The only thing that hurts in basketball is the dispute between the Euroleague and FIBA, as stated by Dragan Sakota.
For this reason, the former coach of AEK stressed that he is against the “windows” of the national teams, while on the other hand he stated that the injuries have not allowed the Red Star to be close to the top eight of this year’s Euroleague.
«Thank God everything is fine. I have not wanted to go to a team for a few years now. If I want at some point I will go, but also not to go to a team, there are so many games that you can see and analyze. My youngest son became a father and now I am a grandfather, so that interests me“, Initially stated the Dragan Sakota at “maxbetsport.rs”.
For this year’s Red Star in relation to the one that had: «It’s different when you get a team that was not good then. With other situations. Now, the Red Star has made good moves and is a good team. Several players have worked with coach Radonjic. This helps a lot in preparing and adjusting the team. Due to serious injuries, the Red Star has not been able to be close to the top eight, but over time the quality of these teams can be seen.».
For the marginal victory of Serbia over Latvia and its defeat by Belgium in the “windows”: «No surprise. We can not compare groups by name, but by status. I am against the “windows” as the relationship between the Euroleague and FIBA ​​is now. And in the 90’s we had qualifiers, but then basketball was single. Now, many quality players are playing in the Euroleague, which does not cooperate with FIBA. Thus, good teams may not qualify. That’s good; I do not think!».
On whether he sees a solution to the Euroleague-FIBA problem: «I expected that the Euroleague would stay and that the Eurocup and Basketball Champions League would unite. But, that did not happen. This shows stubbornness or lack of interest… But this situation does not benefit anyone and does a lot of damage to basketball. No one knows how long the situation will remain like this».
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