In the first week of the Basketball FIBA Women’s European Cup, another Turkish representative, Bellona Kayseri, will host Bellona Kayseri Basketball tomorrow in the first week of the FIBA Women’s European Cup. Our primary goal is to get out of the cluster.” said.
Okerman answered the questions of the AA reporter before the Bellona Kayseri Basketball game.
Reminding that they finished the regular period in the third place in the Basketball Superior League, which they tried for the first time last season, they played the semi-finals in the play-offs and they got the right to participate in the FIBA European Cup, Okerman said that they achieved these successes because the club provided them with decent opportunities.
Expressing that the leader Mirkan Aydın and the board of directors were always there for them during their bad days, Okerman said, “One of the biggest factors of success is the family atmosphere, sense of belonging and the reinforcement given to us. We believe in work. Let me be clear, some athletes did not want to come here in the new period because of our training system. We are not working on his death, but we are working very well, we are preparing enough. We believe that this is another pillar of success.” he said.
“We have never set out with budgets that are at par with our competitors or with gaping budgets”
Emphasizing that they made good transfers as well as defending the skeleton of the squad, Okerman continued as follows:
“I am very happy with the group I have formed. In line with our budget, we had the chance to recruit good domestic and foreign players. We have never set out with equal or gap budgets to our competitors. In particular, we have 4 new signings who are hungry to become more competent players and achieve greater success. We have built a team that we believe can be quite successful if we can blend it properly with our skeleton. I believe that we have established our group from players with a wider rotation and more multilateral players compared to last year. I think we will walk in both lanes.”
“European Cup is always prestige”
Explaining that they are excited about the FIBA Women’s European Cup, which they will strive for this year, and that they will face Bellona Kayseri Basketball in their first match, Okerman said:
“The European Cup is always about reputation. It excites all parties. European Cup away trips are another adventure, their travels are very difficult. There is a very tight and unbelievably bad fixture waiting for us in the first place. We will play 8 matches in 24 days. 5 of these matches are away, 3 of them are European Cup back and forth away. This process will be very challenging for us. We made all our physical preparations for the start of the European Cup, which will start tomorrow. Hopefully, we want to enter the tournament in our best condition. We want to achieve the highest number of wins in the 24-day 8-game adventure. We will play 6 matches in the first division of the European Cup. We play four of them in this process. If we win these matches, we will automatically overthrow ourselves. We want to go as far as we can in Europe, which we have just experienced. Our primary goal is to get out of the cluster.”
