Mar 10, 2026
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The club's coach Aurinegro is pleased that the Australian has chosen the team from the island to return to the field and is sure that the playmaker "will soon be at a high level"
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Vidorreta congratulates CB Canarias signing: "We are interested in Patty Mills"
The Aurinegro coach is delighted that the Australian has chosen the island team to return to the pitch and is confident that the defenders will "be at a high level soon".
Txus Vidorreta does not hide his delight at his new student.
A near-rebound signing, and in a streak of sorts, that was forged every time "Kenny Williams wasn't fit after failing the medical.""Because of that news, circumstances arose that we knew how to take advantage of," admitted the Islanders' coach, who described Mills as "an incredible player" who he "could enjoy as a competitor and a spectator."
First connections between acquaintances
Vidoreta also explains that the player's environment "brings the team together".In particular, "his coach who knows Juan Gatti", Mattias Gornatti, "at the same time" that "Mills himself talks to Mars", because the two maintain a "good relationship".The next step was for the team to speak to the player's "Spanish agent".
In that conversation, it became clear to the Canaries that with the "financial issue" in the background, what is important is "the player's desire to participate in the competition now" after "taking some time to be with his family" and even "rejecting offers from the NBA" because he intends to "play".After failing to make any Euroleague team, Mills "set his sights on playing in Spain in the final quarters".
He wants to play in Los Angeles until 2028
"His plan is to play in Los Angeles until at least 2028," a competitive career goal as it will be his sixth Olympics with Australia and "in the United States, where he made his career.""We thought it was a very interesting operation, and it was done very quickly," Txus congratulated himself.
Yes, given the current difficulties in flying from Australia to the US for the Canary Islands, Mills is calling for "higher costs" to get to the "island"."He has a ticket reserved for Saturday to leave on Friday; but if he can push it forward, he is on the waiting list."He demanded to join the team like "Mars Huertas".
Regarding his influence on the game, Vidoretta expressed his belief that, in addition to his "great quality" and media influence, "it will be easy that he will be at a higher level when he arrives in Tenerife with everything he has done on his own."
Derby against Gran Canaria that predicts "even"
Compared to this Wednesday's continental derby, Vidorreta predicts "even matches" and in a very similar series to the two played this year, it ended with Claretian wins 70-72 and 72-71 respectively." It will be a game that is sure to have a lot of energy, a lot of music and how Canista's defensive coach can.
Regarding the key in this match, which can give CB Canarias a passage to the quarter-finals and also first in the group, Vidorreta considers it important to "have a balance that was not there in the third quarter" in the first round match and after "dominance in the first 20 minutes"."In the third quarter, the bad fouls we made threw us off balance, then when we could have, we didn't capitalize and that allowed them to score on the counterattack. It was a perfect storm from there."
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