Ibon Navarro appeared this Friday to review the current events of Unicajain the preview of the match of the fourth day of the Endesa League in which the greens will receive the visit of Moncho Fernández's Básquet Girona at the Martín Carpena Palace. With a balance of 2-2, after the first four days of the League, the cajista team hopes to return to the path of victory, after the two consecutive setbacks against Barça and La Laguna Tenerife.
Equipment status
“Let's see if Webb III can open his eye and he's okay. I think that Djedovic is not going to arrive and Sulejmanovic I have many doubts. In principle we have the same ones that played against Oostende. Anyone who joins would be a pleasant surprise. “I'm not much of a harangue, but we're going to really miss Carpena this Saturday.”
Rival: Basketball Girona
“Básquet Girona is a team that plays with a lot of energy, with great physical effort and display.”. I think they should go 2-2. They don't go because they lose one of those games where you lose one in ten thousand. And I think that, in addition, things have been improving since the season began. When they have fixed certain things, the improvement is tremendous on a numerical and emotional level. A team that plays with many players, with very good physiques, with a good mentality, with good scorers, with people who rebound well, with proactive people in defense… A very good team. It is going to be difficult for us to compete against them due to the number of troops and the amount of fuel.. They go with a full tank. Unicaja has earned the right to be able to ask its people for help and we are going to need them this Saturday.”
Complex moment due to injuries
“It is a very complicated moment. Part of the fact that two players who are new to the League join the preseason the week of the Intercontinental, so they have not done a preseason and are going through a process that takes time. And now, suddenly, we lose players who provide a lot of solidity, like Djedovic and Kravish. Killian is not one hundred percent either. We have to handle things we have never handled before. And all, in the middle of the competition. That's why I know it's going to cost us a lot against Girona. “Because of the entity and because of the rival's play and because we are in trouble.”
Homegrown players
“The two youth players have to be prepared to help us. If we recover any player, only one will find out. If not, both will have to be there. Anything other than having the same squad as against Oostende would be a pleasant surprise. “We need fresh players and legs.”
James Webb III
“He is playing more 3 than I thought when we signed him. And now that he was there, he has to go to “4” alone. The next games he will only play as a “4”. He could only give us a forward cable if Butajevas fits well at “5” and we can keep Tyson at “4”, as long as Tillie is there, of course. “Girona has an outside line that is good at rebounding and it would be ideal to be able to use Webb III as a forward, but I think it will not be possible.”
Pivot signing
“We have not made any progress. Until the Euroleague teams sign, we will not sign, I already said it the other day. When we go they already tell us that the others have knocked on the door. Until Baskonia, Panathinaikos, Fenerbahce sign… we will not be able to. They are ahead. I do not expect reinforcements soon. We could sign, but it would be bread for today and hunger for tomorrow. We are going to have to wait. It is not easy in the situation we are in, but we have to have patience. It is true that the situation is urgent and we are in a hurry, but we have to be smart. We have never moved in a short-term manner or in a hurry. Kravish will not return for 5 months and we do not know how he will return“You have to ask Juanma if the signing will be for the entire season or a temporary one.”
