By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Khimki will not continue with Bartzokas on their bench and now the Russian team becomes the 7th in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague to change coaches during the season.
With Round 20 coming up (24-25/1), already almost half of the clubs (7 out of 16) have gone ahead with the replacement of their head coach, Panathinaikos OPAP Athens among them, with Xavi Pascual leaving the Greens on 20/12/18 and Rick Pitino replacing him.
It’s worth noting that, right now, out of these teams, only KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz are in the Top 8 of the EuroLeague.
The 7 cases, in detail:
1. Pedro Martinez (KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, 27/10/17-16/11/18)
The first sacking was that of Pedro Martinez, with the Spanish coach remaining on Baskonia’s bench until 16/11/18, and his replacement, Velimir Perasovic, being announced just a few minutes later.
Martinez departed when his team had a 2-5 record, and after the heavy 99-84 defeat to Buducnost VOLI Podgorica on 15/11.