Ataman: “Poor defense – We played like a team of children”

Direct and honest in his statements at the press conference, he was Ergin Atamanafter the crash from Efes in Istanbul with a score of 93-67 for the 15th game of the Euroleague.

The coach of Panathinaikos, spoke about the very poor defense played by his team in this match, spoke of a miserable performance, while he did not hesitate to emphasize that his team looked like “boy group”!

His statements in detail:

“We started the game very badly, missing easy shots under the basket with our tall guys. And then we lost control of the match. Efes played a great game and with Larkin’s influence they played better. It was something we knew would happen in the game.

We didn’t respond in defense. We made a miserable appearance. We played like a group of kids. But that can happen against these teams. We were out the key player in attack and on a day without Nunn we had abysmal fielding rates from the perimeter players. It was a normal result with them. Congratulations to Ephesus”.

For the course of the season: “I see all the teams except Paris and Olympiacos as very fragile. Yes, we lost to Efes by 30 points today, but our wins are the same. We have two home games next week. If we win these two matches, we will close the first round with 10 wins and 7 losses. There have been some interesting results this week, we are now far from last season in terms of dynamism, aggression and desire. This makes us very fragile, especially in away matches. At home we can be more aggressive with the support of our fans. Today’s result is not a measure for me, such things can happen in sports.

Of course Nan is the most important player in our attack. His absence and the performance of the other guards affected us badly. For example, Jerian Grant shot 0/9. A rare one. fact. Osman had 1/7 three-pointers. Like I said, there can be days like that in sports. It also happens in football, you see some matches end 5-0, 7-0. Of course, the management and our fans may be upset, but we have to stay strong and focus on the doubleheader week. We have two very important home matches, if we win these matches we will move towards our goals.”

On the bad period of Panathinaikos and the problems: “I don’t think the problems we have are related to the roster, the roster is the same. Not only was Grigonis missing, but of course Nan was also absent today. We are trying to find a solution to how fragile we are in what we are experiencing and we see that Real Madrid are facing similar problems to us. Yes, perhaps the complacency caused by last year’s great excitement may still be in the team. We’re trying to take precautions for that, right now we’re on eight wins. I don’t see a big problem, but we are going through a bad period for the future, that’s a fact. We actually started the season well, we got important away wins. Of course, losing four of the last five games is a bad indicator at the moment. The complacency caused by last year’s great excitement may still be with the team. We’re trying to take precautions for that, right now we’re on eight wins. I don’t see a big problem, but we are going through a bad period, that’s a fact.”

Regarding Giannakopoulos’ post: “Tomorrow morning we leave for Athens by plane at 11:50”.