Ataman: “We need a player but we’re a bit out of budget – We’ll see if Nan plays tomorrow”

THE Panathinaikos returns to European competition, facing Alba in Berlin (10/11, 21:00) for its 7th matchday Euroleague.

THE Ergin Ataman spoke from the “Mercedes Benz Arena” about the match with them “dangerous” Germans, commented on the transfers regarding the acquisition of a forward after his injury Juanchowhile he mentioned the possibility of competing Kendrick Nunnwho traveled normally to Berlin.

In detail what he said:

For the match against Alba: “They are a dangerous team, in their last home match they beat Armani Milano. In her away games she is always “in” until the last minutes. It has constant movement in its offense and capable scorers such as Sterling Brown, Matt Thomas, Olinde. Thiman is an experienced player, Koumaji a big body under the basket. We have to control the pace, Alba likes to run into surprises, we have to be careful even when we score and look at the defense in transition. It will be a difficult away game.”

For Nan: “I have a very good opinion of him. He managed to do only one training session, of course it is not easy to adapt to the team, to the system, but of course we will decide tomorrow whether to use him or not.”

For Vildosa: “Vildosa is back, he started training at the beginning of the week, he is not 100% but he is ready to play tomorrow.”

On how he will replace Juancho: “Unfortunately in the same position we have two serious injuries to important players. We are exploring the market but the reality is that we are a bit out of budget, but we definitely need at least one player for three months until one of the two comes back. It is not easy to play only Grigonis in the “3”, we also have Manzouka who can play some minutes. We need a player but it is not easy to find at this point. We are having meetings with the administration and we will see after the game against Alba.”