Krka’s training camp ahead of new season begins

Krka will be led by Dalibor Damjanović in the forthcoming season. In the final third of the previous season, he took the helm of the Novo mesto squad and managed to protect them from relegation in the ABA League, while leading them to the Finals of the Slovenian National Championship and Slovenian National Cup trophy. Damjanović will be assisted by Ožbej Stane and Matic Šiška, while Matej Gliha will be the team’s fitness coach.

Experienced Luka Lapornik will remain the captain of the team, while from the previous season there ae also Leon Stergar, Miha Škedelj, Rok Stipčević and Jan Kosi. The newcomers on the team are Hasahn French, Marko Arapović, Andrej Stavrov, Jan Špan and Jurij Macura. Jakov Stipaničev and Jaka Klobučar are back from their loans.

“We have not started our preseason in full strength and now Marko Arapović and Hasahn French have joined our team. The guys, that have joined us in the first week of preparations and were here the season before have been working well and are ready for the tip-off of the preseason. There is a tough work ahead of us. We need to fill our batteries for the strenuous season that is ahead of us. ABA League will be strong. We are looking forward to the new season and wish to take full advantage of our preseason, including our preparation games, maximally,” Krka head coach Dalibor Damjanović told. Damjanović was a member of Slovenia National Team this summer and helped it achieve the fourth place at the Olympic Basketball Tournament, as the assistant coach to head coach Aleksander Sekulić.

“I have eagerly waited for us to gather again and start working. Tough work is ahead of us and we need to take good use of the time, that we have on our disposal until the beginning of the season and first official games. Half of the team is new, we will need time to get to know each other,” Luka Lapornik, who will start his seventh season as Krka player.

List of Krka's preseason games:

25.8.: Atomeromu – Krka
28.-29.8.: turnir in Hungary (competitors are TBA)
1.9.: Oldenburg – Krka
4.9.: Zlatorog Laško – Krka
9.9.: Krka – Nymburk
12.9.: Nymburk – Krka
14.9.: Cibona – Krka

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Krka začela priprave na novo sezono

Košarkarji Krke so v minulih dneh kompletirali svoje vrste, nadaljujejo pa s pripravo na novo sezono, ki bo za ekipo iz Novega mesta že 15. v Ligi ABA, v sezoni 2017/2018 pa so igrali in kot prvi tudi osvojili naslov prvaka Lige ABA2 ter se ekspresno vrnili med elito.

Krkaše bo v novi sezoni vodil trener Dalibor Damjanović, ki je v zadnji tretjini minule sezone postal glavni trener Krke in jo obdržal v Ligi ABA, prišel v finale slovenske lige in postal prvaka slovenskega pokala. Pri delu bosta Damjanoviću pomagala pomočnika Ožbej Stane in Matic Šiška, za fizično pripravo bo zadolžen Matej Gliha.

Kapetan moštva ostaja izkušeni Luka Lapornik, ob njem pa so iz lanske sezone ostali še Leon Stergar, Miha Škedelj, Rok Stipčević, Jan Kosi. Novinci v ekipi so ameriški krilni center Hasanh French, hrvaški krilni center igralec Marko Arapović, mladi slovenski reprezentančni branilec Andrej Stavrov, organizator iger Jan Špan ter reprezentančni center Jurij Macura. S posoje se je v člansko ekipo vrnil Jakov Stipaničev, iz mlajših selekcij in posoje pa se je članom pridružil še mladinski reprezentant Jaka Klobučar.

"Priprave smo začeli v nepopolni postavi, v tem tednu sta se nam pridružila še Marko Arapović in Hasahn French. Fantje, ki so prišli v prvem tednu priprav, in košarkarji, ki so bili že lani z nami, so delali dobro, po besedah našega kondicijskega trenerja Mateja Glihe so solidno pripravljeni pričakali začetek priprav. Pred nami je zahtevno delo. V teh pripravah si moramo napolniti baterije za naporno sezono, ki nas čaka: pred nami je močna Liga ABA. Veselimo se začetka nove sezone in želimo si, da priprave vključno s pripravljalnimi tekmami izkoristimo maksimalno!" je povedal trener Krke Dalibor Damjanović, ki se je v tem poletju izkazal tudi z delom v slovenski članski reprezentanci, kjer je bil pomočnik selektorju Aleksandru Sekuliču, reprezentanca pa je zasedla izvrstno 4. mesto na olimpijskih igrah v Tokiu.

"Komaj sem čakal, da se spet zberemo in začnemo z delom. Čaka nas trdo delo, čas, ki je na voljo do začetka sezone in uradnih tekem, pa moramo dobro izkoristiti. Pol ekipe je praktično nove, potrebovali bomo čas, da se spoznamo in uigramo," pa doda Luka Lapornik, ki začenja 7. sezono v dresu Krke.

Seznam pripravljalnih tekem:

25.8.: Atomeromu – Krka
28.-29.8.: turnir na Madžarskem (tekmeca znana naknadno)
1.9.: Oldenburg – Krka
4.9.: Zlatorog Laško – Krka
9.9.: Krka – Nymburk
12.9.: Nymburk – Krka
14.9.: Cibona – Krka