Released with Niko Laplovitla and Thomas Satransky

return of point guard Thomas Satoransky To barca This summer he promotes the best version of Argentina Nico Laprovitolaclaimed to feel last Sunday “Quite free” After winning on the Valencia basketball court (80-92), he shared the leadership of the team with the Czech Republic.

“Playing with ‘Sato’ takes a lot of pressure off of me.I am comfortable with it. He runs the team well and I play pretty freely. I enjoy it very much. He’s very vertical and has speed that I don’t have. If I can give a pause, I can add something different to the team,” confirmed Laprovitola at the foot of the La Fonteta track.

The Albiceleste international scored 21 points in 23 minutes, 3-of-7 on two shots and a 5-of-7 letter on triples, his second best scoring run of the season.

Argentina’s performance is not a flower of a day. The day before, Lenovo Tenerife, who had arrived at Palau Grana as the undefeated leader of the Endesa League, scored against the team, Moron’s points. 4 points out of 9 with 4 points and 3 points shooting). -pointer) to determine victory (67-65).

“A few games? No. He played great for us for a year and a half.replied the Barça coach last Sunday, sarnus jasikeviciusWhen asked about the state of the form of Barça’s jersey number “20”.

In the Euroleague, Laprovitla also played a leading role in the away win against Bayern Munich (73-84) on 18 October, scoring 14 goals (4 of 8 in a triple) and helping Barcelona to finish. Became the top scorer. This is a milestone he has achieved in his three of the team’s last five games.

Jasikevicius has already emphasized his role after the Lenovo Tenerife game: “Players are not machines, they don’t always play wellHowever, he has performed very well in two of his last three games, and we must be happy with him.

“He’s letting go of the ropes a little bit,” Laplovitla was ironically asked about his coach’s change in tone last Sunday. This formula seems to work because

Despite individual contributions, Argentinian stressed the importance of the “game system” It’s a team that “creates situations and exploits them,” emphasizing handler protagonists like him, Satoransky, Locas Yokubaitis, and Cory Higgins.

partially Nicola Mirotic and Kyle Critchtwo of the best shooters on the team, Laprovitra I strengthened my role as a performer. If last year Endesa averaged 4.5 triples and he shot 2.4 per game in his league, this year the volume has increased to his 5.5 and his 4.5 respectively, which also shows more aggressiveness in penetration. is showing.

In the Euroleague The Argentinean leads Barça in goals (10.2) and assists (4.4) per game. He is also the player with the most triples (10 of 26 in 5), well behind Nikola Kalinic and Sertak Sanli (4 of 15).

Laprovittra’s reference to freedom is Nick CarasesThe Greek-American will take the wheel of the EuroLeague’s unbeaten leaders (5-0). He will visit Palau his Blaugrana this Friday in a duel that pits the Catalan club’s past and present against each other.