Danilo Brnovic (Cetinje, Montenegro; 2000) will add its seventh season in Spanish basketball. After three years of return in the Balkans, he asked his agent to return to Spain and ended up opting for the offer of Coruña basketball. In a perfect Spanish with some Canarian accent, he has sat down with Dxt champion to transmit your first sensations with the team and the city.
How is the preseason going so far?
Very good, really. The most important thing is that we are enjoying and having fun playing. I think we are growing a lot as a team and the most important thing is to have a good time day by day.
And the first weeks in the city?
Coruña as a city seems very pretty, he has fallen in love from the first day. I was living in Canaria for many years and I love that it has a beach and that nature is very beautiful. The truth is that the adaptation is going very well, very fast.
And the adaptation at the sports level?
Very good. The truth is that many players help themselves before. I have also coincided with many players during my last stage in Spain, which lasted six years. This will be the seventh.
Here in Spain I feel at home, I feel one more and I really wanted to return for everything in general
During the presentation he said he wanted to return to Spain, why?
I have transmitted to my agent my desire to return to Spain after three years being in Balcanic countries: two and a half years in Montenegro and the end of last season, which I spent in Bosnia. Here in Spain I feel at home, I feel one more and I really wanted to return for everything in general. I really like the atmosphere, people are very friendly and I think, at the basketball level, you can advance a lot of year after year.
What attracted him to the project?
We all know Coruña basketball. He has been doing things well for many years, they have won the First Feb League and were competing last year in ACB. They are things that attract a lot of attention. Joining a project that really wants to do things well, with a big coach and a group of colleagues who also play at a very high level, because it made the offer very clear. From the first moment I heard Basquet Coruña I wanted to come.
Did you talk to any former partner or coach to advise you about the club?
Honestly, I have not talked to anyone who was here, but with several players who have heard very good things about the club, the city, the people, the atmosphere in the pavilion and the aspirations that the club always has.
The sensations are very good and we really want to continue competing together
How have its individual and team sensations be in these first games?
At collective level I think the sensations are very good. We come from a great weekend in which we have made two very good games. We have won Obradoiro and then we have also made a very good game against Breogán, making them suffer and forcing the extension, so we are very happy with the work we are doing. The sensations are very good and we really want to continue competing together. On a personal level I am also very happy with how I am adapting to the team. In the end, my only goal is to make the team win and help as much as possible so that the team will continue.
There are fans who say they defend “like dogs”, do you think the phrase seems appropriate?
Yes. I think we want to identify ourselves as a team that plays very aggressive both in attack and in defense and I think, although we have been together for a short time, we are all well caught and we are doing the things that Carles asks us.
I try to contribute with offensive rebound, with shots from outside. In the end, from that background I can contribute very good things for the team
What asks you in particular?
That he plays with a lot of identity in defense, that he always goes to the rebound, to defend very well and in attack throws every time he has the opportunity.
And what do you think can contribute?
Much intensity behind, defending very well, bounceing very well, running in counterattack and a lot of shot from the outside. I will continue doing everything the coach asks me to help the team win, which is the most important in the end.
There are people who define them as that type of player who takes forward the work that ‘is not seen’. Do you think it is successful?
Yes. I think I am not one of the players who are always protagonists or that carry the ball a lot. I try to contribute with offensive rebound, with shots from outside. In the end, from that background I can contribute very good things for the team.
We are clear that each player who comes out will give his maximum during the three or four minutes that passes on track
What do you think about the short rotations of your coach seeking to keep intensity on the track?
I think we like all players and we are teaching it on the track that we have caught that rotation game style. We are clear that every player who comes out will give his maximum during the three or four minutes that passes on track and we are doing very well.
What did Carles tell them at the rest of the semifinal against Obradoiro?
That the goal is to grow in each game and enjoy. I think we went out with tremendous intensity and, in the end, we enjoyed the game and the score taught it.
What do you think of the League?
The first Feb is very competitive. There are many teams that compete at a very high level and there are always equipment surprises that earn more games than one expects. It will not be easy. Good moment and bad times will come, so you have to be prepared for everything. The year is long, but I think we are preparing well to win the first game.
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