MADRID, 4 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Real Madrid basketball coach, Pablo Laso, is clear that “the improvement” of his team is found “in the offensive aspect”, especially when it comes to reducing his number of losses, while he regretted that Sergio Llull has lost “freshness” due to the break due to a shoulder injury from which he has not yet fully recovered, but which will not prevent him from visiting Bayern Munich this Friday “physically powerful and very competitive”.
“We are the team with the most assists, but the one that also loses the most balls and we must lower it because that means because we don’t even shoot to the basket and you don’t have so many points. It is a section to improve and that as a team we must understand, our improvement is in the aspect offensive, “Laso said this Thursday at a press conference.
For the man from Vitoria, “there are many reasons” for the drop in his team’s score compared to other years. “But for me it is important that we lack players in the position of ‘4’ and that their best virtue is that they score baskets, and that abroad we have new players with different roles and we must improve that to have more fluidity in the game offensive, “he opined.
On the other hand, he confirmed the loss for Munich of Carlos Alocen, who continues with “back problems” that prevented him from playing against Unics and Baskonia. “He has tried to go back, but he resents and in principle he does not travel,” he warned.
In addition, Rudy Fernández “has not trained due to problems in the pubis” that have him “between cotton wool although it seems that it is nothing and travels”. “These are normal things with so much game and so much travel, but they are worrying to compete against a very physical and powerful team that will require a very great physical effort,” he said.
In this sense, the Madrid coach confirmed that Nigel Williams-Goss “has at least a week left” and also that they still have to wait with Anthony Randolph and Trey Thompkins, the long-term injured, although they did “part of the training.”
“I am more optimistic about Trey because it is an injury in which the sensations are better. Anthony seems to have been with the team longer, but his injury is longer and he still needs time to get rhythm and sensations because he has been unemployed for almost a year. In a week or two Trey could be there, but we have to see the situation day by day. Being able to train both of them can, but I don’t know how long they lack, “he added.
“THE STOP HAS NOT BEEN WELL FOR LLULL, HE HAS LOST FRESHNESS”
On the other hand, Laso acknowledged that the situation with Sergio Llull “is complicated.” “It is always said that injuries are the worst, but for me it is when you recover people after injuries. When one is injured, they do not play, but when they are recovered you have the feeling of having to give them minutes and perhaps they are not at their best moment. “, he indicated.
“Sergi started the season very well, we had to stop him and the break has not been good for him, the shoulder injury has not completely healed and he has lost freshness, but he is a player who transmits a lot on the field and always can help us, “said the Menorcan.
The former player believes that these problems at the point guard come at a bad time because they occur when Williams-Goss has been injured and “that forces you to change roles.” “We have to look for solutions to the problems that come to you. I prefer to have everyone and have to remove one than to have the feeling of players who are rejoining and you must put them in shape and put them in, that destabilizes you more,” he reiterated .
The problems in the direction could give more minutes to the young Juan Núñez. “He has a lot of talent, but he is very young and he has a lot to learn and has room for improvement. I think he had good minutes in Kazan and Vitoria, but I don’t even know if he is going to play in Munich,” he remarked.
In Germany, they will find “a team with a lot of outside scoring”, the aspect where the most “has improved compared to last year”. “All his players shoot more than three than two and DeShaun Thomas is a ‘4’ who plays very open. He maintains a lot the identity of last year with the same coach, intersperses defenses and has athletic people who can defend in various positions”, analyzed about Bayern.
“Lucic’s recovery can give them that philosophy of the last few seasons and his return has coincided with his three-win streak. Defensively, it allows them within their defensive structure to do several things. Although Bayern started losing, for everyone it still counted because it is a physically powerful and very competitive team, “said the Real Madrid coach.