Skordilis: “My goal is to become the oldest player in the category”

In detail what Gaius Skordilis said:

To renew his cooperation with AEK: “If I can find a two -year contract at this age at AEK, he goes to say that I’m doing something well. I will try to offer as much as I can as I am asked to play, as I did last year, which I think I did well and so I was given this opportunity. My goal is to be a year to be the oldest in the class. As far as we can hold on to a high level, it is a badge for us the older ones who are still trying to cope with a good level of GBL. ”

If his very extensive experience was one of the pieces that led AEK to renewing it: “When you are in a team that has a history, it has people from behind and has the weight of a large club, the role I have is hard to get a kid who has no experience. When you need to get into doing a few things right in a short time, if you don’t have the experience in previous years it’s not easy to do. I think this was what the coach saw and wanted to continue and I think I continued because I can do it. ”

If AEK’s biggest… rival in the new season is last season: “My experience has shown this. When you have a successful year behind you, the next is the most difficult. Last year we played nice basketball, we brought a lot of people back on the pitch, but more than 3rd place is almost impossible for a team to go, with the budgets that the two “eternal” have. In Europe the team had not been made to reach the Final-4. Certainly this year the BCL will be even stronger with teams that have come from Euroleague and Eurocup. Mars, Panionios and Maroussi have been financially in the Greek championship, so both events will be more difficult. Thus, one would say that it is almost overrun. We want to make a remarkable set that fights all the matches and people enjoy seeing their basketball. It is noteworthy that last year the team was fighting all the matches and we lost only to Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and Malaga. We only had three home defeats. ”

For AEK’s evolution last season: “Coming Coach Sakota to the team immediately raised expectations. It even looked from the press conference at the beginning of the year, from the questions, from what people were expecting. So it was a little easier to click on the not -so -good years. We were a new set last year and at first we had some ups and downs until we got the chemistry we needed, the coach pass his philosophy and to work on what we wanted to present on the parquet. One good we had was the faith that existed from the world. I think double matches a week did more good at getting chemistry, less bad with some bad appearances in the league. The course was from the beginning to the end. It was certainly not easy and he came with a lot of work. ”

For the confidence of the world in the group: “There is confidence from the world in the face of the coach in how the team will be built. They are trying to do their best by holding a large part of the “trunk”, but it’s hard when you make a successful year, because the players’ cassette go up. Some kids are already closed and there is a “battle” for Gray and Bryce. If we do, it will be a good core. Katsivelis, who is a good player and a good kid, have been added, I have heard the best about Bartley as a character and will fit very well with the existing set. It will not be easy. We want through our image to bring more people. What happened last year was a huge advertising for Greek and European basketball. The fact that Malaga’s fans came back to Spain and singing AEK slogans was incredible. BCL still uses videos and images from the game to advertise its product. It is difficult to have such sold-outs, but we hope that we will have a strong seat that every opponent will think about before coming to play with us. “