GironaAfter the general assembly of the ACB unanimously approved the admission of Básquet Girona as a partner and confirmed that the Catalan team will be able to compete in the 2022-23 Endesa League, Marc Gasol finalizes the formula to avoid one last administrative obstacle. According to article 25 of the competition regulations, “the status of administrator or manager of a club will be incompatible with the exercise of any of the functions provided for in these regulations that are subject to registration in the competitions organized by the ACB “. The NBA champion, therefore, cannot reconcile his position as president with that of a player.
The club is evaluating different possibilities to mock this incompatibility and that Marc Gasol can play under the orders of Aíto García Reneses. His brother Pau is the vice president of the organization. Básquet Girona has added Quino Colom, Pato Garino, Pol Figueras, Kameron Taylor and Roko Prkacin to strengthen a squad in which Marc Gasol, Josep Franch, Jaume Sorolla and Èric Vila will also continue with the team that achieved promotion. Txemi Urtasun, Karamo Jawara and Kaspars Vecvagars, on the other hand, will not continue in the Girona team. Pol Molins, Mads Bonde Stürup and Gonçalo Delgado, meanwhile, will be loaned out.
“As a president I’m calmer than as a player. I’m more reflective and I’m very collaborative. The heart doesn’t race as much as on the court, where you live a lot from intuition and emotion. I try to support and empower the areas we have in the club. I try to be very creative, encourage people to be brave. You have to learn from the rest, but we have to find our own way of doing things. We have to be brave, make a lot of mistakes and solve them with self-criticism. We can take risks, but if we make a mistake, it doesn’t cost us a lot,” explains Gasol to ARA.
An atypical club
The two-time world champion is consolidating an atypical club in which results are not the most important point. “The sports part has 33% importance. Sport is a tool to educate and demonstrate the values that this club has, which are different. For me it is just as important to win as to give a good image. We try not to consume single-use plastics, both us and the fans. We want to be a reference. We need vehicles, but we want them to be electric. We want to move in a sustainable way, we don’t want to leave a very big carbon footprint. Sometimes we have to travel in by plane or by bus, but we want to make up for it by being close to neutral. We want to improve the facility. In addition, we emphasize social integration, either with the wheelchair basketball team or with actions with other institutions. “We are growing a lot and experiencing things with great intensity, but the process is being very enriching. We devote a lot of effort so that people live an experience beyond the game and adopt good habits,” argues Gasol.
Básquet Girona completes the signing of Pierre Oriola to strengthen its interior game. The club has already reached an agreement with the player from Tàrrega, but first the pivot must come to terms with Barça, with whom he still has a contract. The one who changes role is Jordi Sargatal. The coach who achieved promotion has left the first team. The coach from Girona is rejoining the organization chart of the club’s base as responsible in the methodological area from the mini category to the U18. In addition, the organization reached an agreement a few days ago with Uni Girona to promote a common project for women’s grassroots basketball.
