Former Paris Basket assistant, Alex Sarama, becomes Portland Fire coach
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Next year, WNBA will welcome a new franchise from Portland Fire will return to the women’s league. And the management of the Oregon club is setting up its organizational chart.
Just named GM after helping the Golden State Valkyries get started, the Slovenian Vanja Chernivets that’s how he chose his coach, and he didAlex Sarama30-year-old English technician.
The two met in Madrid a few years ago, where they worked together for the NBA’s European office. “For me he was a genius”explains Vanja Chernivets from ESPN. “He did documents and reports that took me two hours to do in five or ten minutes. I always wondered, ‘How does this kid’s brain work?’ And his obsession has always been coaching. I thought it was very brave of him to leave a brilliant career at NBA headquarters at the age of 22 to become a coach. »
“Constraint-driven access” at all levels
Because in 2020, Alex Sarama decided to venture into coaching, first in Italy, where he could work on a method, a “constraint-driven approach” that avoids repetition and, on the contrary, develops adaptation, improvisation and decision-making. Something to look out for Paris Basket 2022.
The following year, he joined the staff of the Rip City Remick, a G-League affiliate of the Portland Trail Blazers, before joining Kenny Atkinson’s staff with the Cavaliers. From now on, he will be able to implement his method as he sees fit, at the highest level of basketball.
“I have had this philosophy for some time. And I think the ability to apply it with a growing team is very unique. We will have the opportunity to influence all areas of the club and adopt a completely unique approach where everyone will work in perfect harmony.” he hopes so.
2025-10-17 17:27:00
