Jakob Čebašek agreed on cooperation with Krka

“Krka has always been famous as a well-organized and serious club, so I did not consider too much as I received an offer to sign with them, I simply accepted the invitation and became their member. I am bringing experience, energy and a huge desire for achieving positive results. I would also like to send a message to our fans that I would be happy to see them support us in big numbers and be by our side no matter what,” Jakob Čebašek explained why he did not hesitate when the offer from Novo mesto arrived at his address.

Jakob Čebašek is two metres high player, that plays best at the forward position. He started his basketball career at Parklji Ljubljana, from where he moved to Maribor and afterwards to Elektra Šoštanj, Zlatorog Laško and Hopsi Polzela. Between 2017 and 2019 his first episode abroad arrived – he played for Liege Basket and Kanoeroes Basket Mechelen. After returning to Slovenia he has worn jerseys of Koper Primorska and Šentjur, following which he again moved abroad, to Trieste, Dinamo Bucharest, Constanta, Leuven Bears and Minsk.

He spent the last season playing in the VTB United League. Jakob appeared in 39 games in this competition, having averaged 24 minutes, 8.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. He has been hitting 3-pointers with 40-percent accuracy.

Jakob Čebašek has rich international experience. He has appeared 77 times for the Slovenia National Team, for which he scored 146 points. In the 2021 he claimed the fourth place in the Olympic Games wth Slovenia National Team and last year seventh place at the World Cup.

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Jakob Čebašek okrepil Krko

Novi član novomeške Krke je postal tudi 33-letni občasni slovenski reprezentant Jakob Čebašek.

„Krka je vedno slovela kot organiziran in resen klub, zato sem brez pretiranega razmišljanja vabilo sprejel in postal član. V ekipo Krke prinašam izkušnje, energijo in veliko željo po doseganju pozitivnih rezultatov. Navijačem pa sporočam, da nas podpirajo v čim večjem številu in naj nam stojijo ob strani,“ pa je Jakob Čebašek pojasnil, zakaj ni okleval, ko je prišla ponudba iz Novega mesta.

Jakob Čebašek, dva metra visoki košarkar, ki se najboljše znajde na krilni poziciji, je svojo športno pot začel v Ljubljani pri ekipi Parklji. Leta 2014 se je preselil v Maribor, potem pa igral še za Elektro Šoštanj, Zlatorog Laško in Hopse Polzela. Med letoma 2017 in 2019 se je prvič preizkusil v tujini – v Belgiji je bil član ekip Liege Basket in Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen. Po vrnitvi v Slovenijo je nosil dres Primorske in Šentjurja, za tem pa znova uspešno igral na tujem – v Italiji (Trst), Romuniji (Dinamo Bukarešta, Constanta), Belgiji (Leuven Bears) in nazadnje v Belorusiji, kjer je z Minskom postal državni prvak.

V minuli sezoni se je preizkusil tudi v zahtevni regionalni Ligi VTB. Jakob je v dresu Minska v tem kakovostnem tekmovanju odigral 39 tekem. V 24 minutah in pol na tekmo je beležil po 8.4 točke, 3.7 skoka in 1.2 podaje. S kar 40-odstotno natančnostjo je zadeval trojke.

Jakob Čebašek ima tudi bogate reprezentančne izkušnje: v dresu članske reprezentance je zbral 77 nastopov, dosegel je 146 točk. S Slovenijo je bil leta 2021 četrti na olimpijskih igrah, lani pa sedmi na svetovnem prvenstvu.