UNICS managed to find the necessary arguments for the defender Nenad Dimitrievich decided to continue his career in Kazan, basketball club president Yevgeny Bogachev told .
UNICS announced on Saturday the extension of the contract with Dimitrievich under the “1 + 1” scheme. Last season, Dimitrievich became the winner of the VTB United League as part of the Kazan team. In 47 regular season and playoff games, the basketball player averaged 12.8 points, 5.6 assists and 2.5 rebounds. The 25-year-old guard was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the playoffs.
– You were very worried about whether it would be possible to sign a deal with Dimitrievich for next season. How about success?
– Dimitrievich wanted to play in a team playing in the Euroleague. Apparently, it did not work out where he wanted to go … Yes, somewhere they persuaded him, but I must say that he really likes Kazan. Moreover, the team will be 60-70% the same as last year – his friends. We managed to convince Nenad and his agent. They gave him two or three weeks to think things over. We had time problems, there were already other options. We warned Dimitrievich about this. They said they had to decide. He chose UNICS and is very happy with it.
We have everything in Kazan. The city is very beautiful, Dimitrievich likes it here. And his wife is not opposed to Nenad continuing his career at UNICS. Our whole team has a very good opinion of Dimitrievitch. A modest young man, he understands Russian. We all said it would be nice to keep him in the team.
– In financial terms, they probably made a good offer to Dimitrievich?
– You can’t get off. They don’t care that the ruble exchange rate has gone down, and the sponsors give us rubles, not foreign currencies. And it’s always pretty much the same. The weather is such that it is difficult to increase sponsorship volumes. If it is a middle-aged player, then it would be possible to negotiate. And Dimitrievich is a young man. It is necessary to leave at least at the level of their currency. Yes, it’s stressful, but we keep following,” Bogachev told .
Source : MatchTV
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