Bartzokas: “Papanikolau sacrificed himself, played with an injection – We may make two additions”

In the revelation that the Kostas Papanikolaou he competed in the match with Red Star having had an injection due to pain in the back, he progressed George Bartzokas at the press conference.

His coach Olympiakou he spoke of the self-sacrifice of the leader of the “red and whites”, while leaving open the possibility of acquiring a player, stressing, however, that some move will be made only if really deemed necessary.

What he said in detail:

“Congratulations to the players and the crowd, it was a great atmosphere as always. We closed the double week with two wins. Don’t underestimate any victory. We lost to Baskonia here and you saw that after that they beat Barcelona comfortably. Everyone can beat everyone. Even in the away game against Maccabi, we were up by 15 in the first half and we lost Williams-Goss and Peters, we won with a little rotation. We were criticized for not playing well. I don’t know what exactly some of us expect.

We will not sign a player under pressure from public opinion, because if we are in doubt, we will not make a move because it will not work for him, or for us. Check out the “super boosts” that are done, it’s all the groups in the market, half of them definitely because they have problems. We do not believe that a player can give us something right away. Yes, we are in the market and looking at players, because the Williams-Goss injury is also important. On the other hand, on Monday McKissick enters, on Monday Milutinov will also enter, Sikma returned and we are plus three players. I repeat we are in the market, we will make a move if it really helps us

It worries me that we are playing in red, I will say it again, we started with seven players in the World Cup which is not a simple process. These players are certain to deform during the year, this happens to other teams as well. Fenerbahce lost three players and lost three in a row. We chose to have a smaller roster. You really have to have more players to succeed, this is what the practice shows. We are in the market, but slowly what is happening? Many foreigners will be left out of the league. This is fatal.

They say we lack the easy score, that we lack the leader. I want you to suggest me, who is the one who comes with these scrolls. Every game is like a playoff match. The chemistry of the teams, the locker room, the calm, will give a result that is important in the long run. We will work professionally and emotionally, if we can we will get one or two more and we will try our best. There must be trust, after what has happened in the last 2-3 years. It is the right of the world to think that we did something wrong, but it does not touch us”

We may also make two additions if the players match and have elements that the other players do not have. It is possible that we will go to a roster of 10 foreign players. We are talking to representatives of the players. We want to rest our players, not challenge them. I didn’t have it in my mind that Vezenkov would leave after one MVP year. The market at position four does not have many good players. We insist on a trunk, every player in the second year improves. Peters and Kanaan are better this year. They know things better, so for me it is difficult to bring in a player and he plays well. Only in Olympia Larissa I brought a player and he scored 28 points in the first match. And Shaquille McKissick.”