“We will have a budget of four million euros. The city that gave us our name stands behind us, but we are obligated to find sponsors, secure television rights, and fill the arena. We want to be a stable club that depends on itself, not on the state. Of course, there will be help from the city, but it will be at a normal level, not like in Europe where they give you money, and you don’t have to do anything.”
It is still not revealed who will be the head coach of this team, with names like Aleksandar Djordjevic and Svetislav Pesic being mentioned.
“We don’t have a signed coach yet, but we have one agreed upon. We know he has to be from our region because we play in the ABA League and we want him to understand our mentality and the competition we are participating in. It will also be easier for us at the club to understand the concept we want to cultivate here, rather than bringing in someone American now.
This is the logic we follow. According to the standards set by our owners, he must have a name, experience, and be able to stand behind this project and be a sign that we are serious about coming to and staying in Europe. From that perspective, it is important who this person will be because he will be not only a marketing but also a sports symbol of everything we have done so far.”
Dejan Kamenjasevic also commented in more detail on the current coach of Serbia, Svetislav Pesic.
“He is like a second father to me, the man who is most responsible for why I am here now. I see a legend and the greatest European expert in him. It was definitely my dream, but dreams and reality are two different things. We must understand that Pesic is currently focused on the national team and the Olympic Games, and I don’t want to interfere because I think it is very important to him, and if it is important to him, it is important to me too.
He himself wouldn’t want to discuss this until the Games are over, but no one ever hid that it was my wish. Now, it doesn’t depend so much on me as it depends on other situations that I cannot control.”