really got to learn a language, I just had them and had to learn how to separate them, which was interesting."

Being born to two professional athletes, it's no big surprise that Mannion ended up following the same path and even inheriting a competitive side. From his dad or his mom? He has a theory about that.

"My mom... she's a badass. She's super-competitive. Both my parents were athletes, of course, and I think I get my competitive side from both of them, but my mom is very competitive. She played volleyball," Nico explained. "I like to joke with my dad like 'I got my athletic ability from mom, you're not that athletic' to mess with him. She's my rock, one of the best people I have ever been around. She's there for me through thick and thin, she's really my support system. She's like superwoman to me, she can do it all."

Mannion has been playing for the Italian national team since he joined the U16 team in 2017 and in 2019 he made his debut with the senior national team. However, it wasn't until the summer of 2021 that he had the opportunity to get back where it all started, with an offer from Virtus. The fact that his father had been a professional player in Italy for more than 10 years in the late 1980s and the '90s, was another factor that helped him make the big decision to play on this side of the pond.

"She's my rock, one of the best people I have ever been around."

"He was telling me stories and saying 'You're gonna love it over there,' because when I decided to come over here... he was pumping me up about how much he loved it, and he said he got over here and never wanted to go back home to the United States. He's not wrong, I love it here as well," Nico said. 

Mannion won the 7DAYS EuroCup last season, his first with Virtus, to match his father's count of continental trophies. Pace helped Cantu capture the 1991 Korac Cup; he averaged 34 points in the two-game total-points finals against Real Madrid. Now the younger Mannion is enjoying his first season in the EuroLeague and appreciating that his upbringing made him more open-minded to this experience than perhaps some of his American counterparts. 

"You never really know where life's going to take you and I've had my fair share of ups and downs," Mannion concluded. "Having that open-mindedness of 'that's not where you're stuck', knowing that tomorrow's gonna come, knowing that there is always going to be a brighter day, and also knowing that when you are having a good day you can think 'It's okay to have a bad day or not feel good one day'... it helps you see through all that. Nothing is set in stone, you have to take the good with the bad, roll with the punches and continue to strive and do what you love to do."

All but two teams in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague have played 29 games in the 2022-23 regular season, meaning that there are five fixtures remaining before the playoffs get underway. This Tuesday evening (18:15 CET), Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul and EA7 Emporio Armani Exchange will be level with the rest in terms of games played, as they face each other in a postponed contest from Round 24.

Home-court advantage in mind when Fenerbahce hosts Milan

All but two teams in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague have played 29 games in the 2022-23 regular season, meaning that there are five fixtures remaining before the playoffs get underway. This Tuesday evening (18:15 CET), Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul and EA7 Emporio Armani Milan will be level with the rest in terms of games played, as they face each other in a postponed contest from Round 24.

For Fenerbahce, it currently sits fifth in the standings with a record of 17-11, two wins above Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz in eighth, the final playoff spot. However, following an 82-80 defeat at Valencia Basket last time out, Dimitris Itoudis's side needs to get back on track against Milan if it is to keep FC Barcelona and AS Monaco – in third and fourth place, respectively, with 19-10 records – on their toes in the battle for home-court advantage.

On the other side of the equation, Milan saw its slim playoff hopes take a hit last week, as it saw its six-game winning streak come to an end in the Spanish capital, losing 91-87 to Real Madrid. That defeat means that Milan now finds itself with a record of 12-16 in 13th place, three wins behind eighth. Although the Italian team still needs some things to go its way, a win on Tuesday evening would keep its playoff dreams alive.

Historically, Fenerbahce has dominated this fixture, beating Milan 15 times and losing on six occasions. Curiously, though, the last five meetings between these two have been won by the road team, with Milan winning twice in Istanbul in that span: 71-79 in Round 14 of the 2020-21 season and then again, 43-68, in Round 9 of the 2021-22 campaign. The last time that they faced off, in Round 10 at Mediolanum Forum this season, Fenerbahce won 72-82.

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan - Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul | Round 10 | Highlights

This is always a special game for two experienced members of Milan's roster, too: Gigi Datome and Nicolo Melli. The Italian duo both played for Fenerbahce in the past, with Datome spending five seasons at Ulker Sports and Event Hall (2015-20) and Melli staying there for two campaigns (2017-19). Datome wrote his name into Fenerbahce folklore by helping the team win its first – and only – EuroLeague title in 2017, following a defeat to CSKA Moscow in the championship game one year earlier. Melli, meanwhile, was part of the Fenerbahce side that finished as runners-up in 2018, as it lost to Real Madrid in the championship game.

Unlike Melli, Datome will not be on the floor at Ulker Sports and Event Hall this Tuesday evening as he remains sidelined with a calf strain. Milan will also be without Kevin Pangos, Devon Hall and Shavon Shields, but Naz Mitrou-Long returned from an injury last weekend and has made the trip to Istanbul.

“We face one of the best teams in the competition, built around two experienced guards like \[Nick\] Calathes and \[Scottie\] Wilbekin, with a lot of individual talent and firepower at every position, with physicality and depth among the bigs," said Milan head coach Ettore Messina ahead of this rescheduled game. "Because of absences, which once again are affecting us, we lost some of the rhythm that allowed us to win six straight games. However, in Istanbul, we want to play the best possible game, to keep competing as we have always done and try to improve, regardless of who is going to be out there."

Fortunately for Milan, Shabazz Napier kept his hot streak going with 17 points and 8 assists against Real. Melli also added 16 points, Billy Baron and Stefano Tonut had 14 points apiece, and Brandon Davies contributed 10 points in the loss. Another night like this on the offensive end could end up resulting in a crucial road win for Coach Messina's squad.

The best plays of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul and EA7 Emporio Armani Milan in Round 29 of the 2022-23 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season.

Fenerbahce, Milan best plays in Round 29

Fenerbahce, meanwhile, will once again be without Dyshawn Pierre, while Tyler Dorsey is ineligible because he signed after this game's original date. Apart from those two notable absentees, Coach Itoudis has all of his big hitters available. Fenerbahce lost to Valencia last time out, but Marko Guduric and Johnathan Motley stayed hot with 23 and 19 points, respectively, so their scoring output – in addition to help from elsewhere – should put Fenerbahce in a good position to improve to 18-11.

For the season overall, Fenerbahce is 10-4 at Ulker Sports and Event Hall and Milan is 5-8 on its travels, but everything points towards this being a must-watch game for neutrals at home. Both teams are fighting for playoff-related targets, and it is anyone's guess as to how it will pan out. Tune in from 18:15 CET this Tuesday evening to see how this one unfolds.

Game News

Plenty at stake when Fenerbahce hosts Milan on Tuesday

This week will see more decisive action in the race for the playoffs, starting with a rearranged game on Tuesday night and followed by Round 30 on Thursday and Friday. This is your overview of the 10 upcoming games.

This Week: Three playoffs dominoes could fall

This week will see more decisive action in the race for the playoffs, starting with a rearranged game on Tuesday night and followed by Round 30 on Thursday and Friday. This is your overview of the 10 upcoming games.

[Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. EA7 Emporio Armani Milan](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2022-23/fenerbahce-beko-istanbul-ea7-emporio-armani-milan/E2022/208/)

This week's action starts on Tuesday with Fenerbahce (17-11) hosting Milan (12-16) in a game originally scheduled for Round 24 but postponed due to the tragic earthquakes in Turkiye and Syria. It's a crucial game for both teams, with Fenerbahce looking to narrow the gap to fourth place, while Milan probably needs to win at least five of its last six games to reach the playoffs. Fenerbahce is the third most accurate two-point shooting team in the league (57.7%), so Milan will need strong interior defense led by veteran big man Kyle Hines.

[Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade vs. Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2022-23/crvena-zvezda-meridianbet-belgrade-cazoo-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz/E2022/262/)

In Thursday's opening tipoff, Zvezda (12-17) will hang its slim hopes of reaching the playoffs on beating a Baskonia (15-14) team that is desperate to hold its place in the top eight. It will be a special occasion for Zvezda coach Dusko Ivanovic after his three separate spells in charge of Baskonia. The hosts will be well aware of Baskonia's firepower after suffering a 92-75 defeat in Vitoria-Gasteiz in October on the back of 30 points by long-range specialist Markus Howard.

[Panathinaikos Athens vs. FC Barcelona](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2022-23/panathinaikos-athens-fc-barcelona/E2022/265/)

Eliminated but fast-improving Panathinaikos (10-19) will look to underline its recent upturn by claiming a prestigious victory against a Barcelona (19-10) team that will secure a playoffs berth with a road victory. Sarunas Jasikevicius's team has lost three of its last four games away from home and will want to make a strong start to disrupt the Greens' growing confidence after a run of two straight wins. Reigning EuroLeague MVP Nikola Mirotic will have a crucial role after finding his best form of the season, averaging 21.8 points in the last four games.

[LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2022-23/ldlc-asvel-villeurbanne-maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv/E2022/264/)

ASVEL (8-21) will look to climb off the foot of the standings by ending an eight-game losing run with a visit from confident and ambitious Maccabi (16-13), which has strengthened its playoffs push by winning four of the last five. The host will have to find a way of stopping Maccabi's backcourt spark Wade Baldwin, who has made himself a candidate for March's MVP award by scoring at least 14 points in each of the last 11 games, averaging 21.3 points during that period.

[ALBA Berlin vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2022-23/alba-berlin-anadolu-efes-istanbul/E2022/263/)

Troubled reigning champ Efes (14-15) needs to reignite its playoffs challenge by bouncing back from last week's costly home loss to Partizan with a trip to ALBA (8-21). The German hosts want to avoid a last-place finish, a goal that was boosted by winning last week's German derby against Bayern. Efes head coach Ergin Ataman was hospitalized over the weekend with pneumonia and so may not make the trip, but with or without him on the bench, the back-to-back EuroLeague champs must play do-or-die basketball in the German capital.

[Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul vs. Zalgiris Kaunas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2022-23/fenerbahce-beko-istanbul-zalgiris-kaunas/E2022/266/)

Friday's opening matchup is a big one in the race for the playoffs as Fenerbahce (17-11) hosts its second home game of the week by welcoming Zalgiris (15-14). The Lithuanian team handed Fenerbahce a 20-point thrashing in January – 86-66 – on a night which saw Dimitris Itoudis's men suffer a bad shooting despite grabbing 18 offensive rebounds. Zalgiris cannot expect to survive such dominance of the boards again, and will look for leadership from former Fenerbahce forward Edgaras Ulanovas as he returns to Istanbul.

[Virtus Segafredo Bologna vs. Real Madrid](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2022-23/virtus-segafredo-bologna-real-madrid/E2022/270/)

Second-place Real (20-9) is very likely to seal its playoffs spot this week, and can make absolutely sure by beating Virtus (13-16). The Italian team now sits two wins away from the top eight after suffering three defeats in the last four. Virtus must look for better control of the basketball after committing 18 turnovers in last week's loss to Monaco. Real sharpshooter Dzanan Musa, who bagged the MVP of the Round award for the third time this season with 27 points to down Milan last week, will look to lead his team past another Italian opponent on Friday.

Round 30 at a glance: AS Monaco vs. Valencia Basket

[AS Monaco vs. Valencia Basket](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2022-23/as-monaco-valencia-basket/E2022/267/)

Red-hot Monaco (19-10) will look to protect its position in the all-important top four – and potentially seal its playoffs qualification – with a visit from Valencia (14-15), which is just one victory short of the playoffs places after last week's dramatic home win over Fenerbahce on a last-second tip-in by James Webb III. Bojan Dubljevic was key to that triumph with 18 points on 7-for-8 shooting from the field, and his offensive efficiency will definitely be required against a confident host which has won four straight and scored at least 81 points in each of those games.

[Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade vs. Olympiacos Piraeus](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2022-23/partizan-mozzart-bet-belgrade-olympiacos-piraeus/E2022/269/)

Partizan (16-13) boosted its playoffs ambitions with a huge win at reigning champ Efes last week, and now faces an even bigger test with a visit from league-leading Olympiacos (21-8), which has already qualified for the playoffs and now has its sights set on securing home-court advantage as soon as possible. The Reds showed their readiness for tight battles in explosive atmospheres as Sasha Vezenkov sank a game-winner in the dying seconds at Zalgiris last week, and will now have to confront another fiery evening in front of Partizan's passionate fans.

Round 30 at a glance: Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade vs. Olympiacos Piraeus

[EA7 Emporio Armani Milan vs. FC Bayern Munich](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2022-23/ea7-emporio-armani-milan-fc-bayern-munich/E2022/268/)

Two teams with playoffs dreams on the verge of being extinguished will meet as Milan (12-16) hosts Bayern (11-18) for a must-win battle. The Italian team edged a close one, 81-83, when the teams met in October. That came behind a double-double of 13 points and 11 assists from playmaker Kevin Pangos, but his participation in the rematch is in question due to injury, putting more responsibility on backcourt mates Shabazz Napier and Billy Baron. Ettore Messina's team needs to win at Fenerbahce on Tuesday and then overcome Bayern on Friday to maintain any realistic playoffs hopes.

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne head coach T.J. Parker followed a plan to get where he is today. Together with his brother Tony - a basketball legend and ASVEL's president, T.J. had the goal of becoming an important part of ASVEL's resurgence to become the most successful team in France and a Turkish Airlines EuroLeague staple.

T.J. Parker, ASVEL: 'You can always learn something'

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne head coach [T.J. Parker](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/ldlc-asvel-villeurbanne/asv/parker-tj/?season=E2022) followed a plan to get where he is today. Together with his brother Tony - a basketball legend and ASVEL's president -, T.J. had the goal of becoming an important part of ASVEL's resurgence to become the most successful team in France and a Turkish Airlines EuroLeague staple.

"\[Tony\] offered me to come back and work for ASVEL," Parker recalls. "We had this little piece of paper with all the steps I had to go to before becoming a head coach. It's exactly a 10-year plan we had."

Since his arrival in Lyon, Parker has grown fond of the city. He has strong ties to the city, too. Parker was an assistant coach with the team from 2014 to 2020, with a brief first taste as interim head coach in 2018. He became the head coach for good in 2020 and is still at the helm of the team. ASVEL has reached new heights in the decade he's been there.

"You can always pick ideas from somebody else and all the coaches I had," Parker adds. "After that, you build yourself, and then you go on and build your philosophy."

Parker continues working hard each season to keep ASVEL at the top of French basketball and in the EuroLeague.

"When you get new players, it takes time for the basketball... the habits with the players to happen." Parker acknowledges. "But every year is not like I lost a year or didn't learn something. You can always learn something, and that's what I did."

Focus on: TJ Parker, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne

Round 29 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague saw four road teams claim victories to create some separation around the two teams tied with 15 wins in eighth and ninth place in the standings: Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz and Zalgiris Kaunas.  It also created a sense of urgency for the defending champions, Anadolu Efes Istanbul, who find themselves sitting a one win behind that pair.

With five games remaining for most teams, there is still time for several teams to make a move. Valencia has 14 wins, as well; Virtus Segafredo Bologna is in the mix with 13; and Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv and Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade sit just above the fray with 16 each.  Looking towards the end of the playoff race, it will be fascinating to see not just who claims the final spots, but how they managed to do it.

Perhaps the things that stands out as the biggest differentiator between the teams currently in the thick of things is age. Efes, unsurprisingly, is this season's oldest team as gauged by the average age of the players that the back-to-back champs have had on the floor across every game so far this season. They have kept much of their core intact and added several veterans to the mix as well. [Elijah Bryant](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/elijah-bryant/009846/) and [Ante Zizic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/ante-zizic/004554/) are the team's only major contributors under 31, so the average age of the Efes roster of major contributors sits at 31.5 as a result.

In contrast, Zalgiris and Baskonia rank among this season's youngest teams with the latter playing a group that is just 27.2 years old on average. Baskonia features only one major contributor over the age of 30, [Rokas Giedraitis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/rokas-giedraitis/006436/), and one of the youngest leaders of a statistical category, 24-year-old [Markus Howard](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/markus-howard/011948/), who ranks first in three-pointers made with 79 this season.

Zalgiris would have been right there with Baskonia if not for the unfortunate injury to [Keenan Evans](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/keenan-evans/011218/), having inched closing to the league-average age of 29.2 in his absence.   

Most of the teams at the top of the standings fall on the older end of the spectrum aside from AS Monaco, which is the youngest of the teams feeling good about their placement moving into the final month of the season. That's not especially surprising as age is a close proxy for experience and experience is very nearly the rule and rarely the exception in team success at this level

At the moment, just three EuroLeague players under age 22 are currently seeing considerable rotation minutes: [Gabriele Procida](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/gabriele-procida/008384/) and [Malte Delow](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/malte-delow/008211/) of ALBA Berlin, and [Jaime Pradilla](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/jaime-pradilla/010393/) of Valencia. That's a big reason that ALBA is the league's youngest team at just 26.9 years old on average. Only 21 players under the age of 25 have averaged more than 10 minutes per game over 20 or more appearance this season. While that list includes several standout talents like Howard, [Dzanan Musa](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/dzanan-musa/006540/) and [Filip Petrusev](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/filip-petrusev/011194/), it paints the impending playoff push in an interesting light.

With both [Shane Larkin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/shane-larkin/007200/) and [Vasilije Micic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/vasilije-micic/002580/) back in action – and, critically, three of the five remaining games coming at home – Efes is due to make a push. How the teams around Efes fare as the pressure mounts figures to provide an answer as to whether age was indeed just a number this season.

A playoff race for the ages

Anadolu Efes Istanbul announced on Sunday that head coach Ergin Ataman has been hospitalized with pneumonia. Ataman, who led Efes to the last two Turkish Airlines EuroLeague titles, was diagnosed on Friday after having suffered an upper respiratory tract infection earlier in the week as the team hosted home games against Real Madrid and Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively.

 Efes's Coach Ataman hospitalized with pneumonia 

Anadolu Efes Istanbul announced on Sunday that head coach [Ergin Ataman](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/anadolu-efes-istanbul/ist/ataman-ergin?season=E2022) has been hospitalized with pneumonia. Ataman, who led Efes to the last two Turkish Airlines EuroLeague titles, was diagnosed on Friday after having suffered an upper respiratory tract infection earlier in the week as the team hosted home games against Real Madrid and Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively.

Ataman was replaced on the team's bench for a domestic game on Sunday by assistant coach Yakup Sekizkok. The club's statement says that Ataman's condition has progressed positively since Friday and will be reevaluated on Tuesday to determine whether he can coach the team's EuroLeague road game against ALBA Berlin on Thursday of the coming week.

Euroleague Basketball wishes Coach Ataman a speedy recovery.

Efes's Coach Ataman hospitalized with pneumonia

**FATHERING**: Nothing beats spending time with your kids.

**ONE TEAM**: Before, during and after the games, it was all about One Team this past week in the EuroLeague and EuroCup.

**SPECIAL GUESTS**: Basketball great Arvydas Sabonis was happy to catch up with former Zalgiris player Thomas Walkup, while Sergio Rodriguez and Real Madrid president Florentino Perez welcomed Mr. Giorgio Armani in Madrid.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Legend Arvydas Sabonis meet up with <a href="https://twitter.com/twalkup23?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@twalkup23</a> after the game! 👀🤝 <a href="https://t.co/QuTzxiQ25t">pic.twitter.com/QuTzxiQ25t</a></p>&mdash; BC Zalgiris Kaunas (@bczalgiris) <a href="https://twitter.com/bczalgiris/status/1636470760649703431?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">Muy emotivo para mí el partido de ayer en el Palacio. <br>Fue un honor estar rodeado de personas a las que respeto y admiro profundamente, y haber disfrutado en nuestra casa de la presencia del Señor Armani. Siempre Milán en el corazón de mi familia. <a href="https://t.co/b5PjNmU0j5">pic.twitter.com/b5PjNmU0j5</a></p>&mdash; Sergio Rodriguez (@SergioRodriguez) <a href="https://twitter.com/SergioRodriguez/status/1636730867849543680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


**MILESTONE RECAP**: Sasha Vezenkov and Nicolo Melli each reached a pair of EuroLeague milestones last week.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🇧🇬 Sasha Vezenkov became the youngest player to reach 2,500 total PIR in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EuroLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EuroLeague</a>:<br><br>🇧🇬 Sasha Vezenkov 27 yrs 222 days👈<br>🇷🇸 Vasilije Micic 28 yrs 70 days<br>🇨🇿 Jan Vesely 28 yrs 268 days<br>🇺🇸 Shane Larkin 29 yrs 75 days<br>🇪🇸 Sergio Llull 29 yrs 157 days</p>&mdash; Darius Garuolis (@DariusGaruolis) <a href="https://twitter.com/DariusGaruolis/status/1636458148687912970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2.000 🆙 for Sasha Vezenkov! <br><br>Needed 19 points tonight for achieving a new milestone in his EuroLeague career and got 25🔥<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EveryGameMatters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EveryGameMatters</a> <a href="https://t.co/2thUcBFwg2">pic.twitter.com/2thUcBFwg2</a></p>&mdash; Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroLeague/status/1636463721923878927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">🔝🇮🇹 <a href="https://twitter.com/NikMelli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NikMelli</a> <a href="https://t.co/r1IjjmRlCD">https://t.co/r1IjjmRlCD</a></p>&mdash; Olimpia Milano (@OlimpiaMI1936) <a href="https://twitter.com/OlimpiaMI1936/status/1636469339724341259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Cap never stops. ⚪🔴<br><br>Nik Melli became the sixth player ever to get 1.000 defensive rebounds in the <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EuroLeague</a>! ⭐<br><br>Congrats one more time! 🙌🏼🔝<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/insieme?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#insieme</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EuroLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EuroLeague</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NikMelli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NikMelli</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NikMelli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NikMelli</a> <a href="https://t.co/V9jsoISrPY">pic.twitter.com/V9jsoISrPY</a></p>&mdash; Olimpia Milano (@OlimpiaMI1936) <a href="https://twitter.com/OlimpiaMI1936/status/1636665709009805314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


**LOVING THE FANS**: Olympiacos players were asked to take countless selfies on their trip to Kaunas, while Sertac Sanli enjoyed the support of the large contingency of Turkish fans at Palau Blaugrana.

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**WINNERS' CORNER**: Olympiacos is the first team to book its playoff ticket, while Real Madrid, Barcelona and Monaco will have a chance to do the same this week thanks to their wins in Round 29.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Important W last night 😤 Let’s keep going 💪<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/benimyerimburas%C4%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#benimyerimburası</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HouseOfBlue?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HouseOfBlue</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/euroleague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#euroleague</a> #21 <a href="https://t.co/FqM9gKqlCY">pic.twitter.com/FqM9gKqlCY</a></p>&mdash; Tibor Pleiss (@tibor_pleiss) <a href="https://twitter.com/tibor_pleiss/status/1636037019544461319?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="art" dir="ltr">🗣️🗣️🗣️ <a href="https://t.co/lPZSDg2hvQ">https://t.co/lPZSDg2hvQ</a></p>&mdash; Lorenzo Brown (@Zo_Brown) <a href="https://twitter.com/Zo_Brown/status/1636735295000309761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When me, <a href="https://twitter.com/The_Fourth_Wade?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@The_Fourth_Wade</a> , and Zo combine for 41 points we are hard to stop. Huge win last night, thanks as always to the Yad for the incredible energy and love.</p>&mdash; Jake Cohen (@jacohen15) <a href="https://twitter.com/jacohen15/status/1636694187725733889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kalimera!!! ☕️☁️😊<br><br>When you are the first team to officially secure its place in the playoffs and at the same time you are enjoying &#39;solitude&#39; at the top of the ranking board !🔝🔝🔝<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OlympiacosBC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OlympiacosBC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeAreOlympiacos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeAreOlympiacos</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TogetherWeFight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TogetherWeFight</a> <a href="https://t.co/i4gFxAJVGd">pic.twitter.com/i4gFxAJVGd</a></p>&mdash; Olympiacos B.C. (@olympiacosbc) <a href="https://twitter.com/olympiacosbc/status/1636651445381394432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">🧡🧡🧡🧡</p>&mdash; Guillem Ferrando (@guillemfp9) <a href="https://twitter.com/guillemfp9/status/1636487305413140480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great W <a href="https://twitter.com/ASMonaco_Basket?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ASMonaco_Basket</a> 💯👏🏾 <a href="https://t.co/agbEpcdjDb">https://t.co/agbEpcdjDb</a></p>&mdash; Jordan Loyd (@mrjloyd) <a href="https://twitter.com/mrjloyd/status/1636476646013255680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We are not a team, we are a family! 🖤🤍<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KKPartizan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KKPartizan</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EuroLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EuroLeague</a> <a href="https://t.co/r79pJrb1Fm">pic.twitter.com/r79pJrb1Fm</a></p>&mdash; KK Partizan Mozzart Bet (@PartizanBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/PartizanBC/status/1636463497557975075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When the going gets tuff..<br>The Tuff Get Going!<br>🎯</p>&mdash; James Nunnally (@allornunn21) <a href="https://twitter.com/allornunn21/status/1636451107336536065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">Importante victoria ayer, seguimos en nuestro camino. <br>Hala Madrid!!!<br><br>Muchas suerte <a href="https://twitter.com/OlimpiaMI1936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@OlimpiaMI1936</a> para la temporada. <a href="https://t.co/9FfMfkbwvx">pic.twitter.com/9FfMfkbwvx</a></p>&mdash; Sergio Rodriguez (@SergioRodriguez) <a href="https://twitter.com/SergioRodriguez/status/1636711094336081920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">Buen trabajo equipo 💪<br>Mañana más 🔵🔴 <a href="https://t.co/oK78NOUpeJ">pic.twitter.com/oK78NOUpeJ</a></p>&mdash; Kyle Kuric (@KingKK_14) <a href="https://twitter.com/KingKK_14/status/1637044622332502016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


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