The last two victories of the BAXI Manresa have arrived thanks to the coldness of Marcis Steinberg in the last seconds in front of the Covirán Granada and against Joventut Badalona last week. He former Gran Canaria youth squadnow in the Catalan ranks, faces again with the team that formed him in Vega de San José and now with the status of being the player clutch -the one who decides the matches with the last shot- in fashion.
Against Granada he picked up a throw-in pass that escaped between his legs Brancou Badio by Dani Pérez and scored with 3.6 seconds left and with Felicio’s arm on top of himL. Ante la rock On Saturday he did the same with half a second left – as seen in the attached photo – and after the assistance of Brandon Taylor in a play that Dani Pérez also started from the wing with 2.3 seconds.
“We trained her a lot, we called her filly back”said Pedro Martínez about the play in Granada. But already this week, the former Granca coach became more reflective through his Twitter account to give his vision of the triple in the Olympic. «It doesn’t have a name, basically because blackboards are overrated. What there is is a very good pass from Dani to the player we were looking for and then Taylor recognized that Mārcis had a better shot. But we can call it talent (of the players).”
A talent that was missed Armando Guerrero when he was the sports director of the Claretian quarry and that together with the consensus of Juanmi Morales as youth academy director and reserve team coach then, Gabi Alonsothey decided to incorporate the young Latvian into the club.
Coach’s word
«Talking about Marcis gives me the image of a good soldier.. She was always 100% with the perfect mindset and sparing no effort. He trained with all his energy, he didn’t care if the game was at the beginning or at the end of the week, if they were leading or weaker teams,” Alonso explains about the power forward who comes to the Arena on Saturday.
On that court where Marcis debuted against Pau Gasol who offered his last dance, Steinbergs returns already formed and different from the introverted player who entered the Vega de San José.
«When he came to the team It took him a little while to adapt because it was mid-season (in September 2019) and also because of the language.but through work and trust in his ability to adapt he was able to achieve it,” continues Gabi Alonso.
An arrival date that, as Juanmi Morales explains, “if it were six months earlier, it would now be the national quota.” And as Alonso pointed out, “at first he was cold but he adapted little by little fighting alongside Rubén López de la Torre and Pedro López San Vicente».
The same coldness that he exhibits now to score triples on the horn and that is the result of the progress that the Latvian is making since he worked with those already mentioned and Christ War and Save Camps already in the LEB Silver category.
«In junior and the EBA League he helped, but the following year, when he was more adapted, he gave a better version because he already knew his teammates. He played with a lot of rhythm and he went all out on the rebound in attack,” says Gabi Alonso, who also adds the hidden analysis: ““Everyone focuses on his ability to shoot from three because he is tall, but he has a very good hand for shooting at medium distance.”
Lots of competition
However, once his contract expired, the club decided to offer him continuity conditions without the possibility of having a presence in the first team because they were betting on other youth players such as Olek Balcerowski and Khalifa Diop.
At that time, Salva Camps influenced him to sign with Manresa and put himself in the hands of Pedro Martínez. «He is lucky that he is surely being trained by the best Spanish coach of the moment and one of the best in history.», adds Alonso.
But he will not be the last talent to pass through La Vega, because as Morales compares: «He looks a lot like Phin Scott. That this will be a place in the future and he was already selected with Austria in the windows. He is a player who does not look so good from the outside, but look at the +- of the team that is the best. That was something Marcis did. He was not so brazen to show off, but he is one of those who contributes a lot to teamwork.
2024-03-12 23:15:25
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