Yvon Navarro: “Along with Valencia Basket, we are a team that plays the best basketball”

Unicaja coach Yvon Navarro said this Friday that his rivals La Laguna Tenerife, whom he will visit this Saturday on the fourth day of the Endesa League, are “along with Valencia Basket, the team that plays the best basketball”.

“It’s a difficult game because we have to play in Tenerife because of our rivals. We have to have all our concentration, all our energy and everyone is healthy,” the Vitoria coach said in a statement provided by the club, which has suffered several injuries, including two Bosnian players, forward Nihad Jedovic and power forward Emir Suleimanovic.

The Malaga team coach said that the biggest drawback of these matches was the reality of the game and the rivalry, and that many of the injury situations “give the injured the opportunity to play more time and gain confidence”.

“This year we are a different team and the situation is different, but it is true that the problems are similar. In addition to the large absence of players, we are missing players who usually help us a lot in terms of structure when we play against a team like La Laguna Tenerife. We will try to play the best possible game with the players we have with us,” he stressed.

Yvon Navarro stressed about his rivals: “They try to take advantage of the run game at certain times, especially from defensive recoveries. They do a very good job at the back. Everyone talks about the forwards, but they also do a very good job at the back.”

Regarding the quality of the Canary Islands team, he added: “It’s no longer just players like Marcelinho Huertas who have taken a step forward.” “Jaime Fernandes is having great moments and winning the ball a lot even though Marcelinho is on the field.”

“The return of Bruno Fittipaldo and Fran Guerra gives them incredible stability. Aaron Doornekamp, ​​Tim Abromaitis, another year of the scrubs who always help, or Joao Sastre. It’s a team we know well and we know everything they can do,” he commented.