By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
The unselfish gesture of Bogdan Karaicic, a member of the Partizan Mozzart Bet coaching staff working under Zeljko Obradovic, will help others.
Karaicic, 38, committed to offering the ring from the AdmiralABA League championship in an auction with proceeds providing assistance in the treatment of Lenka Lazarevic, Isidora Vuckovic, and Sergeu Bjelobaba, Partizan announced Friday.
Providing additional financial support, the Partizan coach intends to distribute a part of the money raised to a family of a recently deceased friend.
The auction will start later Friday with bids starting upwards of 2,000 euros (240,000 dinars) and last until July 10 on the official Instagram page of the team based in Belgrade.
The championship ring is impossible to reproduce without the approval of ABA, as noted.
Karaicic joined Partizan alongside Obradovic in 2021. Winning the regional league by edging out crosstown rival Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet in the best-of-five championship series marked the team’s first title over those two years. Immediately after capturing the ABA championship, the coach revealed his desire to put the ring in an auction for humanitarian support.
Apart from ABA, Partizan ranked sixth in the Regular Season of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague to qualify for the Playoffs. Despite going up 2-0 in the best-of-five series, bowing out to Real Madrid in five games ended the continental campaign. At the domestic level, skipping the Basketball League of Serbia for a second year in a row waived off the bid for the KLS championship.
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