Spanoulis: “Shengun is too young to talk about John – my honor to train him”

OR Our national team wrote a story on Sunday night (14/09) as she prevailed her Finland 92-89 In the small Eurobasket final and took third place and The bronze medal in the event, Returning to the podium for the first time in 16 years!

Speaking at the press conference, our country’s federal technician, Vassilis Spanoulis, said he was proud of the success of the team and Greece, saying again that this medal is worth to all Greeks!

At the same time, he referred to Shengun’s recent statements about John, stating that The Turkish center is … too young to talk about “Greek Freak”while, he said he was Honor to train John And his great pleasure is the relationship he has “built” with him.

In detail what Vassilis Spanoulis said:



“It was a terrible game, for 38 minutes we dominated defensively and aggressively. I am very proud of this group and the Greek nation. This medal is deserved by all Greeks, those who come here and around the world. We are a proud people. We had many years to succeed, we had a medal from the time I was playing. It was time for John, Sloukas, Pope and all the kids getting a medal. They deserved it, it was a blessing for me to be their coach. ”

“Shengun is too young to talk about John. Because we hear a lot of people who have no idea of ​​basketball to say that Turkey has locked John, these are nonsense. We were not on a good day, John lost lea, he found free teammates and lost a shot. These are nonsense, for those who have never caught basketball in their hands. I respect Coach Ataman, we are friends and he is a great coach, but this is another story. This is not fair. We made an excellent tournament, we put ourselves in that position, we did a bad semifinal, Turkey played better, put everything and it is. We give them the hand and move on. Everything else is stories about intrigue. For me, not the medal is not more important, but the relationship I have built with John, who I was in his teammate and now a coach is my honor. ”



“When I talked to Yannis last year, I told him that in the first year we would build something and in the second year we will win.”