Garbahosa: At FIBA, we often talk about Montenegro as a miracle

FIBA Europe President Jorge Garbahosa is watching the duel between the basketball players of Montenegro and Greece live, and immediately before the game at the "M:tel Morača Hall" he held a press conference together with the president of the KSCG, Dragan Bokan.

The Spaniard praised the leadership of KSCG, emphasizing that it was not doing this out of greed.

"Based on what I had the opportunity to see and hear, I absolutely think that Mr. Bokan is the right man in the right place and that the project of him and his team is very good. I'm not saying that because I'm in the room with you now, I really mean it," said Garbahosa.

"Thank you, President Bokan, for the welcome and for the efforts you have made to organize our arrival in Montenegro. And congratulations on the great victory of the Montenegrin national team in Athens, with due respect to my friends from Greece," Garbahosa emphasized.

As he said, one of the goals of his visit is to strengthen the relationship between KSCG and FIBA ​​Europe.

"The idea and goal of the visit is to strengthen the relationship between KSCG and FIBA ​​Europe. It is in this context that I invited the president of the Federation and associates to visit Munich, our headquarters, and I would say your headquarters in the coming months. I am here briefly, only 24 hours and we will visit some clubs in Podgorica tomorrow, but we do not have time for some clubs outside Podgorica."

Montenegro has achieved phenomenal results, says Garbahosa.

"We often talk about Montenegro in FIBA ​​as a miracle in a positive sense, because every year you manage to achieve results in all competitions. The focus is on how to enable further development of both the Federation and the clubs."

Among other topics, there is also the topic of a new competition that is just around the corner - NBA Europe.

"Many are wondering why this story about NBA Europe now. The thing is that we, as FIBA ​​Europe, are trying to bring everyone together to sit at the same table - I mean the NBA and the Euroleague, for which we have great respect. When it comes to the new competition format, we have presented the exact same demands to the NBA that we previously presented to the Euroleague. We did not offer anything and asked for more, but we did not make an agreement with the Euroleague. Our desire is to have a clear pyramid in terms of ranking the competition. And to have the basic principle that if the results are bad, you go to a lower rank, and if they are good, you go to a higher rank," concluded Garbahosa.