Gevi, Sacripanti takes stock of the market: “Elegar and Rich, two very solid grafts”

After the first market movements and the hiring of Jason Rich, the coach of Gevi Napoli, Pino Sacripanti, makes the first analysis: “We are in the first year of Serie A and we look forward to this new experience with great enthusiasm – said the coach to Radio Kiss Kiss microphones – the owners are doing everything to try to give life to a season of great serenity. We have confirmed a large part of the group that brought us to the A1 series with the 4 Italians, Marini, Uglietti, Lombardi and Zerini and the two foreigners, Mayo and Parks. We are now trying to complete the team. Elegar is a player of great experience and he will give us that physicality that we lack while we have just concluded the signing of Rich, a player I coached in Avellino where he was the MVP of the championship. He knows basketball and is capable of both being a scorer and improving teammates. Rich is a very serious and extremely professional person with whom there is mutual trust, having obtained extraordinary results in Avellino, I heard him and explained what I want from him. I found him in splendid shape, he is an exemplary professional with an obsessive care of his body. He will study his companions a lot to be able to enhance them in the best way. We have entered two very solid players, the last two are missing. We are now looking for a four capable of attacking the basket and with an excellent pass but we know that it is the most difficult role to find, many teams are making bets on this role. Next we’ll need a winger who can play alongside Mayo, a play or a guard. It is obviously difficult to judge the team at this point because there are still players missing, but we are following a well-defined path to build the roster. Our Italians are awaited by an important challenge with this leap in category. We are aware that there will be difficulties but by playing as a team and following our identity we can do well ».