Escort Andrej Hanzlik (2’00 m) is the seventh incorporation of Básquet Girona for the 2022/23 season as the club made official yesterday. And he has another top-level player, who will be made public in the coming days: Pierre Oriola, who is still at Blaugrana. Hanzlik, who for the last two seasons has played on loan at Juaristi from LEB Or, arrives on loan from Baskonia, who bet on him by growing him in the ACB and by the hand of a prestigious coach such as Aíto García Reneses. Trained at Sparta Prague, last year he signed with the Basque team averaging 10.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 33 games. The young Czech escort (Prague, 2002) arrives on loan from Vitoria, where he arrived in 2016, at the age of 14, as one of Baskonia’s promising youngsters, and has just played in the European under-20 with his selection.
The player evaluates his arrival like this: “I am very grateful that a club like Básquet Girona has given me the opportunity to continue growing. It’s a dream come true. Since they gave me the news I’ve been very excited and really looking forward to starting work and contributing to the team as much as I can». The sports director, Jordi Pla, for his part, said that “he is a young player with immediate potential, with a great ability to shoot three points”. The Czech is the seventh signing of the summer after the arrivals of Quino Colom, Pato Garino, Pol Figueras, Roko Prkacin, Kameron Taylor and the renewal of Jaume Sorolla. The team plans to undergo medicals and begin preseason the week of August 15.
It is expected that by then one of those who will be one of the leaders of the debut team at the ACB will also be able to join: Pierre Oriola. The understanding between the player and Básquet Girona is complete and all that is needed is for Oriola to close his disassociation from Barça to make it official. The Barça captain, who is still the captain, lived through an ordeal with injuries last season and has a contract at the Palau until 2024, but they do not count. The Tàrrega center is very excited about the stage that will open to him in Fontajau in which he hopes to recover his best form. Oriola is an absolute international with the Spanish national team.
Girona Basketball took advantage of the dispute in Platja d’Aro in the 3×3 tournament yesterday to present the two teams that are competing this summer in the circuit of this modality. And they do it, moreover, as they demonstrated yesterday on the Costa Brava, with very good results. To the men’s team, which this season consists of Nacho Martín, Àlex Llorca, Javi Vega and Juan Coffi (present yesterday in Platja d’Aro), plus Xavi Guirao, Sergio de la Fuente and Fede Ucles, has been added the Women’s 3×3, with Marta Canella, Vega Gimeno, Aitana Cuevas and Sandra Ygueravide. The latter, captain of the team, detailed that with the Platja d’Aro tournament they practically concluded the course of the premiere and gave a very positive assessment: “we have played tournaments both in Spain and in France and had good results everywhere. When you finish the season and start with the 3×3 it’s always a bit difficult to start, but we did well. We have gained experience and this will serve us as faces in the future».
The boys still have challenges ahead. “Our roadmap is to return to Estonia this weekend after the good result last Saturday, then we will go to Belgrade, Vigo and Switzerland. There are still things to do. And if we have good results in these remaining tournaments, we will qualify to play in others later and continue competing.”
THE IMPACT OF THE 3X3 AT PLATAJA D’ARO. 1 Marc Gasol, in the center, with the players of the women’s and men’s F teams
2 The pivot and president took pictures with all the fans and players who asked him.
3 One of the matches that took place during the tournament in Plaça del Mil·lenari. F
The 3×3 teams are presented in Platja d’Aro with the endorsement of the results
The men’s team has challenges in Estonia, Belgrade, Vigo and Switzerland, while the girls’ team ends the season