Doğuş Özdemiroğlu, one of the players of the National Men’s Basketball Team, said, “We want to participate in all the tournaments from now on. We are here to carry the National Team to where it needs to be. Whether it is the Olympics, world and European championships, we always want to carry the Turkish National Team to where it belongs. When we cannot go to those tournaments or participate, everyone is upset. But the Turkish players who are here are the ones who are upset the most.”
The National Team, which will perform its training in Istanbul until Monday, July 1, within the scope of the FIBA 2025 European Championship Qualifiers, defeated the Philippines 84-73 in a friendly match at BJK Akatlar Culture and Sports Complex yesterday.
Doğuş Özdemiroğlu, the 28-year-old point guard of the Crescent-Stars, made a statement to Demirören News Agency (DHA) at the media day held for the National Men’s Basketball Team.
Emphasizing that they want to get good results, the national basketball player said, “We have more opportunities to work now compared to the winter season. We are here to get to know each other better and play better with each other in unity and solidarity. We want to participate in all the tournaments that will follow. We are here to carry the National Team to where it needs to be.”
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“THE TURKISH PLAYERS HERE ARE THE MOST SAD”
Underlining that they want to make the Crescent-Star fans who support them happy, Doğuş Özdemiroğlu said, “We always want to carry the Turkish National Team to where it belongs, whether it is the Olympics, the world and European championships. Everyone gets upset when we cannot go to those tournaments, when we cannot participate. But most of all, those who are here “Turkish players are sad. We want to carry the Turkish Flag in the highest places. We hope we will be successful in this direction. Both our young friends and our NBA players want to form a good team together with our EuroLeague players and be successful in those tournaments.”
“I ALWAYS WANT TO BE ON THE WINNING SIDE”
The experienced basketball player continued his words as follows:
“My individual work is to serve the club I play for, Anadolu Efes, and the Turkish National Team. I have a mentality that does not accept defeat and failure. I always prepare myself this way. Losing is not a feeling I like. I always want to be on the winning side. I am always ready to do my part to be successful.”
“WE WANT TO SHARE OUR TEACHER’S DREAM”
Doğuş Özdemiroğlu spoke highly of the National Team Head Coach Ergin Ataman, who won both the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and the league championship with the Greek team Panathinaikos, and stated that their coach also dreamed of ‘Our goal is a medal and championship in the 2025 European Championship’ and said, “Our coach Ergin is very qualified. He is a coach. He has proven this many times in the teams he has coached in Panathinaikos. We want to be a partner in our coach’s success. We continue to work together to be a part of him and be in that successful team. “We do,” he concluded his speech.
2024-06-28 12:21:15
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