R. Kurtinaitis: what can I say to the players? Thanks but minus 17



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Kurtinaitis rhymes Chimki in the Moscow region ended the double week of the Euroleague winless, which was easy to predict.

The Russian club landed at the Baskonia team in Vitoria on Friday at 60:77, and a few days ago 85:94 they did not equal the Real Madrid players. The strategist said that a different result could not be expected as only six main players play.

“It is very difficult to play with such a line-up in the Euroleague and every few days more. Even Sergei Monia couldn’t match due to back pain. What can I say to the players after that game? Thanks for the game, but we still lost 17 points. The result does not satisfy me, but we have to play, otherwise the Euroleague will stop completely.

If there are rules, they must be the same for all teams. We played eight and Baskonia received us without a match. I really have nothing against this team. There is a high risk of injury when playing with such a rotation, but you won’t do anything, we have to go compete. Perhaps when the recovered players return, we will play better and choose wins, but now there is nothing we can do.

In summer, the Euroleague brings together coaches and we continue talking about the level of growth of the tournament. If you watch our match, it is not a Euroleague level match. The Euroleague told us to play, so we gathered the youngsters and played. Maybe the real season for us will only start next week. And then it won’t be easy because coming back will be a long time without training. Jovičius himself will not have trained for two months. There will be something like coming back after the summer holidays. Players will need time to get in shape.

However, I am happy that the Euroleague has started and we are playing basketball, which is much better than last season ”, concluded the specialist in his speech.

Next week Chimki will host Tel Aviv Maccabi basketball players at home.

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