In Belgrade, la douche froide pour Miikka Muurinen

It’s going bad Partizan Belgradethe current 18th in the Euroleague, to that extent yes legendary Željko Obradović handed over It is now Go to Penarroia who tries to revive the team… but doesn’t Miikka Muurinen.

The Finnish nugget, declared the best youngster of the last Eurobasket, had a surprise everyone signs in Serbia. Except he’s not part of the rotation, and the coach isn’t soft on him either.

“The first thing I want to say is that Miika has the potential to become a great player, but that’s not enough”so declared Joan Penaroya in Mondo Sport. “You don’t become a great player just because of your highlights. He’s a young player, he’s got great individual and physical ability and he can do a lot. He’s just out of high school, he hasn’t played professional basketball.”

As a result, “Slim Jesus” has a lot to learn. Except that, as he recently confirmed to Squeek, Partizan Belgrade is just a step in his eyes, until he moves to the NCAA next year, where he has many offers. But to hear her coach, Miika Muurinen is not taking this step very seriously.

“He is not good enough to play in a team like ours right now”

“He does not know the tactical aspects of the game, which is normal, because he is young and comes from a different type of basketball. It is difficult to play in the Euroleague. There are players who have NBA experience and who do not adapt. We have to adopt a different mentality: we study, learn and follow. But I think he is a man who does not think only about the United States of America, who does not think only about the United States of America, and that only I can return from him. The United States »

Consequence: Miika Muurinen is not part of the group, even if he is not injured.

“He is not good enough to play in a team like ours right now”John Penaroya concluded. “There are also expectations, and I’ll be the first to say that he has all the weapons to become an exceptional player. But there’s a part of basketball that he still doesn’t understand. It’s not about mistakes, young players have to make mistakes. I accept that. In order to learn and improve, you have to make mistakes. His teammates accept that he’s young, but you accept that when you give 100%.”