Nebojša Čović announced his retirement from Crvena zvezda.
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Nebojsa Covic announced his withdrawal from Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet. He did not reveal exactly when and what the plan was, but he also mentioned who could succeed him and he is convinced that Željko Drčelić can succeed him as the club’s first man.
“I think I have found an heir, I tell you seriously. I think it is Željko Drčelić, the president of the Board of Directors. You know very well that I have never praised someone pro forma, just as I have never attacked anyone pro forma. I think that Željko is a man who has enough energy, vivacity and space to effectively approach all the challenges in basketball. I think we hit the right man, as well as a good number of people in the Board of Directors. In that scouting, unlike this one, we did not miss. That scouting is very important as a potential, so that you never miss or miss as little as possible. You will always wave in that player scouting,” Čović said for “Meridian sport“.
Zvezda has nothing to hope for in the Euroleague, while in the ABA League it secured the first position and the home field advantage. “That is very important, we had a bad season in terms of the Euroleague. There was also a lack of luck, we also made mistakes in scouting and relied on an experienced man who knows basketball very well, Dusko Ivanovic. We brought Shabazz Napier to be the first point guard, he wasn’t even the fifth. When your house collapses on the playa, you know what’s going on. Jago was brought in to be the third organizer of the game, so he became the first. We also had a lot of injuries, we didn’t have a sufficient level of commitment in scouting and we paid the price for that through the Euroleague.”
Čović announced his retirement from Zvezda? Mentioned the successor, then spoke about the season: We made a mistake there!
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It is clear that the main goal of Zvezda is the title in the ABA League. “Sferopoulos came and succeeded in harmonizing and homogenizing a team that he did not choose. I don’t mean anything bad about Duško when I say this, but when already in the bazaar there are gossip parties, among those who know something about basketball and those who don’t. The reason for his departure is simple, exactly what I said about the selection. The crowning goal is the ABA league, to win it you need to be first at the end of the league, we know what happened last year. The home field advantage is very significant. Is it will it always be? We’ll see. A lot of players are coming back from injuries and I hope we’ll have a complete team for the end of the season,” Čović concluded.