Ataman: “We will not make another addition – Only… Papapetrou”

He was clear Ergin Ataman and ruled out the possibility of further strengthening o Panathinaikos AKTOR.

Asked, shortly before the departure of the expedition to Spain, if there is a case of extra addition after the departure of Kyle Guy, he replied: “No, our team has very good chemistry. We don’t want to disturb her. I hope we don’t have any more injuries and with the return of Papapetros this will be the only change we will have».

As for the “devil’s week” against Baskonia (3/1) and Valencia (5/1), the Turkish coach said:We start the second round of the Euroleague in Spain, with two difficult games. Both Baskonia and Valencia are just one win behind us having done very well in the first half. Especially Baskonia after taking over the technical leadership from Dusko Ivanovic has changed a lot and has won many important matches. We beat both of those teams at home, but away from home we’ll have to be even more careful. We are in good shape, we are playing good basketball, but beyond that we will have to play aggressively, dynamically and have a good team defense. Baskonia plays very fast so our transition defense should be good».

When it was pointed out to him that the “greens” have almost five years to win in Spain, he replied: “I have won many times in Spain, the team this year is different, the players are different, the coaches are different… Only the name of the team is the same. I don’t care about that, just the basketball that our team will play».

Finally, he clarified that Kostas Sloukas overcame the minor illness that kept him out of the match against Maroussi. “Slukas was sick and we kept him in the league, but he trained normally yesterday and I hope he will be fine for these games“, he emphasized.