Bruno Caboclo's experiment: How it's working and changing Partizan's season / News - Basketnews.com

BasketNews expert Augustas Suliauskas takes a look at Bruno Caboclo's solid start in Partizan, explaining his impact on the team and highlighting the strengths that Zeljko Obradovic can rely on.

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When the EuroLeague's regular season is over, we might be looking atPartizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade'sRound 11 win againstPanathinaikos AKTOR Athensas a turning point in their season.

Bruno Caboclo

Team:Partizan Mozzart Bet BelgradePosition:CAge:28Height:206 cmWeight:99 kgBirth place:BrazilProfileNewsStatistics

Last year, Belgrade's team started with a 4-9 record afterAleksa AvramovicandAlen Smailagicmissed significant time with injuries. This season, the black-and-whites lacked a big body in the middle while the team's leader,Kevin Punter, was out for quite some time due to injury.

But now, together with their captain back on the court andBruno Caboclo'sarrival, the game against PAO was the first real chance to witness the full potential of this season's Partizan.

Caboclo is averaging 11.8 points and 4.2 rebounds in four EuroLeague appearances while shooting at an extraordinary efficiency: 80% from both 2-point (12/15) and 3-point (4/5) range.

Before I dive into the positive things Caboclo has brought and a couple of improvement areas to work on withZeljko Obradovic, let's look at his insane early impact seen by advanced analytics.

These will most likely go down as it is a super-small sample size of only 4 games, but so far, Partizan have looked incredible after his arrival.

With Bruno on the court, Partizan is scoring an astonishing 134.8 points per 100 possessions, while they allow only 112.9. To compare, through the first 11 rounds, the whole team has an offensive rating of 120.4 (2nd-best in EL) and a defensive rating of 119.1 (3rd-worst).

What did Caboclo's arrival change? Here's a text with video examples.

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