Euroleage Danger in Fenerbahce - Nov 9, 2009 (by Ozmen Gok) Bad new for Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul Euroleague organiser Uleb, is preparing to damage Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul which has worst average attendance in euroleague. Fenerbahce which plays its games in 15.000 capacity Abdi İpeki arena , there were only 1000 attendances in Barcelona and Cibona Zagreb matches. Because of these two matches, alarm bell rings for Fenerbahe. Uleb indicates that Attendance count of euroleague teams is as important as teams names for us . İt is known that Uleb takes attendance criteria into consideration in guarantee agreements. İt is learnt that, If this condition doesnt change, it will be difficult Fenerbahe to join euroleague and Fenerbahe might have to join eurocup, 'cup2' nexy season
Zalgiris once again were left without head coach. Ramunas Butautas resigned from the head coach position after a string of poor results in LKL and Euroleague. The teams owner Vladimir Romanov also cut sport manager Algirdas Brazis . Ramunas Butautas started the season in Ukaine. He guided BC Donetsk but left the team in December. Ramunas Butautas was at the helm of the Lithuanian National Team at the 2009 EuroBasket in Poland [read more]
Zalgiris once again were left without head coach. Ramunas Butautas resigned from the head coach position after a string of poor results in LKL and Euroleague. The teams owner Vladimir Romanov also cut sport manager Algirdas Brazis . Ramunas Butautas started the season in Ukaine. He guided BC Donetsk but left the team in December. Ramunas Butautas was at the helm of the Lithuanian National Team at the 2009 EuroBasket in Poland. Zalgiris will be led by Darius Maskoliunas and Gwidonas Markevicius in their next game.
Batiste: Nothing is over; we still have more fighting to do - Feb 9, 2010 (by Kostas Papadopoulos)
Mike Batiste (203-F-77, college: Arizona St.) wrote interesting things for one more time at his blog at the Greek sports site gazzetta.gr. And what distinguishes mostly is his ambition and perspective that he and his team Panathinaikos have a lot more to do during the current season:
'Hi my friends!
Nothing is over. We still have more fighting to do. Against Maroussi, I honestly think we played good [read more]
Mike Batiste (203-F-77, college: Arizona St.) wrote interesting things for one more time at his blog at the Greek sports site gazzetta.gr. And what distinguishes mostly is his ambition and perspective that he and his team Panathinaikos have a lot more to do during the current season: 'Hi my friends! Nothing is over. We still have more fighting to do. Against Maroussi, I honestly think we played good. We had 10 points lead, but then we started to be impatient, we had some turnovers, some missed shots and Maroussi got back into the game; before William Keys (188-G-77, college: N.Mexico St.) executed two very big shots! From 9 meters, with hands on his face. What can you do? This result got us in a really deep hole at TOP16. But we have 4 more games to fight. And WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT till the end. Against Maroussi we didn't execute well from the perimeter. Something that happened also against Panellinios, but on Sunday we had the patience, along with the energy, to find the best solution. Of course you are going to shoot open shots; but this time once we got the lead all of us wanted to play smarter, to take care of the ball and the game. There are many games we had a lead and lost it. For example, against Maroussi we were ten points ahead, which is a big lead when it comes at TOP16. Even a six point lead, is a big lead. But at Panellinio's court, we played smart. Which means, we learnt a lot from last week's defeat: to be patient, not to rush things or want to do anything so fast. Our defence was great, so we wanted to play smart at offense. Usually when we get a lead we are like... 'hm its ok' and we take shots we don't need to take; we make things in a way we must not do. And all of these hurt us at the past. Mostly turnovers and quick shoots and by that way me miss the chance to recover from defence; cause there was no time to do our job right at the other end. Yesterday we didn't do that.a lot! I have to say we understood a lot last Friday, when our fans came to visit and show their support, their belief in us. To be honest, at first, when I saw them I didn't know it was for a good purpose cause I have seen many things in this life. So I was worried. I didn't know what to expect. In my mind... I was ready for everything. But when I understood what was going on, I appreciated the moment. Their support gave as an extra motivation to play hard on Sunday. Hopefully we'll take some of this motivation to Barcelona. You see at sports there are victories and defeats. The only sure thing is that we are going to fight at Barcelona and to win. It's the kind of games which can turn the season around; like last year against Malaga. We will see... Anyway, what our fans did, was to make me want to fight ever harder at next games. I don't know if we are gonna go down; but I am sure that good things happen if you are fighting with all your power for what you want. The trip to Barcelona is too long; but this time we are leaving one day earlier, because of the strike at the airport. So we'll have the time to get some rest, to get ready for this big game. We still have life and games to play! As for Barca's appeal, you've got to understand the rules. You cannot touch the ball after it goes to the rim and the time has been expired. The ball was touched and even if I agree with the ref''s decision (he said it wasn't going in, anyway), you have to follow the rules. And this rule is in the book. So; if you don't follow this one, then you might as well not follow the rest of them! I hope the judge rules what is in the book. To count the basket. And... you can understand why, right?'
Round 15: Marousi did it again!! - Feb 7, 2010 (by Chris Mammides)
Marousi beat Olympiakos S.F.P. Pireus and is now figuring in the second position of the Greek league. After last Thursday's thriumph over the triple crowners, team of Panathinaikos, Head Coach Giorgos Bartzokas check mate head Coach Panayiotis Yiannakis and beat him easily with 82-74 in a game which finished a couple of hours ago. Marousi proved once more that is a Euroleague great team and this seazon will not be an easy task for Panathinaikos and Olympiakos to win the trophy without a fight [read more]
Marousi beat Olympiakos S.F.P. Pireus and is now figuring in the second position of the Greek league. After last Thursday's thriumph over the triple crowners, team of Panathinaikos, Head Coach Giorgos Bartzokas check mate head Coach Panayiotis Yiannakis and beat him easily with 82-74 in a game which finished a couple of hours ago. Marousi proved once more that is a Euroleague great team and this seazon will not be an easy task for Panathinaikos and Olympiakos to win the trophy without a fight. Top scorer and top performer was Konstantinos Kaimakoglou (206-C/F-83) who scored 19 points and dashed down 8 rebounds, not to mentio the very good defense over the the NBAers of Olympiakos S.F.P. Pireus who couln't help the teams as both Linas Kleiza (203-F-85, college: Missouri) and Josh Childress (203-G/F-83, college: Stanford) were in a bad day. Very good performance from Gordon Lukas (191-G-84, college: Virginia Tech) 14 points, 9 assists and 5 stolen balls in his best game since he arrived in Greece, William Keys (188-G-77, college: N.Mexico St.) scored 12 points, Dimitrios Mavroidis (208-C-85) 11 points and 8 rebounds and Pat Kalathis (208-G/F-85, college: St.Joseph's) who added 11 points and 5 rebounds showing that he is in a very good shape the last few weeks.
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