Nikolic’s nice numbers: “I am high quality due to the brand new function

“Stefan Nikolic should play from the “3””: the participant’s summer season technique is proving to be excellent. The Italian-trained Serbian winger, in his second yr at Cantù, has stepped into the function completely. Which, now, has turn out to be this, after a season by which Nikolic was nonetheless appreciated as a “wild card” within the lengthy sector, usually taking part in as a middle as effectively.

The constructive solutions of Nikolic – 25 years outdated, Virtus Bologna college – are discovered primarily within the numbers. And this 75% achievement within the 2-point shot propels him proper to the highest of the particular rating, flanked by one other “prime” within the class, the American Jaleb Cannon from Vanoli Cremona. Such excessive percentages, after all, may solely have concrete ends in one other rating, particularly that of factors scored: his common is eighteen per recreation after three video games, which locations him in seventh place within the inexperienced group of the A2.

Particular person statistics that go, partially, to alleviate the bitterness of the (second) defeat towards Cremona. Numbers that, to be sincere, he did not even know: “Thanks for the data, I did not know. However I’ve to be sincere, I am not likely targeted on statistics: I choose to precise myself as a lot as attainable on the pitch however I might be mendacity if I mentioned I am not good. I really feel match and that has a mirrored image on the sector of play».

It instantly fell aside. The teaching employees, in settlement with the membership, determined in the summertime to provide him a exact location on the sector. Within the announcement “3” he satisfied everybody final season: “It’s nonetheless early to provide an opinion, I wish to give myself a little bit extra time. However I can definitely say that this extra outlined and circumscribed function makes my activity simpler, particularly in focus and coaching. I can specific myself at greatest. Now I wish to enhance on the 3-point shot, with out letting my recreation ever lack vitality and aggression”.

Regardless of his 23 factors towards Cremona, one other defeat got here towards Vanoli. “I feel there are mitigating circumstances, actual and simply demonstrable: Hunt and I had a robust gastrointestinal virus final week, we nonetheless performed with out Stefanelli. Which means that we take the defeat towards Cremona as a check to higher perceive what nonetheless must be improved. In fact, we might have preferred to win and keep first alone, however now now we have to show the web page».

Treviglio and Trapani, two groups constructed with totally different targets. Bergamo goal for promotion: “We wish to make the followers perceive that we’re rising, that we actually are a bunch of fine gamers who wish to get stronger and that we are able to play in a top-level championship.”
L. Spo.