The first gathering was held for her Men’s National Team with Dimitris Itoudis and his associates in view of his qualifications World Cup and Eurobasket which starts in a month.
THE Greek coach promised that the goal is to give everything in the following matches and to try through the preparation to show team elements.
His statements in detail:
“I wish you a good month and good preparation. Not all the pieces of the team are here yet, some guys will be integrated after August 4th due to certain regulations. We also have some minor injuries that we have to manage, of Bohorides, who is better, and of Papagiannis. Papagiannis will not be able to participate in contact training for a few days and we will wait for the progress of his recovery to see when it will be safer for him to be with us.
Every person has dreams, let alone in the sports field. But the primary thing is to become a team. We can’t talk about anything else unless we see the team in action, here in training and if we don’t see a group breathing together and having the same aspirations. The time we have at our disposal is short, but we tried to give several days of rest to the players. Giannis, Thanasis Antetokounmpo and Tyler Dorsey will be integrated a little later, but we will try to put those pieces together as quickly as possible. Since the preparation time is less than what happens to you at the collective level, it is the responsibility of all of us not to waste a second and to make the most of every moment of preparation.
The first two friendlies and some internal doubles that we will do under competition conditions between us will help us get out of the routine a bit. We will have 5-6 contact training sessions before the friendlies with Spain and they will give us a first impression of where we are. We face the preparation for the World Cup qualifiers and EuroBasket as one. The first two matches are very important official games, but we will also use them for our preparation for Eurobasket.
The world is an important part of the whole effort. I believe that he will be by our side in the games that we will give to OAKA and he will welcome the athletes with cheers and encouragement. You won’t hear anything about results from me before the effort even begins and we see something tangible. I have to get to know the players and they get to know me. We had a six-day qualifier in June and I want to get back into the same atmosphere. We want the world to have faith, but also to know yourself. We will each give an oath that we will do our best to help this effort of the National Team».
Regularly participated in the training: Papanikolaou, Sloukas, Papagiannis, Papapetrou, Lorentzakis, Agravanis, Kaselakis, Bohorides, Costas Antetokounmpo, Alex Antetokounmpo, Luntzis, Kalaitzakis, Moraitis, Ladybug, Kouseloglou, Chalbouris, Manzoukas, Netzipoglou and Tanoulis.
On Tuesday (2/8) he will join the preparation Nick Calathes and the John Antetokounmpo, Thanasis Antetokounmpo and Tyler Dorsey on Thursday (4/8).
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