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Latvian basketball player Rihards Lomažs is already used to the game system of the teams led by Lukas Banki and feels ready for his debut in the ranks of Bologna “Virtus,” said Lomažs in a conversation with the club’s press service.
Last week Lomažs moved to Bologna “Virtus” under the leadership of Latvia national coach Banki and signed a contract until June 30, 2024.
“I played in the Euroleague a few years ago and now I’m back to show my best performance. Since I played one game a week, I had a lot of time to watch other games, including those of the Bologna team. I trained with them.” Banki before. My main job is to learn from my teammates and help as much as possible. Luka is a coach I know very well and it’s nice to be here with him,” said Lomaž.
He emphasized that “Virtus”, which will play two games in the Euroleague this week, first hosting “Bayern” Munich on Wednesday and “Alba” Berlin on Friday, is a versatile team that can have several leaders.
“As I am used to coaching Banki’s game system, you have to play as a team. Compared to the national team, the preparation for the games will of course be different. There is a week with two Euroleague games and there will be that too. “I have little time to prepare, but in general I don’t see much difference between the coaching system in the national team and in the club,” said Lomaž.
The 27-year-old basketball player had been suffering from a torn cruciate ligament in his knee since January last year, which prevented him from taking part in the World Cup finals. At the beginning of the season he was without a club and took part in only one friendly match as part of “Ventspils”, but in October he moved to the Turkish team Denizli “Yukatel Merkezefendi”, in whose ranks the defender scored an average of 14.7 points in 34 .7 minutes in 12 games.
“Physically I feel good, I’m ready to play five, ten or 20 minutes in a game. It will be a different situation than in Turkey where I played 30 to 35 minutes, but I’m ready for it. “I just need it to prepare myself physically for this season,” revealed Lomaz.
“Virtus” takes second place in the Euroleague with a record of 12-5 and is third in the Italian Serie A with ten wins in 14 games.
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