By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Spartak Office Shoes reinforced its frontcourt with Alen Omic on Tuesday.
The 2.16-meter center, Luka Doncic’s teammate on the senior national team of Slovenia and former 7DAYS EuroCup champion with Unicaja in 2017, will debut in the Basketball Champions League. At 34, he adds veteran presence to the reigning champions of the Meridianbet Basketball League of Serbia. Head coach Vladimir Jovanovic has already assembled a deep roster, which features Boris Bodrovic, Luka Cerovina, Matt Coleman, Igor Drobnjak, Alonzo Gaffney, Amar Gegic, Simon Grubanov, Dalibor Ilic, Marko Jeremic, Vukasin Kovacevic, Danilo Lacmanovic, Stefan Lazarevic, Danilo Nikolic, Jalon Pipkins, Marko Tofoski, and Vukasin Velimirovic.
Set to face the Subotica-based club, Hapoel Maoz Daniel Holon, and Rasta Vechta in Group F of the BCL Regular Season, Cholet prioritized long-term stability on the sidelines by announcing a contract extension for head coach Fabrice Lefrancois on Sunday. The new agreement ties the 43-year-old tactician to the club through the 2029-30 campaign. The French side’s roster consists of Malcolm Cazalon, Mohamed Diarra, Digue Diawara, Miralem Halilovic, Lynn Kidd, Noah Locke, Sitraka Raharimanantoanina, Tony Snell, Aaron Towo-Nansi, and Jarrod West.
On Friday, Legia Warszawa finalized a short-term reinforcement by securing 22-year-old Kuba Pisla to a three-month contract. The Polish side is placed in Group B, opposite Cibona, Galatasaray MCT Technic, and SIG Strasbourg. Pisla integrates into a squad that already includes Jakub Andrzejewski, Michael Christmas, Blazej Czapla, Arguster Daniels IV, Zach Freemantle, Gyorgy Goloman, Markus Ilver, Wojciech Jasiewicz, Michal Kolenda, Dawid Niedzialkowski, Patryk Redlowski, Szymon Tomczak, Wojciech Tomaszewski, Mathieu Wojciechowski, and Kristers Zoriks.
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