Basketball player “Bet Nizhny Novgorod » Anton Ponkrachov in an interview with , he said that with the current limit on the number of foreigners in the VTB United League, Russians have no opportunities for development.
Before the start of the current VTB United League season, the maximum possible number of foreigners in VTB United League club applications was reduced from eight to six due to the lack of European cups and the shortening of the calendar.
— I know you are a fan of the limits imposed on foreign players. Are you satisfied with the current limit of six foreigners?
— If you look at the composition of a team that is fighting for the playoffs, you will notice that the Russians have little playing time on the court. In this whole system, I don’t see any opportunity for the Russian player to develop.
A coach joins the team and is given the task of getting into the playoffs/top five/top three. He takes six legionnaires, as well as a seventh and an eighth, just in case. Mathematically, you have eight foreigners, five veterans and two promising youngsters. How are you going to use these two guys in a situation like this? They won’t even practice, they’ll just watch. How will they then develop and learn? Here is the answer.
With a limit of six foreigners, I don’t see any possibility for the Russians to expand. Many coaches focus on results and don’t care about the growth of young people. I don’t blame him, the man came to earn money, a name. If I was in their situation I would probably do the same thing, everyone wants to win.
Only a few teams operate on a different principle. Last year, Lokomotiv showed everyone that it is possible to play with more than six foreigners. And the team was led to the final not by foreign players, but by Russians. With good work and confidence, Russian players cannot be worse than foreigners, they just need a good system of training and work, ”Ponkrashov said in an interview with .
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