Tag: Mateusz Ponitka

Everything starts with the new coach. The impressive but still young coaching career of 46-year-old Igor Milicic has come as no surprise to anyone in Poland. He was known as a smart player and it was obvious that he wanted to coach. In recent years he has changed coaching trends in Poland, bringing in innovative ideas, creatively using modern offenses and mixed styles on defense, which often confused opposing coaches and players.

Igor Milicic took the reins of Poland last year, after winning three Polish league titles in the space of four years. So it came as no surprise that in the summer of 2021, after an unsuccessful FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Kaunas, the Polish Basketball Federation decided to replace American coach Mike Taylor after eight years at the helm and turned to the most successful coach within Poland. Continue reading “TEAM PROFILE: UNPREDICTABLE POLAND PRESENTED WITH AN OPPORTUNITY”