He baskonia ha confirmed the continuity of seven players who were part of his squad in the 2022-23 season, and he has raised a team made up of 13 men for the 2023-24 campaign. As explained by the sports director Of the entity, Felix Fernandezthis Thursday, Sander Raieste, Tadas Sedekerskis, Markus Howard, Matt Costello, Maik Kotsar, Vanja Marinkovic and Dani Díez They are going to continue in the team from Vitoria, which has already signed nico mannion already Nikos Rogkavopoulos; Baskonia, in parallel, has open the door to Rokas Giedraitis and Arturs Kurucsalthough it does not rule them out, and has also ratified that Darius Thompson is going to leave Vitoria-Gasteiz for file for him anadolu efes.

Baskonia will start on August 21, without Steven Enoch, who had an offer to continue at the club but is not going to do so: “He is a very interesting player because of his physique, his qualities, his age and his passport”, considered Félix Fernández, who has admitted that they have not found the best American performance. “He hasn’t given it to us and we haven’t taken it out, it’s not a matter of looking for culprits”, he clarified, before stressing that “he is a player to take into account for the future”, and for this reason Baskonia has kept its rights in the ACB.

About Nico Mannionan Italian guard who arrives at Baskonia with a two-year contract, Fernández has said that “he is a very talented player, who, within a project with stability and confidence, can go up. He comes from a project that is not easy , with many veteran players”, he specified, regarding his team of origin, Virtus Bologna, and stressed that his signing was quick.

Regarding Nikos Rogkavopoulos, has described him as a “brave player, with a rebound, a good hand and impudence”. He “has an important physique, and growth capacity”, although “he needs hours of flight and forging himself”, but he has the conditions “to be a player who can be at Baskonia and connect with the fans”.

In the absence of four new signings, Félix Fernández did not want to go into detail with specific players who have made a name for Baskonia this summer, although he has confirmed that they have followed the evolution of Khalifa Diop, from Gran Canaria, because “it is interesting, quota, young and with great projection, and with a good physique”.

Around the coach, Joan Peñarroya, the sports director of Baskonia has assured that “at no time” did they have doubts about their continuity, although they gave themselves “a time to be able to talk and think”. “We have been working on the new squad for many days,” he commented.

Source: Eitb

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