The Bonn bank watched Malaga’s breaks on television and triggered reactions

Bonn won this year’s Basketball Champions League, but something that happened during the Final Four semi-final against hosts Unicaja Malaga sparked controversy.

More specifically, the German team’s technical staff followed the television broadcast of the game and, in particular, Imbon Navarro’s instructions during time-outs, a tactic that some considered unfair.

In fact, Chus Vidoreta, the coach of Tenerife, of the other Spanish side that took part in the BCL Final Four, seemed furious about the said incident.

“I found it sad what Bonn did. I think they’ve crossed the line. As a coach with the most games in the BCL, over 100 and four Final Fours, I’m very disappointed. We need to open up the debate on downtime and telecasts when this phenomenon repeats itself and we’ve already crossed the red lines. He would say that timeouts shouldn’t be aired anymore because they do a lot of harm to those who play by the rules.indicated that Vidoretta was speaking to Gigantes.

For his part, Bonn coach Tuomas Isalo defended his strategy when asked about it at the press conference ahead of the finals of the FIBA ​​competition:The live tagging that we do with my partners is some of the most secure information we can have during a game. It’s something for everyone to see. That’s why I asked my colleagues to watch what’s on TV.

It’s good that you asked me this question, because it’s an opportunity to start a discussion. Whether it’s a good thing or not, the television shows everything, including our very personal moments that happen during downtime. The NBA has found the solution to this problem and does not show the time-out live, instead broadcasting it much later after the decisions have been made. There is nothing live at this level in the NBA.

Since everyone has access to what’s on TV, we use that: images and sound where everyone has access.”