Pitino praised Liotopoulos: “I hope to develop another great Greek guard”

A rising Greek basketball talent will have the opportunity to develop his game in the USA as the Lefteris Liotopoulos will compete from the 2024-25 season at the University St. John’swhere he will have as a coach Rick Pitino.

In fact, the former technician of the “greens” uploaded a post on Twitter in which he deified him 17-year-old playmakerstressing that he is looking forward to working with him and aims to turn him into another great Greek guard.

“It’s great to have Lefteris and his family in St. John’s. One of the great young basketball players of Thessaloniki, will play next summer with the U18 Greek National Team. I hope to develop another great Greek guard”Pitino specifically wrote.

The 1.94m tall and born on 2/8/2006 ace performed well in European U18 of the summer with 14.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1 steal in 28.8 minutes on average, while he also stood out in the Rising Stars with the Academy jersey TEN.

Great having Lefteris Liotopoulos and his family visit St. John’s. One of Thessaloniki’s terrific young basketball players. He’ll be playing this summer for the Greek national U18 team. Hoping to develop another great Greek backcourt player along the lines of so many outstanding… pic.twitter.com/MKd4myVHBR

— Rick Pitino (@RealPitino) December 29, 2023