Satisfied with the image of Panathinaic In the powerful game with Partizan in Melbourne for “Pavlos Giannakopoulos” the Ergkin Ataman.
Panathinaikos coach Ergkin Ataman, a few days after winning the second place at the Eurobasket with Turkey, traveled to Australia to give the “present” to the “Pavlos Giannakopoulos” tournament.
The Turkish technician saw his team prevails of Partizan and appeared satisfied with the appearance of the clover and the performance of the newly acquired Toliopoulos and Rogavopoulos.
What Ergkin Ataman said
For the tournament: “First of all, we are very happy to play in” Pavlos Giannakopoulos “for the first time in history in Australia. It is a different experience for us, but something different for the future of club and European basketball. I saw a great atmosphere in a friendly game. In the second half and we got the victory. “
About how satisfied he is from his team’s performance: “We have a lot of absences, a lot of injuries. We haven’t been training together. But the team is the same. Today we only had two new players, Rogavopoulos and Toliopoulos. They are both very smart, so we got them.
It was very nice that I saw them all ready. They had been prepared with Serelis, they had worked two weeks very well with our coaches. We arrived at 09:00 in the morning local time, after 18 hours of flight. But we played smart and with emotion. I liked the team, despite the absences. Of course, the Partizan absences had. “
On whether his team will be ready at the Euroleague premiere: “This season we only have the friendly games here in Australia. We have no other games, there is no time. But I think we will be ready. The system is simple and 90% of my players were in the team and in previous years. We will be ready. We will prepare for five or six days.”
For his team’s medical bulletin: “I will leave this for when we return to Athens for the first workout. I hope everyone is good. There are serious situations right now. I don’t know how many days the shorts will take. Holmes I think will play in Australia, in our next game, in Sydney.”
If Australia will have been lucky in Panathinaikos in the event of the conquest of Euroleague: “We’ll see, yes. Maybe we travel somewhere else. It’s nice to play here in preparation, but maybe we play in the future. Euroleague is here, I saw the referees here.
Perhaps Euroleague is planning something for the future to make basketball more worldwide. The NBA is trying to get European teams, Euroleague can take the teams from Australia and come from the NBAs here. Euroleague is more enthusiastic, the regular season in Europe is more impressive than the NBA. “
For the difficult program of players involved in Eurobasket and the trip to Australia: “It was important for me to be here, in this event, with respect to Panathinaikos, the Giannakopoulos family and all the basketball in Australia.”