Die große Playoff-Preview (mit Demond Greene)

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Per Günther accidentally left a Miles rental Opel running with the engine on for nine hours and fifteen minutes while commentating Bayern's overtime win, because the gear slider couldn't reach Park while he was on the phone.

1. Abteilung Europameister's Easter Monday episode opens as the big playoff preview show, with Magenta Sport EuroLeague commentator Per Günther and former FC Bayern assistant Demond Greene as co-panelists. 2. The show is hosted in German and recorded on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025; Per Günther and the regular podcast host present, with Demond Greene joining as special guest. 3. The episode's purpose is threefold: recap FC Bayern's EuroLeague exit after the Real Madrid defeat (71-93), cover the EuroLeague individual awards, and preview all four quarterfinal series. 4. Per Günther narrates an extended comedic story: he arrived at the SAP Garden for Bayern's play-in game against Roter Stern in a Miles rental Opel, accidentally left the engine running for nine hours and fifteen minutes because the gear slider on the Opel could not physically reach Park position while he was on a phone call. 5. Per received escalating warning calls from Miles, a police-threatened email during overtime commentary, ran to a gas station after the broadcast for a 5-liter canister of E5, and settled the bill for approximately €70 after nine hours fifteen minutes of rental. 6. FC Bayern's EuroLeague exit is contextualized by Carsten Edwards' absence in the decisive Real Madrid game: he averaged 25 points per game in his final five EuroLeague matches at 65% on twos and 42% on threes, and his injury brutally exposed the team's offensive limitations. 7. Per notes that Andy Obst, Joe Vogtmann, and Nick Weiler-Bebb each played 36, 36, and 34 of 36 possible EuroLeague games respectively—extraordinary availability figures he calls 'no coincidence,' linking them to three Olympic Games participants carrying summer fatigue. 8. Demond Greene, who was FC Bayern's assistant coach for nearly 15 total years before leaving in summer 2024, explains his departure: new head coach Gordy Herbert arrived and had likely already formed his coaching staff, leaving no room for Greene—framed as normal business practice in professional basketball. 9. Greene confirms that the Edwards-Obst offensive pairing—Gordy Herbert's key tactical innovation this season—was something Greene had been pushing for internally under the previous coaching staff, Pablo Lasso, but could not implement due to different guard rotation constraints. 10. Nick Weiler-Bebb won the EuroLeague Defensive Player of the Year award in a coaches' vote that ranked him first, ahead of Tavares, Diallo, and Grant. 11. Host Pero references colleague Basti Ulrich's public dissent, arguing a player on the league's worst defensive team cannot win the individual defensive award; Greene counters with a detailed case for process-based defense over statistics—denials, switch handling, clutch stops against Mike James in final seconds. 12. Rising Star was awarded to Nadav Haifa; Coach of the Year to Fenerbahce's Sarunas Jasikevicius, who managed injuries to Wilbekin and Wade, a rotation that included McCallum, and maintained Fenerbahce's playoff position under consistent pressure. 13. Greene and the host debate whether Gordy Herbert or Thiago Splitter also deserved Coach of the Year, with Greene praising Herbert for navigating Lucic's early injury and multiple rotation changes while still finishing first in the Bundesliga. 14. The playoff preview focuses on all four EuroLeague quarterfinal series starting Tuesday, with all games carrying German-language commentary on Magenta Sport; the Final Four will be in Abu Dhabi. 15. Demond Greene and Per both select Panathinaikos vs. Efes as the must-watch quarterfinal: Efes arrives on an 8-0 run, Kendrick Nunn scored 30 points in the second half of their final regular-season meeting, Shane Larkin is capable of postseason explosions, and Ataman coaches against his former club. 16. The hosts speculate a potential return of injured Sasha Lesor adds emotional stakes, particularly for a possible Game 5 in Istanbul's Sinan Erdem arena (OAKA mentioned as Panathinaikos home). 17. Fenerbahce vs. Paris is discussed as the second compelling series: Fener won both regular-season meetings, but both were close, and Paris won the play-in buzzer-beater; the guest highlights Paris's depth and T.J. Shorts' playmaking as legitimate threats. 18. The episode is conversational and warmly informal—three people who clearly know each other well, mixing live data lookups, personal anecdotes, and insider coaching perspectives in German throughout. 19. EuroLeague basketball fans who follow FC Bayern, Panathinaikos, Efes, or Fenerbahce and want a German-language insider preview with a former Bayern assistant coach will find this directly valuable. 20. Listeners who prefer English-language content or are unfamiliar with EuroLeague teams and formats will find the language barrier and insider references limiting.

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