Igokea m:tel begin preparations for the upcoming season

Igokea m:tel have officially started their 2022/23 campaign as the team held their first training this Monday.

The club had a pretty good last season in which they qualified for the AdmiralBet ABA League Playoffs, they won the double crown in domestic competitions, while on top of that they were very close to make it to the Top 16 of the FIBA Basketball Champions League.

And now, the boys from Laktaši want to make a step forward and to make the 2022/23 season even better than the previous one.

Igokea m:tel announced that they will use their home base in Laktaši for trainings during the entire preseason, while during that period they will play 8 prep games.

“We have kept most of the players from the last season as we want to have continuity, while we filled the gaps in our roster with four new players. As far as our preseason is concerned, we will have 6 weeks to work hard and prepare for the challenges that are in front of us. We have great conditions here in Laktaši and we already have eight prep games scheduled for the upcoming period. We will play against Borac on August 29, then we will face Dynamic, while after that we will participate at the friendly tournaments in Slovenia, Hungary and Croatia,” said Igokea m:tel head coach Dragan Bajić, while he also used this opportunity to wish all the best to his former assistant Marko Barać who became Mega MIS head coach this summer.

Igokea m:tel have so far signed 4 new players this summer, including Dušan Tanasković (OKK Dunav), Kendrick Ray (Promotheas Patras), Haris Delalić (Sloboda Tuzla), Bryant Crawford (Reggio Emilia). Kosta Kondić has returned to the club after a 1-year loan in Borac Banja Luka, while 7 players have remained from the last-season roster, including Dejan Pavlović, Nikola Tanasković, Marko Jošilo, Darko Talić, DeShawn Stephens, Antabia Waller and Stefan Đorđević.

According to the club officials, Igokea m:tel might sign one more new player.

“We might add one more forward to the current roster, “ said Igokea m:tel Sports Director Vuk Radivojević. „We want to have continuity and to give young players a chance to prove themselves. For two years we are making some excellent results both in AdmiralBet ABA League and in FIBA Basketball Champions League in addition to all success we have had in domestic competitions. Igokea m:tel has become a club of which people are talking about not just in our region, but in the entire Europe,” added Radivojević.

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Košarkaši Igokee m:tel počeli pripreme za novu sezonu

Košarkaši Igokee m:tel počeli su pripreme za novu sezonu u kojoj žele da naprave iskorak u odnosu na prethodnu kampanju koja je bila više nego uspješna.

Jer, četa Dragana Bajića osvojila je duplu bh. krunu, igrala plej-of ABA lige, bila nadomak plasmana u Top 16 Lige šampiona...

U Laktašima su svjesni da neće biti lako ponoviti nabrojane podvige, ali i odlučni u namjeri da daju više od maksimuma, te predanim radom i zalaganjem ispune klupske ambicije.

"Igosi" će kompletan pripremni period odraditi kod kuće. Tokom istog će odigrati i osam kontrolnih utakmica kako bi što spremniji dočekali bitke na četiri fronta.

"Većinu igrača iz prošle sezone smo zadržali. Želimo da opet napravimo kontinuitet. Pozicije koje su nam nedostajale popunili smo sa četiri nova košarkaša. Što se tiče priprema, imaćemo period od šest sedmica rada. Kao trener ne praktikujem odlazak na visinske pripreme, a ovdje imamo sjajne uslove. Imamo dogovorenih osam kontrolnih utakmica. Sa Borcem ćemo igrati 29. avgusta, potom sa Dinamikom, onda slijede turniri u Ljubljani i Mađarskoj, te smotra u Opatiji pred sam start sezone", izjavio je trener Bajić, koji se zahvalio svom stručnom štabu, upravi i novinarima, te poželio mnogo sreće u radu bivšem saradniku Marku Baraću koje je preuzeo Megu.

Čelnici kluba uskoro bi trebalo da kompletiraju roster dovođenjem još jednog igrača. Tim su već pojačali Brajant Kroford, koji je stigao iz Ređo Emilije. Uz njega, nova lica u Igokei su i Dušan Tanasković (OKK Dunav), Haris Delalić (Sloboda Tuzla), te Kendrik Rej (Promiteas Patras). Takođe, sa jednogodišnje pozajmice iz Borca se vratio Kosta Kondić.

Tu su još i Dejan Pavlović, Nikola Tanasković, Marko Jošilo, Darko Talić, Dešon Stivens, Antabija Voler i Stefan Đorđević.

S druge strane, sidro su digli Dalibor Ilić, Džejms Robinson, Aleksa Radanov, Milan Vulić, Stefan Fundić i Amsal Delalić.

Sportski direktor Vuk Radivojević najavio je još jednu potencijalnu promjenu u rosteru:

"Vidjećemo u zavisnosti od početka pripreme, za sada smo se odlučuili za ovaj sastav. Možda ćemo dovesti još jednog igrača na poziciji tri / četiri. Sa Nikolom Tanaskovićem smo produžili ugovor na tri sezone i želja nam ja da imamo kontinuitet i da mladi igrači dobiju šansu, kao i do sada. Milsim da smo pogodili sa pojačanjima. Već dvije godine pravimo ozbiljne rezulate i u ABA i u FIBA Ligi šampiona, uz sve uspjehe u šampionatu BiH. O Igokei se sada dosta priče ne samo u regionu, nego i u Evropi", ponosan je nekadašnji as Crvene zvezde.

Igokea na startu nove sezone ABA lige dočekuje Mornar Barsko zlato. Taj duel na programu je prvog oktobarskog vikenda