Peniaroja: “Despite my dismissal I have respect for Baskonia – I miss the adrenaline that basketball provides”

This season started with ambitions and dreams for him Juan Peñaroya and Baskoniahowever, the two sides soon parted ways at the end of last October, following a difficult period for the club.

The 54-year-old Spanish coach spoke for the first time about his removal from the bench of the Basques, stressing among other things that the expectations that existed from last season raised the… bar high and that was what “cost” in the end, while, he did not fail to mention that despite what happened he is highly respected to the club and management.

In fact, he also referred to the space that is away from the counters, but also to his desire to return immediately in coaching.

The statements of Juan Peñaroja in detail:



About how it is at the moment: “I was not used to, after many years, having this new way of life. I’m quiet, watching a lot of basketball and getting a little bored already! I’m starting to miss the adrenaline that our job provides.”

What went wrong at the start of the season with Baskonia:“It’s not that we did too bad early in the season, but I think we were coming off a year where Baskonia played incredible basketball and we definitely created expectations that made us aspire to compete to win events

The week before my removal was very complicated, many things happened. There was a buzz and in the world everyone was talking, the players know… There were ten days that were not comfortable for anyone, not for the players, not for the coaching staff, not for the club.”

On the president’s decision to fire him: “He made a decision, in which I did not participate. But my relationship with Queregieta is very good and professional. I would even dare to say that he was close to me, but also very honest. Both from my side, as from his, there is the utmost respect.”