Macvan's the man
Euroleague.net's editorial director, Frank Lawlor, has spent most of his career as a basketball journalist in Europe and his native United States, writing about and interviewing the top players in the world on both continents for more than two decades. In terms of practical basketball experience, he was a head coach in the Spanish second division for one fortuitous season in the late 1990s. Frank's blog will draw on all that background to enhance the Turkish Airlines Euroleague experience for you, the fans.
Two weeks before the end of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Regular Season, you would be hard-pressed to find one player who has been more crucial to his team's standing so far than
Milan Macvan of Partizan mt:s Belgrade. At the time the regular season groups were drawn, Group C was considered a killer; the only group with two Final Four teams from last season, Maccabi Electra and Real Madrid, one from the previous season, Partizan, and two clubs who recharged their rosters significantly over the summer, Anadolu Efes and EA7-Emporio Armani Milan. As his team visits Belgacom Spirou tonight with a chance to qualify two weeks early for the Top 16, Macvan leads Partizan in points, three-pointers, offensive rebounds, defensive rebounds, steals and performance index rating. He has the second-most assists and free throws made, too. All that makes his importance to Partizan clear enough, but why should he be considered more valuable than other players to their own teams?
Take one look at Macvan's impact on the four games that Partizan has won - including the last three victories, by a total of just 8 points. On closer inspection, his significance grows. In those four triumphs, he has averaged 17 points, 9.3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. He has made an incredible 20 of 27 two-point shots, or 74%, while staying on the floor 32 minutes per game. His index rating has averaged 23.5 in those games, but it makes more sense to list that stat game by game: 22, 23, 24, 25. In other words, Macvan does not only perform at a high level, but does it every time he steps on the floor, without ups and downs, touching upon every facet of the game.
Oddly enough, his three-point and free-throw shooting accuracy have been worse in Partizan's victories than for his season on the whole. In fact, through seven games so far, Macvan boasts these amazing shooting numbers: 66.6% on two-pointers, 40% on threes and 91% at the free-throw line! There's not a basketball player in the world who wouldn't love to have those numbers.
Macvan seized the opportunity to come home to Serbia on loan from Maccabi this season, and in so doing has announced his arrival as one of those players who seems to have been born to play basketball. He understands the game from every angle, and is playing it as efficiently as anyone. And by the way, he turned 22 in mid-November. Milan Macvan is just getting started.
eto zato Ricardo Mars i zato sto nam treba rezervna 4 posto Lucic mora na 3 je Cakar jedini a Budala sa Kecom na 2 da bi Pera Andja i Law drzali 1 E Ako dovedemo Vardu onda opet imamo 3 petice a samo Macvana na 4! Ovako Marsh ce pokrivati Macvana ali i Raduljicu i Katica kad ovi poispadaju 
al sam ga objasnio svaka mi cast 
