A celebration of basketball is underway in Syros, where the 3X3 Stoiximan AegeanBall Festivaltournament organized by George Printezis with the participation of many great personalities of the sport in Greece and Europe.
The veteran Greek forward spoke to the COSMOTE TV camera about the National team, the Olympiakou and Panathinaikouhis own relationship with the “red and whites” but also the general course of the Piraeus team in the season that ended.
In detail what he said:
“I hope that everything goes well with the National Team and that we return to success again. Spanoulis lives for basketball, he loves what he does very much. It’s about detail. If you work hard, no matter what you do, you will succeed. Work and motivation are the most important. The truth is that basketball is coming back into my mind more strongly. I’ve always been self-aware, I’m under no illusions. I may have been physically strong, but mentally I was done. Whatever I can do now, I will do pretty well.
Fortunately or unfortunately, everything is judged in the end. Olympiacos played very nice basketball, went to the Final Four and was in the elite, but in the end the truth is that they didn’t make it. The bad thing is not realizing your mistakes, if you don’t try to become a better team tomorrow. The point is to do your self-criticism and see what is missing.
I have always had a different opinion, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos have more in common than what separates them. If we exclude the four lines, always one group pulls the other, always one group drags the other. It is also good for Greek basketball. I am lucky to have caught up with the 90s, with Peristeri, Iraklis, PAOK, AEK. I wish the league would become more competitive.
All my friends, my family tease me, they know I’m a bit emotional, that I’m a buffoon. It will be very, very difficult. I will be stressed. It’s my whole life at Olympiakos, the way I had it in my head, not even as a dream did I expect this to come true. I have too much stress. In general, I don’t like watching videos at all, watching myself. Say the complex. I’m not used to it.
The truth is that from one point on I dreamed about it, I didn’t listen to others, I followed my instinct. I wanted to end my career at Olympiakos rather than compete for more Euroleagues or get a lot more money. The point is what fills each one up the most. I knew inside what would make me happy inside. That’s why I always urge others to listen to their gut.”
Source: Sport Fm
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