Finally Papagiannis: He informed how Fenerbahce is doing – Foreign center, Dorsey and Guy in the spotlight

Past by Panathinaikos for the second time is the George Papagiannis. The international center informed in the early morning (as he is in the USA for individual trainings) that he accepted the offer of Fenerbahce, confirming the information that was broadcast from late at night in Turkey and talking about his final agreement for a two-year contract with the team of Dimitris Itoudis.

THE Ergin Ataman had recommended the stay of the 26-year-old ace, with the “greens” offering him a three-year contract with wages of around 1.2 million euros per year (increased compared to last year). However, even though the atmosphere was quite good, Papagiannis decided to change the environment, perhaps seeing the doubt that existed against him from a part of the world, choosing the (better financially) proposal of Fener.

After this particular development, Panathinaikos is asked to leave in the market for the acquisition of a foreign center having three vacancies for foreign passports at the moment (Grant, Vildosa and Lessor the three foreigners on the roster). It is unknown if Ataman will look for a center who has a good long shot or if he will only focus on finding a very quality player, like Willy Hernangomet who the “greens” had made an offer to but it was rejected with the Spanish center ending up in Barcelona. However, there are not many centers with a very good long shot on the market, even in the NBA. Some such cases are the free agent Frank Kaminski and the Croatian Luka Samanic (who is bound by the Jazz but can leave), who can also play at the “4”.

THE Panathinaikos, at the same time, proceeds to acquire the two guards he wants to close his perimeter. THE Tyler Dorsey it is a big goal, there is essentially an agreement with the expatriate shooting guard, but the “thorn” is the contract he has in force with Fenerbahce, but also the… bad relations of this team with Ergin Ataman. Regardless of his case Tyler Dorsey it’s his Kyle Guy, with the American having a proposal from the “greens” in his hands. Badalona have scuppered Valencia’s bid by blocking his move there, but they intend to sell him and it is now a matter of finding the golden ratio to land the 25-year-old shooting guard.

Finally, Panathinaikos is also looking for a player to cover the “3” and “4” positions. His case Mario Hezonia it is now very difficult as impossible (maybe an attempt will be made in time), due to his contract with Real, so there will be a shift to other solutions.