Margaritis: “I will rest and decide”

A brief account of the season that ended in PAOK did the Vangelis Margaritiswho – as he said – has not yet decided whether he will continue playing basketball.

“It was a difficult year. Shortly before the matches with Tofas (in January, for the Basketball Champions League play-offs) we found a rhythm. We lost him, along the way, again. There were many changes with players, the team could not find a rhythm, from then on, we could not find “chemistry”. In the end, and with the arrival of Porter, we found our footing again. In the series of games, for the playoffs, with Panathinaikos, we tried our best, but we lost, in the second game, in overtime. We brought energy to the field. When you get to the point, everything happens. At the end of the second game, if we had a good defense, a good offense, we would win. We tried, but we didn’t succeed“, emphasized the 42-year-old ace.

As for his own future, the PAOK captain said:I have it in my mind all the time, it is not easy to make a decision now. I will rest, calm my head and make my decision. It’s about me. My body is holding up, not like in previous years, but it is holding up. Nevertheless, I want to play, but maybe it’s a little bit my mind, my age, that makes me think about it more. There have been no talks with the team yet. I will also speak with the president (s.a. Thanasis Hatzopoulos). I don’t know what I’ll do if I stop playing. There are things I could do, I don’t know yet».

Asked what he would change, if he could, this year for PAOK, he replied:I would like to keep the competitive pace we had before the matches with Tofas»

In a comment he was asked about Kevin Porter Jr. and the presence of the American NBA player in PAOK, he responded by saying:He has shown his quality before coming to the team. He is a high level player. He didn’t create any problems with us, he was communicative, in a good mood. He was excellent!».