Partizan Mozzart Bet start their 2024/25 campaign with a home game vs. Borac Mozzart
The reigning vice champions are about to introduce their new team to the fans on Wednesday evening.
Zeljko Obradovic (Photo: ABA League j.t.d./Dragana Stjepanovic)
2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League Round 1, Wednesday, 25 September 2024:
PARTIZAN MOZZART BET - BORAC MOZZART
Where? Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
When? 19:00 C.E.T.
Story of the game: Partizan Mozzart Bet are about to host Borac Mozzart in the opening round of the new season and this will be a nice chance for the black-and-white fans to come to Belgrade Arena and meet this brand new team of their beloved club.
Recall that Partizan Mozzart Bet have changed almost the entire roster over the summer. The only player who remained in the squad is Balša Koprivica, while all the others are the newcomers. Yet, Partizan Mozzart Bet’s biggest strength will still be their legendary head coach Željko Obradović who remained in the club to start this new project and to try to return the regional title back into the club’s possession.
On the other side, Borac Mozzart are in a similar position as the Čačak crew have also changed many players over the summer. Only Uroš Čarapić, Nikola Manojlović and two youngsters Pavle Nikolić and Petar Radović have remained in the team, while the rest of the squad is consisted of the newly arrived players. Borac Mozzart also have a new head coach at the helm as the club appointed Saša Ocokoljić to lead the team in the following season. Ocokoljić will have quite a difficult challenge on his debut, yet this will be a good test for the boys in the red-and-white jerseys to see where are they in comparison to the strongest teams in the league.
Match-up in focus: Carlik Jones (Partizan Mozzart Bet) vs. Diante Baldwin (Borac Mozzart).
Jones arrived this summer in Partizan Mozzart Bet with a reputation of a world-class scorer and he proved that reputation to be true during the preseason when he was one of the best players of the black-and-white team.
Meanwhile Diante Baldwin came back to Borac Mozzart this summer to start his 2nd stint with the Čačak crew. And, he was also very good during the preseason, when he was often the top scorer of the red-and-white team in their prep games.
Head-to-head score in the regional league: In total 6:2; In Belgrade 3:1.
