It seems that the casualties give Barça a truce after the interference of Covid-19 in recent days. Sergi Martinez has traveled with the team to Vitoria for the Euroleague match this Thursday against Baskonia (20:30) and Saras jasikevicius will decide whether to give you minutes or not, even if the player is not 100%. The forward sprained his ankle two weeks ago against Red Star and has missed the last two games against Panathinaikos and Unics Kazan. The ‘luck’ for Barça, Sergi himself and the rest of the injured is that the last two ACB matches against Manresa and Andorra They have been postponed due to outbreaks of Covid-19 in the rival, although this later translates into an accumulation of encounters.
Who will be 100% available to Saras is Nigel Hayes, already recovered from the coronavirus after spending the confinement in Athens. Hayes ‘safe contest plus Sergi as possible alleviate the forward position, in which Barça had been completely understaffed in the last two games without the youth squad or the American, which had forced Saras to use as’ 3 ‘to players like Mirotic and Smits. However, the list of casualties is still long up to five: Kyle Kuric and Pierre Oriola, positive for Covid-19 in recent days, and the injured Álex Abrines, Cory Higgins and Nick Calathes, which has also been infected.
Given the saturation of the infirmary, Jasikevicius has called three homegrown players. TO Michael Caicedo, a regular already in the calls, the Lithuanian has also added the base Agustin Ubal and to the pivot James nnaji. Both have already entered the list several times this year and have already debuted in the Euroleague. Barça has therefore traveled with nine first-team players plus the three homegrown players: Nico Laprovittola, Rokas Jokubaitis -who has a filial file-, Dante Exum, Nigel Hayes, Sergi Martínez, Nikola Mirotic, Rolands Smits, Sertac Sanli and Brandon Davies plus Caicedo, Ubal and Nnaji. All of those, except Sergi, will be 100% available for the Baskonia match if no last minute positives come up.
Without Kuric, Saras is left with Dante Exum as the only ‘2’ – despite the fact that it can also act as a base and forward -, demarcation for which it is a guarantee Nico Laprovittola. The Argentine guard is one of the players who have taken a step forward in the face of injuries and has already said that he also feels very comfortable playing as ‘2’.
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