His ambition to lead the Turkish national team to a title was expressed by Ergin Ataman. His coach Panathinaikou returned to his home country for the EuroBasket 2025 qualifying games as a federal coach.
“I have won every trophy in Europe at club level. When I took over, you asked me what I was missing and I had said a trophy with the national team. That is my goal, to win a title with Turkey. I hope we can get a medal“, he emphasized.
At the same time, he emphasized the need to revise the “windows” system. “Unfortunately our NBA players are unable to play in these games. This system needs to be reviewed. Because of that we can’t use five of our very good players because they are playing in the NBA. While the men’s national soccer and women’s national volleyball teams are so successful, everyone is asking why the same is not true of the men’s national basketball team. Most of the players in these successful teams we mentioned play in Europe and can take part in the window games with Turkey. It’s different in basketball, you can’t use your players in the NBA. This causes a stability problem and creates issues“, he said.
Source: Sport Fm
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