BarcelonaAfter a discreet season, Joan Carles Navarro took stock with an interview on Barça TV. The general manager has been sincere with a very thorough analysis. “The season has had everything. We’ve had a good seven months, but as the season has ended we are sad about how we started. We were an example for everyone at the start of the competitions, we won the Cup, and l ‘last stretch of the season has been bad, and it has ended as it has ended play-off against Bayern the team went down mentally and physically and lost confidence. We didn’t end up with a good one feeling and we have to improve things for the coming season “, said the former player.
“We finished first in the Euroleague and ACB Regular League, with record starts … The team was fine and gradually lost strength. We talked to Saras, the coaching staff and the players to have more information and improve for next year “, Navarro acknowledged. The general manager looked for the positive side: “One of the positive things is that we have been in the final four. With the dynamic we had against Madrid, losing to them in Belgrade made it more painful. “
Interview with Joan Carles Navarro
The Barça club are negotiating the renewal of Sarunas Jasikevicius, who only has one season left on his contract. The entity wants to take advantage of the negotiation for the coach, who was ratified on June 21 by the board of directors, to lower his salary. “We all have to be self-critical, not only the players, but also me and the coach. Saras is part of our project and he knows, because we have talked to him, that there are things that can be improved, and he is sure that he is already thinking about how to do it “, Navarro said.
The basketball section’s forecast is to start announcing this Friday some of the operations it already has, such as the arrival of Tomás Satoransky, Jan Vesely and Oscar da Silva. The last name added to the goal list is Nikola Kalinic. Kyle Kuric confirmed on Wednesday that he will remain in the Barça team. More uncertain is the continuity of Nick Calathes and Pierre Oriola. “We will make additions of players who are excited, we will make changes that we believe in from the technical direction because we have many players who end their contracts. We have to learn from this season, we have to improve the squad and talk about things that need to change, ”he said.
The situation of Dante Exum is still in standby. The Australian player keeps the NBA as a priority and in Europe his box has skyrocketed. If the player wants to run out of time to explore his return to the United States, his continuity will be ruled out. If not, Saras would be happy to keep him on the team. “The continuity of Exum is not ruled out. He has adapted to the team, he has a good behavior, he likes the fan, but we have to fix other things to see if everything fits “, he explained.
Navarro has not questioned the continuity of Nikola Mirotic. “I am very happy with him because he has taken a step forward in the important moments. We want him to be our leader, I also want to include Higgins, who has had a difficult year for him, but with Mirotic people are very happy, ”he said.
New system in the Palace
From this Friday, Barça will update the conditions of use of the Palau Blaugrana season tickets. The club will apply the Free Reverse Seat to subscriber members who do not attend, transfer or vacate their seat in six games of the season. If they do not attend, transfer or release their place in any match during the 2022/23 season, they will lose their status as subscribers to the Palau for the 2023/24 season.
The Catalan National League AON 2022 ACB will be held in Tarragona. The Palau d’Esports will be the scene, on Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 September, of this 43rd edition. The competition will again adopt the final four format. The semifinals will be held on Tuesday 20 September and will pit Baxi Manresa against Joventut de Badalona and Barça against Bàsquet Girona. The winners of these matches will qualify to play in the final, which will take place on Wednesday 21 September. All matches will be broadcast live on Esport3.
