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National Basketball League • Diario Democracia

Argentino began to take the first steps for the 2021-22 National League season. This weekend, the new coach, Juan Manuel Varas, was in our city, who spoke with the club’s leadership and then held a meeting with the rest of the coaching staff, where team captain Juan Cangelosi also joined.
Varas set a tentative date for the start of activities on Monday, August 16, where the medical check-ups will surely be done, and on Monday 23 in a formal way.
“We are establishing August 16 as the tentative date for the start of activities here in Junín and formally August 23. The reality is that we are all very excited, with many gains to return to work,” said the DT to Democracia.
Likewise, Varas indicated that “Argentino played the last game in March and a long time has passed. So we are very excited to start getting to know people. This trip helps me to get to know my technical staff and the people themselves. from Argentino. I am very grateful for the welcome they are giving me and, without a doubt, I am going to repay them with a lot of work “.

Assembling the team

The coach spoke with Democracia and said: “In my teams, first I look for the best internal competition. Being able to have a squad where anyone who enters the field knows what to do. Understand that in the absence of quality you have to look for a group hierarchy. Be very clear that the team is above the names. Understand on game night who should make the most decisions. “
Then, he indicated that “then from there build a game identity for the season, knowing what we want and what makes us stronger.”
Regarding the future of Turco, he stressed that “we are in the team building. Mauro Araujo has knowledge about me and I about him because I had it in Rocamora. I am very excited because in Rocamora he had a magnificent growth as a player and comes from prove it here in your city. Then there are players I know from having faced and lived together. Even with Juan Suppi we were teammates. And with the rest we are going to get to know each other, knowing what we like to do, in order to have the best possible team. “.
Likewise, in relation to the reinforcements, he indicated that “we are still in search of the initial pivot, it will surely be a foreign card. We are looking at the options of the substitute forward. We have to manage our times and what we can get to pay. From there look for the best possible team. “
“The National League is always competitive and shows a lot of parity. We want to be part of that parity with our identity. We want the Argentine fan to be able to return to the field and be represented with what the spirit of the team is and at the same time win the greater amount of possible parties “, deepened the DT of the Turco.
In his talk with this medium, Varas said that “the idea is to play with two foreigners for a budgetary and market issue. The reality is that we are open to hiring the best possible player in all positions. In some we were able to sign nationals, in Others will sign foreigners. We are not closed to anything, but everything indicates that we will have two foreign chips at the start of the championship. “

Acuña went to Comodoro

The 30-year-old center signed his return to Comodoro Rivadavia’s Gymnastics and Fencing for next season. It will be his second stage at the club.
Acuña arrives from San Lorenzo de Almagro, where he became champion of the 2020/2021 season of the National League “Osvaldo Arduh Cup”. In this last championship, the basketball player registered an average of 9.1 points, 4.9 rebounds, 0.3 recoveries in a total of 35 games (17:55 minutes in each game).
Let us remember that after his departure from Gymnastics in 2020, he had a stint in Soles de Mexicali where he played the Sisnova League in Mexico. He also has previous experiences in the country playing for Ciclista Juninense, Peñarol de Mar del Plata and Quimsa de Santiago del Estero. He was also summoned to the Argentine National Team to face the 2016 South American and the Rio Olympic Games.
Now the 2.08 meter player will have his second cycle in Comodoro, where he played with the “Verde” in the Final Four of the Super 20 and the 2019/2020 National League, suspended due to the pandemic.
There he added 25 games in which he achieved an average of 12.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 0.8 recovered in 24:23 minutes, being a starter in that team led by coach Martín Villagrán.
The “Toro” will join in with the arrivals of the “new faces” of Mens-sana: the point guard Facundo Vázquez and the guard Luciano Massarelli; along with the players who will continue in the squad: Sebastián Vega, Sebastián Orresta, Yoanki Mencia, Franco Ferraría and Phillip Wheeler.

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