Corinthians basketball manager and coach discuss memorial visit | OneFootball

Over the past week, Corinthians’ basketball team visited the club’s trophy memorial at Parque São Jorge. The video published on Corinthians TV, the institution’s official YouTube channel, shows the players and coaching staff looking at the achievements, admiring the trophies, and learning more about Timão’s history.

Corinthians basketball manager Gustavo Freitas spoke to Corinthians TV about the importance of the players having this experience so they can understand Corinthians’ identity and tradition. He also praised the work being done in the department and looked ahead optimistically to the new season for the sport.

Photo: Reproduction/Corinthians TV

“It’s really great to be here once again at the Corinthians Memorial, following the club’s entire history and titles. It’s a great pleasure for our basketball team, such a historic and beloved department, to experience this moment. This is an incredible opportunity for the new players to get to know the club’s tradition and feel the weight of this shirt, while also allowing the players who stayed to remember this victorious journey.”

“I’m very happy to be leading Corinthians basketball for another year. I’m sure we will have an excellent season, just like the last one, which was historic: we finished fourth in the NBB and played in the South American championship. It will be a challenging year, but also a very rewarding one. Thank you very much to everyone, and Go Corinthians,” said the executive responsible for managing the basketball department.

This season, the club from Parque São Jorge will compete in the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB), the South American Basketball League, and the Paulista Championship. If it finishes among the top eight teams in the NBB, it will qualify for the Copa Super 8. Head coach Jece Leite also spoke about the visit to the place that records the best moments in Corinthians’ history.

Speaking to Timão’s YouTube channel, he highlighted the sense of happiness during the visit to the Memorial and believes in an increasingly victorious future at the helm of Timão. Since joining the club in mid-2024, he has recorded 79 wins and 58 losses.

“It’s always good to come back here. This is my third visit and the third year we’ve started our basketball work here. For those who have already been here, it’s an opportunity to reinforce that identity. And for those who only knew it from television, this is the moment to feel up close what Corinthians is and understand even more our greatness. I hope we can always return to remember this journey and, above all, leave our own history recorded on these walls,” he said.

Last season, Alvinegro was eliminated by Pinheiros in the Paulista Championship quarterfinals. In the NBB, it was knocked out in the semifinals by the same opponent — the team’s best basketball campaign since the sport was reactivated in 2018. Compared with the previous season, the squad underwent major changes due to the cost-cutting policy of Osmar Stabile’s administration in the indoor sports department.

Corinthians will return to the court this Wednesday (26) at 9:30 p.m. Brasília time to face Bauru Basket at Wlamir Marques Gymnasium in the seventh round of the Paulista Basketball Championship. So far, Timão has four wins and two losses.

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