Sergio Scariolo is preparing his return to a coaching job. He has an offer from a club with one of the most talented rosters in Europe: BC Khimki.
The team from the Moscow Regions has fired Kestutis Kemzura after a disappointing season start. According to the official website of the Russian team, his contract was cancelled "by mutual agreement".
Victor Bychkov, General Director of BC Khimki, stated that "the reason is the unsuccessful results at the beginning of the season. Making this decision was very difficult to us".
The goal of Khimki for this season is to finalize the hegemony of CSKA in Russian basketball. For that purpose, the team counts with excellent players such as former Hornet and Sun Maciej Lampe, and former Raptors Carlos Delfino and Jorge Garbajosa, who arrived to the team this summer with very lucrative contracts.
Now, the team is looking for an elite coach and Scariolo was available. He is currently the commentator of Spanish ACB for public TV and has had recently an offer from Pamesa Valencia that he refused. Scariolo has been learning Russian and receiving videos of BC Khimki games since the season started, and now is ready to take the responsiability.
Besides, Scariolo is the main candidate to be the next Spanish NT head coach and is currently negotiating with the Spanish Federation. He declared in an interview to Basketnet.it that "it's an honour for me that the best NT in the world has thought in me. The negotiation has just started."
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