Selector basketball Serbian national team Svetislav Pesic he became a member of the Hall of Fame, which the Basketball Federation of Spain founded in cooperation with the prestigious list As in 2019, announced the Basketball Federation of Serbia (KSS).
Pešić is the only coach who is a member of the class of 2025, which will be crowned on October 16 in Lleida.
Among the players who received this prestigious award are Rudi Fernandez, Giordi Villacampa, Luci Pascua, Ana Belen Alvaro and Joe Arlauskas, and besides them, there is referee Santiago Fernandez and the clubs Juventud and Estudiantes.
"Pesic is one of the great European coaches. In Spain, he led Girona, with whom he won the FIBA Cup of Radivoj Korac in 1995, Valencia, and he left a special mark in Barcelona, with which he won two Spanish championship titles, three cups and the first Euroleague in the club's history in 2003," according to the statement published by the As newspaper.
The Spanish Basketball Hall of Fame will have 73 members from this year, and apart from Pešić, it will also include Božidar Maljković from 2021.
KSS President Nebojša Čović congratulated Pešić and stated that this recognition is not a surprise for everyone who knows what he means to European and world basketball.
"His contribution to Spanish basketball is enormous, not only through the trophies he won, but also through the professionalism, knowledge and authority he passed on to generations of players and coaches. Unfortunately, our people are often valued much more abroad than in Serbia, but I believe they also know here that Pešić is a top coach and leader," Čović said.
Source: FoNet