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We tried to get our final predictions in before the Euroleague’s first official game. Despite having five and a half months to prepare for it, we seemed to have missed themark. Admittedly, this whole “Monday” thing threw us off, so here we are putting our reputations as two-bit bloggers on the line the evening before the season tips off in earnest on Wednesday. No gimmicks or longwinded explanations; all we’ve got are straightforward guesses. It’s Predictionpalooza time:

Freaknick’s Picks

Group A: Caja Laboral, Maccabi Electra, BC Khimki, Zalgiris Group B: Olympiacos, Real Madrid, Unicaja, Brose Baskets Group C: Regal FC Barcelona, Montepaschi Siena, Fenerbahçe Ülker, Lietuvos Rytas Group D: CSKA Moscow, Panathinaikos, Valencia, Efes Pilsen.

Final Four: Maccabi Electra, Regal FC Barcelona, CSKA Moscow, Panathinaikos

Champion: CSKA Moscow

All-Euroleague First Team

Milos Teodosic, Olympiacos
Juan Carlos Navarro, Barcelona
Ramunas Siskauskas, CSKA Moscow
Ioannis Bourousis, Olympiacos
Aleks Maric, Panathinaikos

All-Euroleague Second Team

Bo McCalebb, Montepaschi Siena
Romain Sato, Panathinaikos
Chuck Eidson, Maccabi Electra
Mirza Teletovic, Caja Laboral
Fran Vazquez, Barcelona

Rising Star: Jan Vesely, Partizan

Dimitris Diamantidis Trophy (Defensive POY): Fran Vazquez, Barcelona

Alphonso Ford Trophy: Bobby Brown, Asseco Prokom

MVP: Romain Sato, Panathinaikos

Slam’s Picks

Group A: Caja Laboral, Maccabi Electra, BC Khimki, Asseco Prokom Group B: Olympiacos, Real Madrid, Unicaja, Virtus Roma Group C: Regal FC Barcelona, Montepaschi Siena, Fenerbahçe Ülker, Cholet Basket Group D: CSKA Moscow, Panathinaikos, Valencia, Efes Pilsen.

Final Four: Regal FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, CSKA Moscow, Maccabi Electra

Champion: Maccabi Electra

All-Euroleague First Team

Terrell McIntyre, Unicaja
Juan Carlos Navarro, Barcelona
Chuck Eidson, Maccabi Electra
Ante Tomic, Real Madrid
Aleks Maric, Panthinaikos

All-Euroleague Second Team

Milos Teodosic, Olympiacos
Romain Sato, Panathinaikos
Ramunas Siskauskas, CSKA Moscow
Lior Eliyahu, Maccabi Electra
Fran Vazquez, Barcelona

Rising Star: Jonas Valanciunas, Lietuvos Rytas

Dimitris Diamantidis Trophy (Defensive POY): Pete Mickeal, Barcelona

Alphonso Ford Trophy: Keith Langford, BC Khimki

MVP: Chuck Eidson, Maccabi Electra

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That’s it and that’s all. Happy Euroleaguing everyone.