Pablo Laso is no longer coach of the Baskonia. The Vitorian club on Tuesday informed one of the most laureate coaches in Spanish basketball who will not continue as the first team coach, although he had two years left on the club's bench. The technician is placed as one of the great alternatives to succeed Sergio Scariolo at the head of the Spanish team.
The president of Baskonia and Alavés, Josean Querejeta, was in charge of communicating to the Vitorian coach the decision taken by the Barca entity. The Italian Pablo Galbiati will be the new bet of the team to captain a ship that has drifting in the last five years with an alarming fall in the results. Unicaja, Tenerife or Valencia Basket have passed them through the right.
With Pablo Laso in front, Baskonia reaped a record of 19 wins and 15 losses In the regular Acb League season entering as the eighth in the play-offs and being eliminated in the quarterfinals by a Real Madrid who was champion to the dessert of the domestic tournament. The team finished fourteenth at the Euroleague with a negative balance of 14 victories and 20 losses that left him out of the quarterfinals.
These results have served to Josean Querejeta made the determination to break a contract with Laso that expired in 2027. The coach now becomes the first option of the Spanish Basketball Federation to take care of the National Team. Sergio Scariolo will leave after the Eurobasket and the best placed is the Vitorian for the position, although we must not rule out his former number two Chus Mateo, who also ended his relationship with Real Madrid.
Pablo Laso won a total of 22 titles with Real Madrid highlighting the achievement of two Euroligas. Last season he won with Bayern Munich La Bundesliga and this year has been his first blank season since 2011.
