The federal coach Vassilis Spanoulis introduced on the press convention after successful the Acropolis event that Kouseloglou, Tanoulis and Mantzoukas is not going to proceed within the preparation of the Nationwide Males’s Nationwide Group for the Pre-Olympic Match (2-7/7), whereas thanking them for his or her presence to this point them and emphasizing that Andron’s door stays open for them.
Now the “blue and white” continues with 14 gamers and two extra “farewells” are left to make the dozen. The 14 who proceed: Walkap, Larentzakis, Moraitis, Toliopoulos, Kalathis, Kalaitzakis, Papagiannis, Charalambopoulos, Papanikolaou, G. Antetokounmpo, Ok. Antetokounmpo, Mitoglou, Lountzis and Hougaz.
The press convention
Vassilis Spanoulis: “We as soon as once more displayed our virtues within the recreation. Within the two earlier matches we had 26 assists every, right now we had 38, I do not know if it is a document. The distances we create and the best way we launch the ball is one thing we’ve got to maintain. We had superb percentages, we made 12/26 three-pointers, not 41 as within the earlier matches. I maintain from the group the focus and motivation that the youngsters have. You may see it of their eyes that they cannot wait to play for his or her nation and they’re very targeted.
Three guys who gave every little thing and helped us rather a lot, Kouseloglou, Tanoulis and Mantzoukas is not going to be with us. They don’t seem to be leaving the Nationwide group, perhaps subsequent time. The door of the Nationwide group will probably be open to everybody. Tomorrow we may have a time without work after which we’ll begin the preparation. As I see the group coaching and taking part in, I believe we would be the ones we needs to be.
Solely many assists could make me completely satisfied. All the children have figured it out. I should be mad, as I stated earlier than, to not benefit from Giannis. However what I would like us to benefit from is that every one the youngsters really feel snug taking part in with Giannis. You see there isn’t any hesitation within the photographs, Giannis has nice reads and he was significantly better than I anticipated. He’s if not the very best of the very best gamers on this planet. It’s an honor to have him in our nation, however he has additionally understood that he has nice teammates. We’re a group, we play for one another and we’ll proceed like this.
Many because of the individuals who got here to assist us. We’re ready for Wednesday with a full stadium and with a number of ardour, to get the outcomes we wish. Now we have to convey basketball up once more, 15 years with out distinction is a very long time. We’re right here to unfold our virtues and the Greek DNA. The nationwide group unites all Greeks.
We work rather a lot on distances, it was the primary one I needed to place within the group. Particularly with Giannis, it’s the very first thing we’ve got to place. A number of gamers can open the shock, everybody can do it. Crucial factor is to get the rebound and all of us run ahead. If we safe the rebound, we may have many alternatives within the open court docket. The group should proceed to work on spacing, we should excellent it and play with the identical confidence and extra.”
Dinos Mitoglou: “These friendlies had been crucial to type a picture of how we wish to play. We did not have a lot time at our disposal, we needed to rapidly bond as a group and see what we might enhance. Our picture to this point is superb, there may be a number of will and now our thoughts is on the official video games. The coach needs us to be a troublesome group, to see urge for food and to see winners. We noticed a very totally different group, all of us need to adapt our recreation to Giannis (Antetokounmpo), however we all know how we transfer, we’ve got superb chemistry on and off the court docket. Giannis is likely one of the finest gamers on this planet, he can play all positions, he does every little thing on the pitch… Our position is to know the place to maneuver when he’s on the pitch. Calathes and Walkap are glorious playmakers, they’re cross first and group first gamers, they put the group above everybody else. I consider we will probably be prepared for the Pre-Olympics”.
Chris Demarco (Bahamas/coach): “Thanks for the expertise, we recognize the invitation from the federation to return right here to organize for our Pre-Olympics in Valencia. We confronted an excellent group, it was good to see that they’re full with Giannis Antetokounmpo. Sadly Ayton and Gordon could not play, however we gave time to new guys and it was a helpful expertise for us. We anticipate to have a full lineup in Valencia, we did not wish to take any possibilities in view of the continuation”.
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