Bartzokas: “Euroleague teams cannot have less than 15 players”

THE George Bartzokas was not satisfied with the performances of Olympiakos in the tournament that took place in Cretestressing that the group was quite disjointed.

At the same time, he emphasized the importance of the team having 15 quality players, as well as its level Euroleague it is quite demanding, even contrasting last year’s example Virtus Bolognawhose players were sold out in the 2nd round.

What he said in detail:

As for whether this was the image he wanted to see from the team at this stage of the preparation, Giorgos Bartzokas said:

“Of course not. We had generally mediocre performances. We seemed pretty disjointed. If you ask me if it is normal, I will say yes. Not so much because we have new players, but because everyone has to find their role in the team. This takes time and work. Certainly time and playing with a bit untested formations, without the two main players in the “5” and without the game changer, the McKissick.

Our biggest problem is that we have a different level of form. Some players have only two training sessions because they were out for 15 days, like Gosh and some players got more leave because of the National team, such as Papanikolaou and the Walkup. THE Petrusev has done 1.5 training sessions.

It all affects how solid we are, but I think the games have been fantastic. The level was very high and the teams very good Euroleaguewith great ambitions and demands. If the point was to test our strength against the best and not to play a game and win by 30 points, the sign is positive.”

Regarding the staffing of the Olympiakos roster, the Greek coach emphasized:

“Hopefully I have the whole roster, because right now I feel a bit stuck with his absences Falof Milutinov and his McKissick. The team’s roster is awesome, but it either has players who aren’t on the field or players who aren’t practicing. We have to see it all together. And when we look at it all together, it will need management because they are all good players and they have to accept things.

You saw how deep a roster Armani, Fener and even Virtus had. Now the Euroleague teams need 15 players. Even if you perform well at the beginning with few players, the team at playoffs will be sold out. Terrible example of Virtus last year, which was 2nd for a period of time and ended up 10th, because these guys were exhausted from the large number of games”, said the coach of the “red and whites” in closing.

@sporfm946 Giorgos Bartzokas’ statements after Olympiakos’ victory over Fenerbahçe in the Crete tournament. #sporfm #olympiacos #mpartzwkas ? original sound – sporfm946