THE Dune bacon He “broke” his silence for his much -talked -about Panathinaikos passage, giving his own version of what happened inside and outside the parquet in an interview with “Basketnews”.
Her American ace Dubai bc He referred to the difficulties he faced, his relationship with “Clover” and his teammates, in the notorious episode with Lefteris Mantzoukabut also in how he experienced the pressure and criticism he exerted on him.
At the same time, he stressed that he does not regret his choice to fight in Panathinaichowever, attributing responsibilities for the image created around his face.
In detail what he said:
To deal with Panathinaikos: “I’m easy to deal with. All I want to do is play basketball. Panathinaikos made everything problems. “He goes out. He does that. He’s doing the other.” I was a fourth scorer of the event. I did everything I could. I came to a group that was already bad, but they never asked me how this situation started. They just said he was in this situation. “
For the fight with Mantzoukas: “Mantzoukas wanted to play wood. That was the only problem. And the fact that I was going out and living a normal life. But to tell you, Panathinaikos were saying that I was coming out, right? Did I have a performance? When you saw me playing, did it seem like I wanted to win the games? I know many cases where I was trying to take the team on my back.
Every time I was on the parquet with PAO, I wanted to win. It’s not my fault. If you put me in the team they have now, we would win comfortably. However, the team we had then was completely different from now. A completely different budget. Different teammates.
I did the best I could with what I had. And they fought me for that. I am human. I’m normal. I rely on respect. I rely on values. He’s a kid. I didn’t go to quarrel with him. We were playing 2-with-2. He was angry because I made him a little trash talk. And I had dissolved him in two against two. It is reasonable. You have pressure. You’re angry.
Suddenly, now do you want to play wood? I don’t want to play. Let’s continue the game. It was after training. They tried to present it as if it were done during some event of the team. But these things you have to live with.
I am now in a completely different place. I lost and won a lot. I wasn’t this man then. But they forced me to become this man. And it was like saying, “OK, I never came online to clarify that.”
For whether he regrets: “No, I don’t. Because if I did, I would regret it for my transfer to Panathinaikos. I wanted to be there because it’s a legendary team. Why not? It was a miserable group then, but nevertheless, it’s a legendary situation. I love Panathinaikos very much, even though that happened. I looked at it and I was going to be there for years. But they played as they played. And I respect them for that. That was what they had to do. There are no evils. They won the championship after I left. I was me. That was the problem. “
On whether he has complaints from the administration: “No. I have no complaints. We talked a little when I left. But that was all. I have nothing wrong to say about it. I was able to go there anyway, to show that I am a serious player. No one has ever heard me say something bad about anyone. You just hear bad things about me. I just want to play basketball. So, as soon as the deal and the contract is complete, I’m not going to go out in the media and say, “This guy is a m@l@.” You can say whatever you want for me. At the end of the day, it’s just words. These guys can say whatever they want for me. “
Source: Sport Fm
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