The NBA He has been taking measures for some years with the intention of lightening the calendar and with it the fatigue of the players. In the current 2022-23 season, the teams covered an average of less than 66,000 kilometersthe lowest figure since 30 franchises participated in the competition. Dreamland Gran Canaria, according to the calculations made by the club, accumulates more than 121,000 this course with the aggravating circumstance of not traveling on private planes as they do in the American League.
The circumference of the Earth is 40,075 kilometers, so the Canary Islands have already gone around three times. But he dreams that the account does not stop. At the beginning of their series of quarterfinals in the Endesa League, play this Sunday at the home of Real Madrid and next Wednesday at the Gran Canaria Arena. His ambition is to leave Las Palmas again for a third and definitive match… or for the semifinals.
“The season is hard because Gran Canaria is where it is. We travel a lot. There were very hard trips. We’ve done the most miles driven by any team in the world, including the NBA.”counted coach Jaka Lakovic when talking about the toughness of the Eurocup, a competition that Granca won by playing all the qualifiers in a single match on their home ground. Key detail.
The season is tough because Gran Canaria is where it is. We’ve done the most miles driven by any team in the world, including the NBA
Displacements force you to make bobbin lace. “It is difficult to adjust not only the trips but the training loads. You have to take the routes into account. In the end, you get used to it,” says the Slovenian coach, debuting at the island club.
Trips of more than 10 days
Although it is not easy to adapt when just to get to the Peninsula you already need almost three hourswhen layovers await you for most destinations, when the trips last more than 10 days because it is not worth going back home… For example, after playing on Wednesday in Manresa, they already stayed in Madrid for this Sunday’s game.
In the club, he tries make all your players residents to take advantage of ticket discountsthey could write several books based on anecdotes while traveling: the many times they the team had to fly in batches because there were no seats for everyone on the same planethe occasions in which the local team has had to leave kits because the suitcases did not arrive, the day they Walter Tavares did not fit in his seat and had to lie on the floor of the aisle during takeoff until another traveler let him sit in the emergency exit, where there is more space…
The Euroleague, even tougher
The trips could affect Granca even more next season if they finally play the Euroleague. He has earned his place as Eurocup champion, but he needs the budget to work out. “Valencia Basket went from half a million trips for the Eurocup to 1.5 for the Euroleague. We are in the Canary Islands, we live in Africa and we know that the travel budget will rise by more than a million”calculates the president Sitapha Savané.
We are in the Canary Islands, we live in Africa and we know that the travel budget will rise by more than one million
The only experience in the highest competition, in the 18-19 campaign, was close to ending in dramawith the team dangerously down due to attrition in the Euroleague. The Granca Globetrotter play against their rivals and against distances.
2023-05-27 11:30:19
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