Maksvitis: “The interest of Olympiakos may have played a role in the release of Mitro-Long”

Big role in his release Naz Mitrou-Long from the Zalgiris played his interest Olympiakouaccording to what was stated by Kazis Maksvitisahead of the match at SEF (24/11, 21:15), for the 10th matchday of the Euroleague.

From then on, the coach of the Kaunas team spoke in the best words about both the Greek-Canadian guard and the Piraeus team. At the same time, he also spoke about him Ignas Brazdeikissaying it’s been difficult to find a rhythm due to the injury he’s had since the World Cup, but stressed that something like that will happen soon.

“Certainly Olympiacos is one of the best teams in the Euroleague. Unlike us, they got off to a rough start but then picked up wins in their last few games. They have kept their trunk and continue to do so. They have two dominant talls (s.s. Fal and Milutinov). Their way of playing is to constantly turn the ball over and in general they are a team that is not easy to deal with. We have to limit their ball movement and limit their tall players under the basket. Their talls not only score and rebound, but also pass well. It will be a tough match but we will not give up as we have prepared to try and get the win“, said initially Kazis Maksvitis.

On the recent “divorce” with Naz Mitrou-Long and whether it came about because of interest from Olympiakos, who he signed for: “I can’t comment on a piece of information that I don’t know, but that may have caused him to terminate his contract. However, what I can say about Naz is that he is a good player, a good teammate who works hard on and off the court and a good character. It’s not that we weren’t satisfied with him or he with us, because of the way the game was played. It’s a shame that we ended our partnership».

About Ignas Brazdeikis: “He has not started the season well and when he left us he was not in the best possible shape. After the World Cup he had another injury and finding your rhythm again is not easy. Especially when you go to a new team. The player needs time to adjust. But, I think he will adapt, find his role and that will be good for both him and his team».