Petrol Olimpija reinforced by Domen Lorbek

32-year old Domen Lorbek, who is a child of Olimpija, began the last season at Spanish Betis Seville, where he has appeared only in four games due to the knee injury. Before that he had successfully played across Europe in the strongest national championships like Spanish, Italian and Turkish.

Lorbek has also appeared in three European championships for Slovenia national team – in 2007, 2009 and 2013, as well as at the 2014 FIBA World Cup. He won the gold medal with Slovenia U20 national team in 2004.

When signing with Petrol Olimpija, Lorbek expressed how pleased he was: “I am looking forward to be playing again after a year of break. I have been looking for the right place to prove myself in as many games as possible. I came back to Petrol Olimpija without large expectations and with a mentality to take one game at the time. I believe that I would take advantage of the minutes, that coach Okorn would give me, well. I have already undergone some practices with the team and I believe that I would successfully adapt to it.”

Head coach Gašper Okorn has thanked the club’s management for the new reinforcement: “I thank the club’s management for successfully bringing in Domen Lorbek. I believe that we can help Domen return to the court, while he can contribute to us a lot as well. We will all have to be patient, since we have to be aware of the fact that he is coming back from an injury and that he hasn’t been playing games in a year. We will gradually try to prepare him well, game by game. Domen has already undergone several practices with us and is rehabilitated. He has also undergone the medical examination, that has revealed that the injury is well healed. Physically he is ready, but he lacks contact and playing 5 on 5. It is not necessary to discuss the individual qualities of Domen Lorbek, since I believe that everyone knows him well and are aware of the fact what kind of a player he is.

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Petrol Olimpijo okrepil Domen Lorbek

Petrol Olimpija Ljubljana je podpisala pogodbo z bivšim slovenskim reprezentantom Domnom Lorbkom (198 cm, 1985), ki se vrača v Olimpijo, kjer je nazadnje nastopal v sezoni 2006/07. Igralec in vodstvo kluba so se dogovorili za enoletno sodelovanje.

32-letni Domen Lorbek, ki je otrok Olimpije, je lansko sezono začel v španskem Betisu iz Seville, kjer je zaradi poškodbe kolena odigral zgolj štiri tekme. Pred tem je uspešno nastopal širom Evrope v najmočnejših prvenstvih (Španija, Italija, Turčija).

Lorbek je za slovensko izbrano vrsto nastopil tudi na treh evropskih prvenstvih (Poljska, Španija, Slovenija) in na svetovnem prvenstvu leta 2014 v Španiji. Za Slovenijo je leta 2004 osvojil zlato medaljo na evropskem prvenstvu do 20 let.

Domen Lorbek, igralec Petrol Olimpije: "Veselim se, da bom po enem letu odsotnosti spet v pogonu. Iskal sem pravo sredino, kjer se lahko dokažem na čim več kvalitetnih tekmah. V Petrol Olimpijo sem se vrnil brez kakršnihkoli pričakovanj in z miselnostjo, da grem iz tekme v tekmo. Verjamem, da bom dobro izkoristil minutažo, ki mi jo bo namenil trener Okorn. Naredil sem že nekaj treningov z ekipo in verjamem, da se bomo s soigralci dobro povezali kot ekipa."

Gašper Okorn, trener Petrol Olimpije: "Zahvaljujem se vodstvu kluba, da smo lahko med svoje vrste pripeljali Domna Lorbka. Mislim, da lahko pomagamo Domnu, da se vrne na parket, on pa nam tudi lahko veliko prispeva. Vsi skupaj bomo morali biti potrpežljivi, saj se moramo zavedati, da se vrača po poškodbi in da eno leto ni igral tekem. Postopoma ga bomo pripeljali nazaj do dobre pripravljenosti. Domen je z nami opravil že nekaj treningov in lahko rečem, da je rehabilitiran, saj je tudi uspešno opravil zdravniški pregled, ki je pokazal, da je poškodba dobro zaceljena. Fizično je že solidno pripravljen, ampak predvsem mu manjka kontakt igre pet na pet. O košarkarskih kvalitetah Domna Lorbka ni potrebno razpravljati, saj verjamem, da ga vsi poznajo in vedo za kako izkušenega igralca gre."