Significant changes in the composition of the usual leading teams and a strong addition to the Valmiera and Liepāja teams make us hope for one of the most intriguing seasons in domestic basketball in recent years. The clear favorite is still the champion of last season VEF Rigawhich is the only team building a team with the scope necessary for the European Cup, but the student team of the University of Latvia may have to accept an even bigger role in the latter. The top five between the two teams at the beginning of the season is almost unpredictable, both due to the balance of forces and Optibet Latvia – Estonia (LatEst) in the context of league odds.
Although it will be only the third game chronologically, last season’s finalist will become a grand opening match of the season Riga medicine and VEF Riga a duel In the arena. After the long-time coach Jānis Gailīš left for Germany, his successor Mārtiņš Gulbis has started building a new core of the team with great excitement. Although the highlight of the beginning of the season are important games in the FIBA Champions League, too LatEst cannot be neglected, because in the first games they will face direct competitors in the fight for the highest places. “The line-up is interesting, and the basketball we will show will be aggressive and watchable,” promises club president Gatis Jahovičs, who did not hide the ambitious goals of the Vefis – to regain the championship title LatEst in the league, as well as defending the Latvian Cup and Latvian Basketball League (LBL) titles. After two seasons in this region, the Ukrainian giant left Prometheuswhose vacated position is resolutely looked at not only VEF Rigabut also Tallinn Kalev/Camo and most likely a couple more teams. The Latvian champions have “detained” two of their former players from the Ukrainians – Isufa Sanon and Vyacheslav Bobrov. Both are expected to play an important role in the team’s game.
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2024-09-20 08:47:32