- transfer budget for the next season will be around one million euros
by Sime Taras, CroHoops.com
BC ZADAR 2008/09 SEASON - CAN IT GET WORSE THAN THIS?
Hello again from Zadar, this is my newest report from the city of basketball.
Few days ago there was a meeting of the board of the BC Zadar where some important decisions have been made. Dino Perovic has unanimously been chosen as the new chairman of BC Zadar and a new board with 13 members has been elected. It has also been confirmed that the head coach for the next season will be Zmago Sagadin, who has been the head coach of BC Zadar the last two months. He will also be in charge of chosing the team and he will be resposible for the results in the forecoming season. The budget will be smaller than on the beginning of the previous season but there will be enough funds to create a respectable team.
It is estimated that the transfer budget will be around one million euros. Although head coach Zmago Sagadin didn`t want to bring any names of potential new players, there are a lot of speculations such as signing Pankracije Barac and Jure Lalic, former players of BC Zadar who have played their last season in Charleroi, Belgium. There are also some other players who have been linked with BC Zadar such as Damjan Rudez, Darlon Johnson, David Huertas, Steponas Babrauskas, Manuchar Markoishvili.
Zmago Sagadin has gathered a lot of young players from all over Dalmatia and they have been training together for some time now and if any of them satisfies head coach he will be signed.
It is also likely that Julius Juby Johnson and Todor Gecevski, who have been the members of BC Zadar for the last five years, are leaving. Best of luck to both of them.
To sum up, the goals of BC Zadar for the next season are winning the Croatian Championship, to be on the final four tournament of the NLB League and to be on the final eight tournament of the Eurocup. Will they succeed, only time will tell.