EuroBasket’s first two groups have the firepower, but neither seems poised to produce many surprises. That’s where Group C comes in. With a depleted Greek squad and a load of similarly skilled former Yugoslavian republics, everything’s up for grabs. Os Davis of BallinEurope is back to help sort things out.
-Can Bo McCalebb lead Macedonia through to the next stage? One of us thinks so.
-Is Nikola Pekovic the best player in this group? And will that be enough for Montenegro?
-Are people sleeping too heavily on Bosnia and Herzegovina?
-Is the 24-team competition format killing the mystery of the first round?
-Can Greece overcome absences and be the same old Greece that we’ve come to expect? Strong, disciplined and successful?
-Is this the summer Bojan Bogdanovic asserts himself on the international level?