The fashionable Spanish basketball team, the Inherit San Pablo Burgos, is presented in the Copa del Rey Madrid 2021 as the rookie of the eight classifieds, with the illusion and the dream of continuing to grow and reaching higher heights, since in recent times the challenge that is proposed achieves it and that seems to have no ceiling.
A squad that has more than demonstrated throughout the season its worth for this KO tournament and in which precisely that inexperience in the Copa del Rey can be a positive factor, as they have nothing to lose.
The team reaches this stage of the season as fifth classified after having defeated rivals such as Baskonia, Joventut, Unicaja and Valencia Basket and it is presented in Madrid after having been proclaimed champion last weekend of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
Although with their morale through the roof after their new international success, the fatigue of the transoceanic round trip may weigh on them and with little rest to return to Madrid to perform at the best level.
The Coliseum has become a fiefdom, where they have only managed to win Real Madrid, Valencia and Fuenlabrada, The latter did it before a team depleted by the coronavirus, as the Burgos were one of the first to suffer the consequences of the pandemic.
The main novelty of the team is that it makes its debut in this tournament, so unprecedentedly, everything that this team achieves will be something new.
The Inherit San Pablo Burgos does not give up anything and is confident in making the best tournament possible, he will first need to get rid of Lenovo Tenerife, a team that he stood up to on his visit to Santiago Martín and wait to see if they can surprise Real Madrid or Valencia Basket in the semifinals.
As rookies, any positive results will come as a surprise even though those of Joan Peñarroya It has enough credentials to be a team that puts its rivals in difficulties.
For this Copa del Rey, Joan Peñarroya has practically ruled out the presence of Alex Renfroe, as the American continues to recover from his knee injury suffered about a month ago.
An important drop for the people of Burgos who have opted to convert players like Thad McFadden o Vitor Benite to help the veteran Omar Cook or take advantage of quarry players, as they did in the last match of the BCL or in the Intercontinental and give Burgos the opportunity to enjoy a Copa del Rey Angel Infante.
In December they took over the loan of the Belarusian Max Salash, a player who has not yet finished showing all his worth in domestic competition but who has left flashes of his scoring quality in the Champions League.
The trick that this team has is its great scoring success; It is the second team that scores the most points behind its rival, Lenovo Tenerife, and its game is based on the scoring nose of its outside players, who amass an average of 11 triples per game, also second in the ranking in this aspect of the game.
In the inner game, the contribution of Dejan Kravic in attack, a player who has been very regular since his arrival and Jasiel Rivero, strut on the rebound.
The team will also miss the support of their fans, who since their promotion three seasons ago have been accompanying them in each and every moment until this year, where the pandemic has not allowed them to see the victory closely. Basketball Champions League in Athens, get the desired participation in the Copa del Rey or accompany him in Buenos Aires in the intercontinental crown.