Basketball Gaziantep Basketball, which is preparing to compete in the FIBA Men’s European Cup, aims to play at least four finals (final-four) in Europe.
In his statement, the general manager of the club, Boray Dai, reminded that the team that qualified directly for the 2022-2023 season in the FIBA Men’s European Cup is in Group B. Stating that Gaziantep Basketball has made a name for itself with the success it has had in recent years, Dai reminded that they had the best season in their history last season and finished the league fourth, “We aim to play in at least one four finals in Europe. We will fight against Gaziantep and Turkey as the best in the cup. We want to represent it in the same way.” said.
Talking about the difficulties of fighting in league and European matches, Dai said that he is sure that the team will overcome this.
“We strengthened our Turkish rotation”
Expressing that they are a team with experience in European tournaments, Dai said: “In the past years, we also struggled in the European lanes. Therefore, we have experience. Based on those experiences, we have been trying to establish our Turkish player rotation, especially this year, with wide and experienced players. We started with Turkish players. We talked with Muhsin Yaar, Metin Tren, Birkan Batuk and one of our former players, Can Uurt. Leon Harun Apaydn remained in the team, from Turkish players from our infrastructure. We strengthened our Turkish rotation. We talked with foreign players, who are also targets. Between 25-26 years old We have a group of foreign players. At the moment, we only have one foreign player to deal with.”
Stating that Gaziantep Basketball has become a well-established club, Dai said, “The Turkish league is already a difficult league. That’s why we had to keep our rotation wide as we were going to fight in the European cup. We’ve suffered the disadvantage of this before. Because we got tired from Europe and won the match in Turkey. “We lost a lot. The purpose of doing this is that we want to be among the top eight in the Turkish league.” he residence.
Dai added that the team will gather in Bolu on Monday, August 15th and will carry out the first camp stage here. AA
