{"id":148649,"date":"2024-09-10T10:39:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T09:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/?p=26423"},"modified":"2024-09-10T10:39:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T09:39:57","slug":"euroleague-season-preview-as-monaco-want-to-do-more-than-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/10\/euroleague-season-preview-as-monaco-want-to-do-more-than-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"Euroleague season preview: AS Monaco want to do more than hold"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"667\" height=\"667\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mike-James-for-preview-667x667.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-image size-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"With reigning MVP Mikes James leading the charge, how far can AS Monaco go in Euroleague Basketball?\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mike-James-for-preview-667x667.jpg 667w, http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mike-James-for-preview-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mike-James-for-preview-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mike-James-for-preview-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mike-James-for-preview-837x837.jpg 837w, http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mike-James-for-preview-262x262.jpg 262w, http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mike-James-for-preview-574x574.jpg 574w, http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mike-James-for-preview.jpg 863w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/div>\n<p><em>BallinEurope is previewing all 18 Euroleague Basketball teams ahead of the start of the season. Today it\u2019s the turn of AS Monaco, a playoff regular and home to reigning MVP Mike James. Is this the season they truly join the elite?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mike James got his MVP award, finally, in Euroleague Basketball last season. Unfortunately for him, AS Monaco weren\u2019t able to carry his stellar play any farther than the playoffs. La Roca will have hopes of making the final weekend of the season this campaign.<\/p>\n<h4>Last season<\/h4>\n<p>Euroleague record: 23-11<br \/>\nRegular season position: 3rd<br \/>\nPlayoffs: Lost to Fenerbahce (3-2)<\/p>\n<p>LNB record: 29-5<br \/>\nRegular season position: 1st<br \/>\nPlayoffs: Won finals vs Paris Basketball (3-1)<\/p>\n<p>Other: Lost Leaders Cup semi-final (Paris Basketball), lost French Cup semi-final (SIG Strasbourg)<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In Post Ad by Rob --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8330822894995250\" data-ad-slot=\"1076584095\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Who\u2019s gone?<\/h4>\n<p>Yoan Makoundou (Turk Telecom), Yakuba Quattara (Paris Basketball), Donta Hall (Baskonia), Jordan Loyd (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Kemba Walker (retired).<\/p>\n<h4>Who is new?<\/h4>\n<p>Giorgos Papagiannis (Fenerbahce), Nick Calathes (Fenerbahce), Furkan Korkmaz (Philadelphia 76ers), Vitto Brown (Pinar Karsiyaka), Juhann Begarin (Nanterre 92).<\/p>\n<h4>Who stayed?<\/h4>\n<p>Mike James, John Brown, Donatas Motiejunas, Elie Okobo, Matthew Strazel, Terry Tarpey, Alpha Diallo, Theo Pichard, Petr Cornelie, Mam Jaiteh, Jaron Blossomgame.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ready, Cedi, Go!\" width=\"837\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-8M5MLnzZsE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><em>BallinEurope is ramping up its YouTube game this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/ballineurope\" rel=\"noopener\" >Subscribe to our channel now<\/a> for player exclusives, analysis videos, and much more.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Need to know<\/h4>\n<p>The Kemba Walker experiment didn\u2019t work for AS Monaco. Nick Calathes, fresh of a repurposed role in the second half of last season, looks like the field tested version of what AS Monaco want from it for this campaign. There\u2019s a lot of roster continuity here in key positions. That La Roca could do this while also bolstering the side for the Euroleague campaign is a big plus.<\/p>\n<h4>What the bookies think<\/h4>\n<p>There\u2019s a little variety from sportsbooks with AS Monaco. They are as long as 10\/1 and as short as 7\/1 in Euroleague basketball betting. The broad consensus has them at 9\/1 on most markets. Sadly, there\u2019s no MVP market yet so we can\u2019t see how favoured Mike James is to repeat.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>BallinEurope has a book, a real life actual book called I Like it Loud, and you can buy it on Amazon now. It\u2019s <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/like-loud-basketball-through-Europe\/dp\/1796221341\"><b><i>here as a book<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i> and <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/like-loud-basketball-through-Europe-ebook\/dp\/B081K6S5T4\/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=\"><b><i>here in Kindle form<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<h4>What we think<\/h4>\n<p>Any team with Mike James always has a chance. The line-up around him this season is optimised to his strengths. That said, a lot is going to be needed from Furkan Korkmaz for AS Monaco to make that one big leap. This Euroleague Basketball campaign is going to be top heavy. That said, this team screams of consistency. This team is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/euroleague-season-preview-fc-barcelona-teetering-on-banter-8461\/\" rel=\"noopener\" >the opposite of FC Barcelona<\/a>. They\u2019ll make the playoffs for sure.<\/p>\n<h4>Fearless prediction<\/h4>\n<p>I\u2019ve gone back and forth with AS Monaco and two other sides for rankings. For now, I\u2019ve got them in a battle from 3rd to 5th in Euroleague Basketball standings. They could go higher and I can\u2019t see them going lower. That said, I\u2019m opting for the most confident approach with my selection.<br \/>\nPick: 3rd in the regular season<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/euroleague-season-preview-as-monaco-want-to-do-more-than-hold-8462\/\">Euroleague season preview: AS Monaco want to do more than hold<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/\">BallinEurope<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"667\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mike-James-for-preview-667x667.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-image size-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"With reigning MVP Mikes James leading the charge, how far can AS Monaco go in Euroleague Basketball?\"><\/div>\n<p>BallinEurope is previewing all 18 Euroleague Basketball teams ahead of the start of the season. Today it\u2019s the turn of AS Monaco, a playoff regular and home to reigning MVP Mike James. Is this the season they truly join the elite? Mike James got his MVP award, finally, in Euroleague Basketball last season. Unfortunately for [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/euroleague-season-preview-as-monaco-want-to-do-more-than-hold-8462\/\">Euroleague season preview: AS Monaco want to do more than hold<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ballineurope.com\/\">BallinEurope<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":315,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-container-style":"default","site-container-layout":"default","site-sidebar-layout":"default","disable-article-header":"default","disable-site-header":"default","disable-site-footer":"default","disable-content-area-spacing":"default","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[61,122,127,129,124,128,125,132,131,133,126,130,123,66,94,88,97,56,64,65,60,112,40,75,95,104,33,120,105,101,98,115,30,29,41,86,70,69,68,72,71,26,118,108,87,46,55,48,52,54,51,50,83,62,58,57,109,35,59,63,85,79,82,96,80,35114,27,81,114,44,42,43,45,38,39,110,117,100,111,116,73,89,90,92,91,93,84,78,37,102,34,36,77,67,74,99,113,119,28,121,32,47,49,53,103,31,76],"class_list":["post-148649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-airpods","tag-anime","tag-anime-characters","tag-anime-cosplay","tag-anime-edits","tag-anime-merchandise","tag-anime-movies","tag-anime-news","tag-anime-recommendations","tag-anime-reviews","tag-anime-series","tag-anime-streaming","tag-animes","tag-app-store","tag-app-store-samsung","tag-appgallery","tag-appgallery-oneplus","tag-apple","tag-apple-music","tag-apple-tv","tag-apple-watch","tag-bbc-sport","tag-best-mobile-games","tag-bixby","tag-bixby-xiaomi","tag-champions-league","tag-cyberpunk","tag-cyberpunk-2077","tag-fantasy-football","tag-fifa","tag-football","tag-formula-1","tag-fortnite","tag-free-fire","tag-free-mobile-games","tag-freebuds-pro","tag-galaxy-a52","tag-galaxy-note-20","tag-galaxy-s21","tag-galaxy-watch-4","tag-galaxy-z-fold-3","tag-game","tag-games","tag-golf","tag-harmonyos","tag-how-to-backup-iphone","tag-how-to-factory-reset-iphone","tag-how-to-reset-iphone","tag-how-to-restore-iphone","tag-how-to-unlock-iphone","tag-how-to-unlock-iphone-5","tag-how-to-unlock-iphone-6","tag-huawei","tag-ios","tag-ipad","tag-iphone","tag-live-soccer","tag-lol","tag-macbook","tag-macos","tag-mate-40-pro","tag-mi-11-lite","tag-mi-home-security-camera-basic-1080p","tag-mi-home-security-camera-basic-1080p-huawei","tag-mi-smart-band-6","tag-mikes-james","tag-minecraft","tag-miui","tag-mlb-scores","tag-mobile-game-design","tag-mobile-game-development","tag-mobile-game-marketing","tag-mobile-game-monetization","tag-mobile-games","tag-mobile-gaming","tag-nba-scores","tag-nba-standings","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-scores","tag-nhl-scores","tag-one-ui","tag-oneplus","tag-oneplus-9-pro","tag-oneplus-buds-pro","tag-oneplus-nord-ce-5g","tag-oxygenos","tag-p40-pro-plus","tag-poco-x3-pro","tag-pokemon","tag-premier-league","tag-pubg","tag-pubg-mobile","tag-redmi-note-10-pro","tag-samsung","tag-samsung-pay","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-steam","tag-steeam","tag-top-10-anime","tag-valorant","tag-when-do-the-iphone-7-come-out","tag-when-does-the-iphone-7-come-out","tag-when-is-the-iphone-7-coming-out","tag-world-cup","tag-xbox-series-x","tag-xiaomi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/315"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148664,"href":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148649\/revisions\/148664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}