The second round of the Endesa League begins and Betis Baloncesto does so with just three wins in their locker. What would be, in a normal League, a dramatic situation, even though it is very bad, the truth is that the team is alive in the verdiblanco eternal fight for permanence in the Endesa League. A goal in Sevillian basketball that in other times was a season in which their heads would roll but which is the natural state since the Heliopolitan entity came to the rescue. Without success and with just enough to save the course, that’s how things have gone: two sports relegations, only one made effective, and stays fought until the last minute achieved on the horn due to movements in the squad and on the bench trying to fix the mess signed in summer.
And this campaign is no different. On matchday 18, four of the players who started the course are no longer there: Nzosainjured; Evans, pierced; Y Hilly Rodion Kurucs, cut. Y six new players have been signed: Tsalmpourisincorporated in the preseason as a temporary worker and who, given the needs, extended his relationship for the remainder of the year; Fischerinner reinforcement injured for several months; Txemi Urtusonwho trained with the group and signed a temporary contract; Tyson Perezwhich came a month after losing both power forwards; Maronka, a boy with two spells in ACB who arrives on loan from Joventut to learn in the Seville capital; Y Joshua Grey, the last to arrive although it will not be the last addition. The point guard is the bet to cover the gap left by Shannon Evans, who is currently heating up the bank orange with a very different role from the one he had at Betis. He could debut this Sunday in the important visit to the Casademont Zaragoza (20:00)who precedes him in the standings with only one more victory, making him a duel of those who are worth doublealthough those of Luis Casimiro will have a very difficult time saving the average after losing in San Pablo in the first round by 67-83. That is another war and it would already be a success to get Prince Felipe to win even if it was by one point.
Grey He has traveled to the Aragonese capital with a leg workout with his teammates. What Maronkawhich may give some relief to a Tyson Perez that in Tenerife he already showed that he can once again be the player who raised passions in LEB Oro in the Canoe and that Andorra signed.
Betis has six signings with respect to the initial team: Tsalmpouris, Fischer, Tyson, Txemi Urtasun, Maronka and Gray
These movements and Fischer’s injury will make Tsalmpouris tread more paint. The Greek is an escort in the body of a pivot who will have to take allergy pills to the area to lend a hand, or both, with Hlinason and Simanic, the local pair of fives with a lot of physicality that will wear down Gerun, the best offensive rebounder in the League, on defense. Don’t forget the youngster (17 years old) Candidate Mara (2.18 meters), who has more and more weight in the handy team and has just scored 10 points against Valencia Basket, his best score in the 13 games he has played this season.
An ex like Ivan Cruzalthough it is Santi Justa one of the leaders to tie short. I work for Pablo Almazán and a BJ Johnson turned off the one who still expects it. In the direction of play, Porfi Fisac’s Casademont has two experienced players such as Chris Wrightwho is over 50% in triples, and the Serbian Stefan Jovic. A lot of work for the Pozas, Cvetkovic y Greywithout forgetting a Jessup who in Sao Paulo decided for his team with 20 points.
Regarding the game…, the usual: control the rebound, defend with enthusiasm and not have those gaps in the game that allow any rival to play a set to direct the game. For the umpteenth miracle in verdiblanco.
