The Korisliiga champion gambled like a record – from the beginning of the season there was a historic rujo mahalsku | Sports in a nutshell

The lackluster early season of the reigning men’s champion BC Nokia has been the number one topic of conversation in domestic basketball circles.

In the men’s Korisliiga, the champion BC Nokia’s winlessness and the traditional KTP’s losing cycle have caused confusion. At the same time, Loimaan Bisons and Uusikaupunki’s Korihait have performed victoriously and more orderly than expected.

On Tuesday, it was Loimaan Bisons’ turn to beat BC Nokia by 77–64.

– The luggage compartment was fine. If a good 60 surfaces were made, it’s not enough. It’s quite difficult at the moment, admitted BC Nokia’s captain Niko Mattila.

The reigning Finnish champion BC Nokia has started the men’s Korisliiga season with five losses, and did not win a single preparatory match even before the start of the series. The Champions League qualifiers also ended in a losing game at the end of September in Turkey.

The reigning champion of men’s basketball has had a historically bad start to the season at the major league level.

– Challenging early season. I hope we get five healthy guys for the next game. That’s our biggest gripe at the moment. Complaining won’t make this better, something has to be found, Mattila worried and pointed to those who got these at the end of the Bisons game Kahron to Ross and Fiifi Aidoo.

– When it comes to competitive sports, the mood is of course not the best if you take five laps. Things won’t get better by complaining or pushing others, let’s try to keep a positive atmosphere. There is a lot of work here, sighed the captain of BC Nokia.

Each year, each team always has its own story. BC Nokia has found this out the hard way. Being at the bottom of the league is a new experience for the club from Pirkanmaa, which was promoted to the men’s main league in the 2015–16 season.

The jump from champion to jumbo is a rough story when you consider that BC Nokia made a record-breaking financial investment this season. It increased its player budget from 290,000 euros to 515,000 euros.

A broken system

In the Men’s Basketball League, after only 22 regular season matches, the series is divided into an upper series of six teams and a lower series of six teams, so there is not a lot of games and time to waste on the clubs getting their game in the necessary tone, with which the place heats up for the top six.

Last year, 12 wins were required for the upper secondary series. When almost a quarter of the regular season has already been played, the pressure to win has grown high at BC Nokia.

In theory, burdened by five losses, BC Nokia should in the future dig out 12 wins from its remaining 17 games, which means it could only afford five losses based on last season’s statistics.

It sounds like a wild goal after watching BC Nokia’s defense alone. The second most points have been scored against the champion in five matches.

There is no relief in sight even in the next match, when BC Nokia will face Helsinki Seagulls, who are currently leading the series, in the final again on Friday, October 25, at Nokia’s ball arena.

BC Nokia’s sporting pain is also increased by the fact that the team finally got to a new hall for this season. Expenses will increase, but the arena is also expected to bring more fluid income streams. Weak success naturally eats into cash flows in the form of viewership income.

Reasons for low flying

BC Nokia’s misery reflects in the big picture how significant a role the successful recruitment of Yankee players plays in the Suomi team. Last year, Nokia succeeded in this beyond expectations, but not again this season – at least not from the beginning of the season.

The champions have not found quality US players, despite spending significantly more money than last season. There are so many changing factors in the acquisition of reinforcements that mere statistics or salary requirements do not guarantee success.

Success coach Greg Gibson has been at the helm of BC Nokia since the 2019 season. In a losing cycle, the coach’s position is often put in jeopardy at least at some point.

Changing Yankee players is a hope for something better, which BC Nokia already had time to resort to, when it announced on Tuesday the new back player by Isaiah Ross28, of acquisition. Among other things, the master who suffers from a leadership deficit wishes him to be a rainmaker.

In the future, the duo Ross–Ross will play in the backfield of the Yellow Blacks, as until now the Nokia team’s playmaker has shared the ball Kahron Ross29. By Tyrone Lyons instead, the contract was terminated on Monday.

BC Nokia also has three other Yankees in its crew; 203-centimeter basket player Kyle Johnson198-centimeter pier Xavier Green and comfortable under the 203-centimeter body Clevon Brown. So far, no one has directly dazzled.