Petrides: “Papapetrou’s awesome character – how did he make the decision to stop basketball”

On Sunday noon (22/06), the John Papapetrou By a shock decision that surprised the basketball world, he announced the his withdrawal from active action, leaving the parquet at the age of just 31 years.

Chatting with the Nikos Ralli in his air BWINSPOR FM 94.6his reporter PanathinaicGeorge Petridis, unleashed the tangle of the history of the Greek forward injury in October 2023 to the knee, an injury that eventually led him to stop basketball.

As he stated, Papapetrou has been thinking about his retirement from active action for more than a year, Since he was not himself and could not perform properly and even wanted to workout.

In spite of the surgery he did in Dubai at that time, he was from the Players of the ‘Greens’ In the series with Maccabi, the Final Four and the seventh star, but also in the finals of the league. Something that stimulated him psychologically, however, this year, he had many problems, lost much of the season and could not continue.

In terms of the character ofknit Papapetro’s praise, stating that he is an awesome child and an amazing characterand how he had a special relationship and love with Panathinaikos, expressing his view that in the future we may also see him in a post in the “clover”.

Listen to the audio excerpt on the official BWINSPOR FM 94.6 channel on YouTube.