Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (EFE).- The coach of Gran Canaria, Jaka Lakovic, confessed this Wednesday that winning the Eurocup represents his “sweetest moment” after months of “much sacrifice” at the helm of a team that this season “He has done more miles than anyone else in the world, including those in the NBA.”
In the press conference after the final, the Slovenian coach congratulated his squad on the victory against Turk Telekom Ankara, which gave the club its first European title, and declared himself “very happy for the team, for the work of the coaching staff, the board and the fans”.
“I want to thank the family, my wife for her understanding. We have been living with the squad for so long that we have been absent from our team for a long time. We have the title that has given meaning to all this sacrifice ”, she pointed out.
“This team generates pride”, he continued, “there are many players in these competitions who can win individual trophies, but Gran Canaria has proven to be the best team, in the literal sense”, he explained.
For the coach, “now it’s time to celebrate” and then it will be time to talk about the team’s options in the Endesa League.
“Let’s go bridge by bridge: we’ve already qualified for the play-offs, we’ll see how far we can go. You have to recover a bit to be able to fight a little more this season ”, he concluded. EFE