Giannakopoulos: “Every time I said to make Ataman put on the greens and I succeeded”

For his great desire in previous years to bring him Ergin Ataman on his bench Panathinaikouthe president of the “greens” mentioned, among other things, Dimitris Giannakopoulosat the press conference for the 5th “Pavlos Giannakopoulos” tournament.

At the same time, the strong man of the “clover” expressed the optimism of success and titles, ahead of the new racing season.

Dimitris Giannakopoulos’ statements in detail:



For the tournament: “First of all, I would like to thank the teams and their administrations, each coach individually, who immediately responded positively to our invitation. Every year we try to make a tournament at the highest level of the Euroleague and I believe that Pavlos Giannakopoulos will be happy with the response of the teams.

About Ataman, what can I say, every year he came here with the blue jersey and I said I would make him wear the green and I succeeded. I thank him. What can I say about Zelikos? I understand that family comes first. I thank him for accepting our proposal. I want to wish his granddaughter a life full of happiness. In basketball we are opponents for 40 minutes and then we have to laugh. Health, love, sports contexts and in the end may the best win”.

How important it is before the season starts that they say yes to such a tournament and come here for the dress rehearsal: “I think there are two answers to what you asked. One, off the field we see how the people who have invested money, time and love leave a legacy and are remembered by everyone. On the pitch, I think it’s an opportunity a few days before the official competitions to see what condition their players are in”.

On last year’s run, what the team can do this year and if he is excited: “And last year we thought the materials were good, we can say the same today, I could say the same next season. I hope we will do well.”