At the beginning of the next week, basketball club “Prometey” will start preparation for the 2023/2024 season. Our team will practice in Riga where several control match are planned to play. In addition, “Prometey” is going to participate at the pre-season tournaments in Poland and Turkey. The head coach of the team Ronen Ginzburg has informed BC “Prpometey” press-service about nearest plans of the team.

- Coach, how is our operated players’ recovery going on? When will they be able to play?

- They are undergoing a rehabilitation process. Sydorov has to be ready to start practicing with the team on August 22. Doctors and fitness coach are working on him now. Ivan Tkachenko will be allowed to practice with contact roughly in the middle of September.

- Lypovyy and Sanon were called to the National team, but, due to injuries, they were not able to go to the Olympic pre-qualification matches, which are taking place in Istanbul at the moment. How severe are their injuries?

- I hope, Issuf and Lypa will have been ready by the start of the season. Their injuries are not severe, but still they need some time for rehabilitation, because of that they cannot help the National team.

- When, actually, will the team’s preparation for the season start? How are you going to get prepared? How many friendly matches are planned?

- The training process is starting on August 22. We will have 7 control matches. The first three matces, we will play against Lithuanian teams in Riga. Then, there will be a tournament in Wroclaw, where good, strong teams will be our rivals. And finally, we will finish our friendly matches at the tournament in Izmir, as well as the previous season. We will practice for six weeks till the first official EuroCup game against “Hamburg”.