BAZELEVSKY: “The most important thing is that the championship starts and goes smoothly”

Famous Ukrainian trainer Dmitry Bazelevsky Summarized the results of the first half of the Super League season.

“I’m not going to be original with the answer that the most important thing is for the championship to start and continue uninterrupted – 9 teams started and now 9 teams are playing without preconditions that they have some unbearable problems. Hopefully we will finish the season with all 9 teams – this is one of the most important tasks of this championship in our terms.

If we talk about the game, then there are a lot of emotions. Players have mistakes, there are many misunderstandings, youth basketball. Obviously, a large group of young players who are still raw for professional basketball joined, but on the other hand they had a chance to prove themselves.

Who can I talk about? It’s hard to say that any player surprised me in the first half of the season. There are people like Sergey Startsev who score a lot of goals. Veterans like Konev and Kolchenko don’t earn much, they’re not leaders in statistics even if they could. Instead, they cleverly do exactly what the team needs to win while maintaining their reserves. That’s enough for now.”

“Medal contenders? “Budivelnik” and “Bipa” played better in this first division, they are more confident in the game. But we still have a lot of games ahead, a long tournament distance, so Dnipro and Kyiv-Basket still have first place I think they can compete for others. It will be difficult for others, but in sports you need to overcome difficulties – you will not get anywhere. In general, the championship is quite interesting. I note that many emotions, for example, the punishment of Vladimir Koval, who could not cope with his emotions. So the game evokes these emotions Which is a good thing. Plus, I note that there are interesting matches, such as the three-overtime match between Kyiv and Odessa. These are all great for our championship, ”said Dmitry Bazelevsky.