Sloukas: “The end is approaching, there’s a little longer – Papapetrou’s pillar in the locker room, we’ll miss us.”

THE Kostas Sloukas Counts in reverse for the end of his career but remains absolutely intent to his goals and passionate about even more additions to his “palmar”.

As he told Eurohoops, he keeps high motivation for another season at the highest level, with the main goals of conquering Euroleague and his Greek championship.

His leader Panathinaic refers to both Final Four of Athens, stressing the importance he has for himself and for the team, while commenting on his departure John Papapetroustressing that “He will miss both inside and outside the parquet by the Panathinaikos family.”

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In detail what he said in “Eurohoops”:

For what is left as repulsive after the medal with the National: “There is a little time left to finish my career, for sure, but a very high motivation for another Euroleague and another championship.”

For how many … pistols are still left: “I still don’t know 100% what my decision will be. But what I am confident and I know since I started my career is that you have to know when to stop. Especially if I look back and I have a respectable course in the space, I think it is a proper finish and the right timing. “

Whether he changes his perspective what happened with the National: “No. It was definitely a great success, something I had aimed at many years and we did now. But it doesn’t change. My decisions are made after much thought, so it’s a final thing. The end is approaching. “

How this year’s season is shaping last year with last year’s and Final-Four at Panathinaikos Aktor: “First of all there is no abrupt landing or launch. For me there must be a straight line, short memory. Certainly last year was disappointing about its end but we always start with new ambitions, a new motivation. The pressure is very high when you are in Panathinaikos. The organization lives by titles. So, I also answered you if there was an extra motivation for the Final-Four in Athens. Wherever the Final-Four was the whole team would be motivated to get there. All the more so to live very big times like in the distant 2007 if I’m not mistaken. “

Whether this “must” add pressure that may not have existed if the Final-Four was done elsewhere: “No. Having here I always know, like all children, that there is pressure on the result, for trophies, for good appearances. I don’t think he adds extra stress to players, to the stroke and the team. What we are asking for is the support of the world, there will be very difficult times and very good times. We have to be focused on our goal. “

For the absence and withdrawal of John Papapetrou: “We didn’t know. I am, I think, and his close friend had nothing to do with me. He kept it very much. He had several issues with his leg. The decision is respected because it was done under much thought. It is sad, when I learned it I was very sad. For me it was a pillar next to me in the locker room, on the court. It was influence for the team. His mentality was something that characterized and pushed the whole team. It was two hours before training with me, so it pushed others to follow. His influence was very great and I think he will be missing both inside and outside the Panathinaikos family. He was a man you could talk to with and respected him. “

How he perceives the younger guard of Panathinaikos Aktor and whether he thinks he has to raise speed to compete with them: “There is no such thing in my mind as extra thought. This is the case from the first time it went on a parquet of my 18th in a professional parquet. It’s a team but there are 12-15 different players fighting for their time, fight to show things, be good, there is competition. What I have been doing for so many years and I will do this year is to try to be as competitive as I can. There is a lot of talent in the team but for me the secret of success is always the chemistry of the team and how the players blend between them. “

About how it is the feeling in the banner: “Pride both for me and my teammates because we did something very important. It is a Legacy, a legacy I leave in the team and a stamp for several more years. The fact that I am the leader of the team and the latest hits is very honorable to me and of course awe because I enter the real basketball groups such as Diamantidis, Bodiroga, Obradovic. Even I find it difficult to believe it. “

As to whether there is a piece that fate was wronged or wronged himself: “I don’t think fate was wronged. I believe that everyone is the culprit of his actions and his decisions. If in the past I was wronged by some I tried to get it as an incentive, to improve, to show more. This has led me here. In my mind as fate I have that you make your fate and your luck, preparing yourself as best you can for a race, for a presence, for anything. You make the conditions and then comes the factor of luck that comes to close it. “

For the tension in last year’s “eternal” derby and whether players should say “arrives”: “I don’t think so heavy things have been done on the court. There is a rivalry, a “we want victory”, it’s our life or their lives, I talk about Olympiacos. Out of four lines they stay on the cards because we co -existed in the National Team and achieved something very important with players from Olympiacos. So, we don’t just throw them all into the world. Toxicity is convenient for some, so I believe. And we owe as many examples into the court to throw as many as we can. We are the examples, both to my son, my daughter and to us. I think this is the biggest thing we can do. “

For Huanzo who watched Vezenkov’s awards and conversation with Lesor: “Everyone does what they believe. I don’t believe in the sophisticated, just seeing people, greeting or anything. If I feel it I’ll do it, if I don’t feel it I don’t need to hide. If I don’t want to greet someone I won’t do it because I don’t care if you see me with the camera. I do what I believe. The most important is the price, the authorities. The world judges, it has its own beliefs, its own criteria. Again, I am not so interested in the opinion of so far. Everyone has his opinion, he can say whatever he wants and can do whatever he wants. Everyone is the culprit of his actions. For me it is enviable what Huanzo did, I didn’t feel it, I didn’t. “

Whether the role of the father fills it more than that of basketball player: “No, I’ll put it equally. The more important my job is that I love her for years, the more important it is to have the kids with me. Of course my family is far above basketball and all that. But the more important my job is and to be there, I want so much my children and my wife next to them because they support me not only in words but also in practice. There are no words about paternity. It is the greatest good one can have, the greatest feeling. It comes above basketball or any job. “

For what led him and Papanikolaou to be the most prone to the National: “I’ll talk about me, because I can’t talk about Kostas. First of all it was something I believed very much, even though most of you, like people, did not believe that it was possible. The previous cufflinks will say, because they were very difficult, I think we got to a preceding result, which means either now or never. Confidence in myself, as well as with the presence of Basil and John and all the children we really believed it and of course it is the thirst for victory, because I always play to win. I want to win, I want to win, to have conquests, good looks. This has brought me to here and that will continue to lead me. “

For “Don’t Sleep, Wake up” in the match with Lithuania: “A lot can happen, I’ll tell you one of the interpretations. We are now in the four. After 16 years, wake up, the team is four. We said in the locker room that it is the game of our lives, that it will put us in the medal zone after a long time. “

If he believes that the tournament has joined the Greeks and if so, if he considers it the most important achievement from the medal: “I find it equally. Struggling for the homeland is something fantastic. Especially when you represent the nation and are nailed to television, looking forward to winning the game, enjoying at least 1, 1.5 hours with us, give birth to emotions, impatience, anxiety. It is very beautiful and it goes without saying that all of Greece, all Greeks united. I think that night, and in the 8th phase of 4 and 4, the television was high, which means that everyone had a common goal. They all united together and looked at the team of Vassilis Spanoulis and the other children to lead Greece high. I don’t think there are words that can describe this feeling. “