An interview with the Turkish “beIN Sports” was given by Ergin Ataman!
After meeting with Mesos’ reporter at the renovated OAKA stadium, Panathinaikos coach AKTOR commented on his team’s transfer moves, described the Euroleague as a marathon, and expressed his belief that Yurtseven and Osman will be very useful for the “greens” as soon as manage to fully adapt to the new data.
“We only made one transfer, Maccabi and Spain national team point guard Lorenzo Brown, at the start of the season. It was important to us. Even though Slukas is the top point guard in the EuroLeague, he is 35-36 years old. The league is a marathon. For that we needed another experienced point guard. After that we stopped for a while because we already had a championship roster.
That’s why we started waiting for opportunities that could come from the NBA market. Fortunately, two Turkish players came. Of course, this was an advantage for me. Transfers and convincing players was easy. My presence was a factor. We speak the same language, we were together in the national team. Our two players who did very important things in the NBA, did not come to an ordinary team, they came to the European champion. That’s why we didn’t have much difficulty in these transfers.
Both came with good intentions. But as soon as they came they saw that European basketball is not easy. They have to work and adapt. They are both players with great potential and I think both will be very useful over time.”.
??? Panathinaikos’un mabedi OAKA yenilendi
?? “Avrupa’n?n en atesli tarfardar?na sahibiz, en iyi salonuna sahib olma yolunda da ilerliyoruz.”
??? Panathinaikos AKTOR ve A Milli Tak?m Basantrenoru Ergin Ataman, Gokce Alkan’?n solural?n? yan?tl?yor! | #beINSPORTS pic.twitter.com/P3ecE8vXFn
— beIN SPORTS Turkiye (@beINSPORTS_TR) October 12, 2024
Source: Sport Fm
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