Ataman: “I liked the team, we played smart and with emotion – my system is simple, we will be ready”

Despite the many absences and tiredness of the international, Panathinaikos made an impressive 2nd half and won 91-82 Partisan in the first match of “P. Giannakopoulos »of Australia.

After the match, the Ergkin Ataman He said he was satisfied with the image of his team, while referring to the performance of the two transcriptional acquisitions they fought, and in particular of the Nikos Rogavopoulos and Vassilis Toliopoulos.

At the same time, he stressed that he wanted to be found in Australia Despite the pressured program of respect for Panathinaikos and Giannakopouloswhile commenting on the situation of those who were absent.

In detail what he said at the press conference:

For the friendly victory: “First of all, we are very happy to play in” Pavlos Giannakopoulos “for the first time in history in Australia. It is a different experience for us, but also something different for the future of club and European basketball. I saw a great atmosphere in a friendly game. It was sold out. Both teams competed normally, though they are not ready. Both teams were serious. We played good basketball, especially in the second half and got the win. “

On how satisfied he is from his team’s performance with the data there are: “We have many absences, many injuries: “We haven’t been training together. But the team is the same. Today we only had two new players, Rogavopoulos and Toliopoulos. They are both very smart, so we got them. They immediately understood what we want from them. My system is simple, we don’t play complex basketball. It was very nice that I saw them all ready. They had been prepared with Serelis, they had worked two weeks very well with our coaches. We arrived at 09:00 in the morning local time, after 18 hours of flight. But we played smart and with emotion. I liked the team, despite the absences. Of course, Partizan had absences. “

On whether his team will be ready for the Euroleague premiere: “This season we only have the friendly games here in Australia. We have no other games, there is no time. But I think we will be ready. The system is simple and 90% of my players were in the team and in previous years. We will be ready. We will prepare five or six days in Athens and we will be ready. “

For his team’s medical bulletin: “I will leave this for when we return to Athens for the first workout. I hope everyone is fine. There are serious situations right now. I don’t know how many days the shorts will need. Holmes I think will play in Australia, in our next game, in Sydney. “

Whether Australia will have been … lucky to Panathinaikos Aktor, in the event of a EuroLeague win: “We’ll see, yes. Maybe next year we travel somewhere else. It’s nice to play here in preparation, but we may play in the future. Euroleague is here, I saw the referees here. Perhaps Euroleague is planning something for the future to make basketball more worldwide. The NBA is trying to get European teams, Euroleague can take the teams from Australia and come from the NBAs here. The Euroleague is more enthusiastic, the regular season in Europe is more impressive than the NBA. “

For the difficult program of those involved in Eurobasket and the trip to Australia: “It was important for me to be here, in this event, with respect to Panathinaikos, the Giannakopoulos family and all the basketball in Australia.”