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I\u2019m not afraid, but I have respect for the EuroLeague, the BBL and the expectations,\u201d he explained. \u201cThere will be no adjustment period, so we must be ready immediately. Coaching in the EuroLeague is the ultimate highlight for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The coach also addressed Rokas Jokubaitis\u2019 recovery after nearly a year away from the court. \u201cWe are constantly increasing his workload and remain confident that he will be normally available at the start of the season.\u201d Gavel views the Lithuanian guard as a potential leader but stressed that it would be unfair to expect him to immediately return to his pre-injury level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayern Munich\u2019s new head coach discussed his first impressions of the team and expectations for the upcoming season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":511740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[245,199],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[185],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-511741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbl","category-euroleague","typology-official"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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