The Partizan of Belgrade touched the sky in 1992 with a triple by Djordjevic from the corner. The Serbian team, who played their home games in Fuenlabrada for the Balkan War, he won the European Cup against Joventut. It was the first title for Zeljko Obradovic, who has already accumulated nine (apart from the one he won with Partizan, five with Panathinaikos and one with Joventut, Real Madrid and Fenerbahçe) and who returns to Belgrade 28 years later. The most awarded coach in Europe returns to competition after taking a year off and does it for revive a project that had been adrift for a long time. “Now we have to return the Partizan to the place it deserves “he said on the day of his presentation. “In Europe, the only club that can match him is Real Madrid. The decision was easy for me because as soon as I spoke with the president I knew that he would return ”.
Partizan played their last Euroleague in 2014 and He has not won the Adriatic League since 2013, although before that he had won six titles in seven years. In recent times it has been more a showcase of national talent than an aspirant, but this summer, the Serbian team has thrown the house out the window.
Although Ostoja Mijailovic, president of the club, insists that they maintain the budget and that this is around six million, the figure could be closer to what Robert Jurkovic gave a few days ago, the organizer of the friendly tournament in Opatija in which Partizan will participate from this Wednesday, which estimated that the Serbian club will spend between 12 and 15 million euros this season. Kevin Punter, one of the sensations of the Euroleague last year with Armani Milan, has decided to enroll in Obradovic’s project (Messina spoke of “A crazy offer”) And it’s not the only one. Partizan has also been reinforced with another Milan player (Zach LeDay), two newcomers from the NBA (Rodions Kurucs and Alen Smailagic), the ex of the Students Aleksa Avramovic and Nemanja Dangubic, young European talents Koprivica Raft and Yam Madar, the base Dallas moore…
A template that makes you the main favorite to win the Eurocup, ahead of Valencia and Virtus Bologna. In his last three appearances in the second continental competition, he had only reached the quarters once: in the 2019/20 season, which had to be canceled due to the pandemic. But Obradovic has already made it clear that the Euroleague is the short-term goal. for the team and the Eurocup will distribute two places (for champion and runner-up) next year. The Partizan reborn in the return a classic to European basketball.