Kalathis announced that OQT next year might be his last participation with the national team.
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Calathes choice is logical. He started at 2009 and till now he missed only one summer(2013). He is the exception of Greek-Americans that love to play in National team even if he has injury problems.
Now why do i think it's logical? It's because national team hasn't become a TEAM all these years. Calathes follows the beaten path of all our stars.
Diamantidis 30, Papaloukas 31, Spanoulis 33, Ntikoudis 30, Tsartsaris 31 etc all these guys stopped playing for some "undisclosed reasons".
Let's hope that his last tournament will be the one to remember.
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Originally posted by soulis79 View PostLet's hope that his last tournament will be the one to remember.
Regarding team building, I think this is one of the main responsibilities of the coaching stuff. You need someone in charge who inspires the new generation and keeps them all motiviated and focused on the goal.You live with the Freak you die with the Freak!!!
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Originally posted by fasoulaki View PostI have severe doubts that Greece has any chance to play a successful OQT. There will be many quality teams in this tournament and only a few available spots. In addition I do not see any reason why Greece should present itself in a better way than this year. Most core players will be one year older. Thats it.
Regarding team building, I think this is one of the main responsibilities of the coaching stuff. You need someone in charge who inspires the new generation and keeps them all motiviated and focused on the goal.PAO EUROPEAN CHAMPION 1996 - 2000 - 2002 - 2007 - 2009 - 2011
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Originally posted by soulis79 View PostCalathes choice is logical. He started at 2009 and till now he missed only one summer(2013). He is the exception of Greek-Americans that love to play in National team even if he has injury problems.
Now why do i think it's logical? It's because national team hasn't become a TEAM all these years. Calathes follows the beaten path of all our stars.
Diamantidis 30, Papaloukas 31, Spanoulis 33, Ntikoudis 30, Tsartsaris 31 etc all these guys stopped playing for some "undisclosed reasons".
Let's hope that his last tournament will be the one to remember.PAO EUROPEAN CHAMPION 1996 - 2000 - 2002 - 2007 - 2009 - 2011
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Originally posted by Toruko View PostRumors that Pitino will take over the greek nt in the summer... dunno how serious the rumors are...PAO EUROPEAN CHAMPION 1996 - 2000 - 2002 - 2007 - 2009 - 2011
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Originally posted by Toruko View PostRumors that Pitino will take over the greek nt in the summer... dunno how serious the rumors are...Silver medal 2012 Olympics prediction game.
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Awesome. Can't believe how lucky we are to have him as our NT coach.Euroleague IBN Game Champion 2007-2008
2nd in EUROLEAGUE IBN PREDICTION GAME 2008-2009
"And then comes Panathinaikos and their young center, Pekovic. He hit me once and it was like getting hit by a train.
He's a big boy. I said to him, "How much you weigh?" and he said, "Too much".
And he was right."
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Pitino will coach only in Pre-Olympic tournament. Skourtopoulos seems that he will remain as head coach for the upcoming windows, though his contract will expire soon (31/12).
Pitino is a well known coach, a legend to his country with a ton of accomplishments. In Greece he retouched Panathinaikos image and style of play last year. It looks that he is a very accepted choice to Greek basketball community (Fans, media, federation).
I wish him the best. I really want him to achieve the Olympic qualification and i am very positive that he will come up with a plan to help the team. The only question mark is his last job as a national coach, Puerto Rico (2015). He failed at everything (Pan American games and Americup) and steeped down after three months.
So, let's wait and see. Step by step. Draw, availability from our players and then coach plan.
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Well with Pitino we'll have another guard to chose in Pappas since Skourtopoulos wouldn't call him up because he regards him a devisive figure.
Because it's the Olympics I think pretty much every player will want to be part of the team.Last edited by EverGreen; 11-10-2019, 08:21 AM.Mi imamo svoga boga, on se zove Bodiroga.
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