Dem Team um Coach Gregor Leitner ist ein Toptransfer gelungen – mit Milica Popovic wechselt eine Nationalteamspielerin nach Wels!
Die hochtalentierte Serbin soll mit ihren kräftigen 180cm Körpergröße für Power am Feld sorgen. Ihrer Reise durch verschiedene Ligen – Details siehe unten im Interview – war von stetiger Leistungssteigerung geprägt. Bei ZKK Herceg Novi legte sie mit 12,6pts, 6,0 Rebounds, 3,1 Assists und 1,2 Steals pro Spiel den Beweis ihrer Vielseitigkeit ab. Ihre Leistungen brachten die sympathische junge Dame bis ins serbische U20 Nationalteam, ein weiteres Zeichen für ihre Fähigkeiten.
“Mili” ist somit vom Spielertyp definitiv mit Janell Douvier vergleichbar und genau die Spielerin, die wir zur Ergänzung unseres jungen Kaders benötigen! Auf Grund der schweren Verletzung von Magda Spanring, die sie bei der EM erlitten hat, wird Milica auch mehr gefordert sein, die Zone zu beherrschen.
Neben den Coaches durften auch wir uns bereits mit Mili unterhalten und ihr ein paar Fragen stellen, damit ihr sie gleich besser kennen lernt:
Hi Milica,
heartly welcome in Wels. We hope you’ll have a good time on an off court @ DBB LZ OÖ!
I’m very excited to be joining your team this season.
Please be so kind and introduce yourself. Where do you come from, how old are you, what about your family/sisters/brothers?
I’m from Serbia, Novi Sad. I am 21 years old and I'm an only child.
When did you start playing Basketball and why? How was your career ‘till now?
I started playing basketball since I was 11 years old - my mother was a basketball player so she introduced me to basketball. That’s how I fell in love with the sport. When I was 14 years old I left home to play basketball in Hungary, later I played in Italy and Montenegro, and last season I spent playing in Serbia.
What positions do you prefer to play on court? What would you identify as your special skills and strength?
I’ve been playing positions 3-4 most time - it always depends on the team-structure.
We all love being “oncourt” but if you aren’t, what are your favorite activities? What’s your dear food, your favorite musician?
I’m a very social person I love being with people. I’m very outgoing, my favorite activity would be hanging out with my friends just doing anything. My favorite food is pizza. I don’t have a favorite musician but music is something I can’t live without, so I would say anything I’m listening at the moment is my favorite song/musician.
Still one week to go to Wels … have you ever been in Austria before? If you should describe Austria with 5 keywoords, what would that be?
To be honest I have never been to Austria, but my closest friends have and they say it’s amazing. From the people, the culture, the cities and nature an exceptional country really and I can’t wait to see for myself.
Now turnaround – describe Serbia with 5 words!
Here in Serbia people are really friendly and welcoming. They stay true to their culture and really value the history of the country. The southern parts of Serbia are dominated by nature, mountains and national parks, whereas the northern parts are rich in large cities and urbanism.
Thanks a lot for your time, enjoy your holidays until 1st of September and have a good trip to Wels! We look forward to see you in our gym!
Thank you - I can't hardly expact to get to know my mates and the other club-members!
Neben Milica Popovic gibt es bereits einen weiteren Neuzugang beim DBB, die ebenfalls in eine Führungsrolle schlüpfen wird. Wer die routinierte, in Österreich sehr gut bekannte Dame ist, dürfen wir euch demnächst mitteilen.
