Tag: Tautvydas Sabonis
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How a Dynasty Starts
In the second season of Tesonet’s ownership, London Lions completed the first quadruple in franchise history. Two years after the club needed rescuing, they won everything. The league, the Trophy, the Cup, and the Play-offs. Under a first-year head coach, with a defensive identity no one else in the league could match, London returned to…
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London’s Rotation Logic
Coaching philosophies are easy to articulate in isolation. They are harder to sustain when the environment changes. For teams competing across multiple leagues, the real test is not whether a coach has a philosophy, but how that philosophy adapts under pressure. Does it scale when the opposition improves? Does it hold when margins shrink? For…
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What To Do With the London Lions?
Note: This article has been updated to clarify that the spending thresholds refer to net player pay, and to include the approximate gross pay figures given in the SLB operating rules. The London Lions have built a team that fits neither competition. In the SLB they’re steady; in EuroCup they’re struggling to stay afloat. The…
