Zoran Lukic - BEKO PBL Coach Of The Year
NN head coach named the best by the League.
Lukic was one of the main reasons of Nizhny Novgorod's outstanding perfomances in their debut top-flight season. The young club made the headlines by entering the play-offs, where they managed to grab the 5th palce in final standings.
The 39-year-old coach from Serbia has been with the team for 3 years, and at the end of this season NN's general manager Sergey Panov extended his deal by another two years.
"It's a big suprise for me. I'm very happy, but i need to mention that it's not only my merit. This award has been won by the whole team - the players, the coaching staff and our management, which knows what it wants and is moving to this goal", - Lukic said.
Russian Basketball Federation has approved BEKO PBL’s proposal to postpone the final date of the upcoming championships to the 22 of May, leaving space in calendar for play-offs. Also the schedule of the tournament has been approved and therefore the opening game between BC Nizhny Novgorod and CSKA will take place on Thursday, October 6th.
In early September the League welcomed Euroleague brand manager Alex Ferrer and took a listen of independent marketing professionals.
BEKO PBL govering body has discussed possible merge of the league with VTB United league.
Spartak-Primorye from Vladivostok will play in the PBL next season if they are able to meet certain requierements.
The Moscow club is out of the top Russian league due to financial problems.
