Gran Canaria gets underway with renewed spirits and the obligation to look up

Gran Canaria gets underway with renewed spirits and the obligation to look up

Willy Villar -left-, Jaka Lakovic -center- and Enrique Moreno pose during the official presentation of the Slovenian coach. / cover

Lakovic's project begins this Monday the preseason work without the presence of the four internationals and the injured AJ Slaughter and Andrew Albicy

Came the day. New season and more wishes shared. This Monday, the Gran Canaria Basketball Club begins its pre-season work at the Sala Club of the Gran Canaria Arena to arrive in the best conditions for its league debut against Barça on September 30, starting at 8:30 p.m. Siete Palmas precinct.

The project that Jaka Lakovic will direct faces a preparation conditioned by the absence of the players who are with their national teams due to international commitments in Europe, Africa and America. And it is that the Polish Olek Balcerowski, the Brazilian Vitor Benite, the Argentine Nicolás Brussino and the Senegalese Khalifa Diop will take a few weeks to join the Claretian dynamic.

Likewise,
there is uncertainty surrounding the physical state of the North American exterior AJ Slaughter and French game director Andrew Albicy for a sprained left ankle and discomfort in the thigh, respectively. Some ailments that keep both of them away from the Eurobasket at the moment.

For this reason, the Slovenian coach, who will make his debut in the Endesa League as chief coach after having been an assistant at Joventut and Bilbao and being at the German ratiopharm Ulm for three seasons,
will only be able to count on the first team players Ferran Bassas, Miquel Salvó, Damien Inglis, John Shurna and Oliver Stevic, as well as David Mutaf and Rubén López de la Torre They join with a professional record from the LEB Plata team this course.

Ferran Bassa. /

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Precisely, the subsidiary that trains the Gran Canarian Gabi Alonso,
who will collaborate with Lakovic during the preseason while waiting for Víctor García to return from the Eurobasketwill complete the preparatory sessions with the regulars Adrián del Cerro, Gerardo Pérez, Miguel Serrano and Alberto Redondo and the newcomers to the entity Aitor Etxeguren -gold in the U20 European Championship with Spain-, the Serbian midfielder Luka Paunov and the Dominican shooting guard Yeikson Montero -lost to Eulis Báez the final of the League of the Dominican Republic a few days ago-.

basses,
English and Benite, with international experience and in domestic competition, are the main novelties along with Jaka Lakovic, who will have a new assistant coach to join the aforementioned Víctor García and fellow islander Asier Setién.
Is about Manuel Penawho worked for three courses at Casademont Zaragoza (2018-2021)where he coincided with former yellow players Porfi Fisac ​​and Luis Casimiro.

six friendlies

Granca will play six preparation matches. The first two will take place in Valencia on September 2 and 3. UCAM Murcia will be the first rival and Valencia Basket will wait for the islanders the next day.

Subsequently,
the Claretian squad will travel to Menorca to see each other with Básquet Girona on September 10 in the Ciutat de Mao Tournament. The next day, BAXI Manresa or the host Hestia Menorca will play depending on the result.

The place and day of the traditional friendly duel against Lenovo Tenerife remains to be confirmed of Txus Vidorreta and, if it is confirmed that the faces will only be seen on one occasion, then another opponent.

Damian Inglis. /

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"A good chemistry"

Lakovic takes command and, after the first session this Monday at the Arena, he will attend to the media. In his official presentation, he already stressed that "for me it is essential
ateam with good chemistry, let's be a family. Then storms will come and getting out of a storm is always easier when the team is united.

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