Ataman: “When my players are focused they are the best in the Euroleague”

The praise of his players was woven by Ergin Ataman in his statements during the departure of the Panathinaikos AKTOR team for tomorrow’s match against Red Star.

The Turkish coach of the greens mentioned that when his players are concentrated then they are the best in the Euroleague while he also spoke very well about the opponent.

“Red Star is playing very good basketball, of course they lost a very important player, Boloboi, but they have many experienced players in the team”he said.

In detail what he said in “El. Venizelos” upon departure:

For the opponent:

“Red Star is a good team, they built a new team this year, they have experienced players and a very good coach. Of course they also have a very difficult atmosphere in their stadium. Yesterday’s game was not that tough for us, we played good basketball. Before that, we played two tough games in Istanbul and Piraeus, which we managed well and won. Tomorrow we have to play the same way, we have to be ready, it will be a very tough match, we will try to win. Red Star is playing very good basketball, of course they lost a very important player, Boloboi, but they have many experienced players in the team.”



What Panathinaikos should pay attention to:



“When you play away from home, in this kind of atmosphere, the most important thing is to share the ball in attack, to make the right choices in the shots, not to make mistakes in order not to set the pace for the home team and that’s what we have to do.”



On whether he has the best guard line in Europe:



“We have a lot of good players, but I think all the other teams have good players too, if you think about Real, Efes, Barcelona. Red Star have Teodosic, Nedovic and Kanaan. They all have good players, but I think my players are confident and when we are focused, for me they are the best.”