Ergin Ataman he has always been an unconventional character but this time the current coach of Panathinaikos he might have blown it really badly. In the press conference after the victory against Maccabi Tel Aviv the Turkish coach has opened up to his team’s possible participation in the NBA championship. Second Atamanthe Greek club represents the top of the European panorama and soon the leaders of the highest basketball championship in the world could show interest in bringing the Until on board. It’s the second time Ataman relates his team to a franchise NBAafter having challenged, over the summer, i Boston Celtics in an ad game Athens to decree the club “world champion”.
Panathinaikos – le parole di Ergin Ataman
Il Panathinaikos After a mixed start to the season, he seems to have finally found his feet, achieving four successes in his last five games Euroleague. The coach of the Greek team, Ergin Atamaninterviewed after the match against Maccabi he stated that the experiments are over and that, finally, the season has come to life. “All the teams are ready, the preseason is over and it’s time for all the teams to play with the best players. It’s normal for teams like ours for rotations to vary depending on the players’ form.”.
Ataman he appears to have no doubts about his team’s potential, claiming that the Until is the strongest team in Europa and is ready to reconfirm itself as champion. “I can say that we are the strongest team in Europe and we are also the reigning champions. We have the best arena and the staff is excellent”. All these factors, second Atamanthey could bring the Panathinaikos to a future participation in NBA championship. “Some NBA teams want to come and play at OAKA. All the efforts made in the last period could guarantee us an invitation to play in the NBA, so be careful Euroleague because in the future you could lose Pana!”.
At the moment, obviously, the words of Ataman they remain an end in themselves as they derive from a personal opinion of the Turkish coach. There NBA is evaluating a possible expansion but no participation possibilities for European teams have been taken into consideration. Despite the level ofEuroleague has been very high in recent years, logistical difficulties seem, in fact, to veto this hypothesis. We will see if there will be space to consider this possibility in the future, what is certain is that Ataman he is a never banal character who never misses the opportunity to be talked about.
