Will Yannis Sapropoulos return to coach in the Euroleague next season? About three months after he was fired from Maccabi Tel Aviv after three years in Israel, the Greek media reported tonight (Wednesday) that he is the leading candidate for training at Asconia next season.
According to the publication, the Basques prefer Sapropoulos over a number of Spanish candidates and plan to officially contact him soon. It is also written that he is highly regarded by the heads of Basconia, who is currently coached by Nevan Spahija, also an ex-Maccabi Tel Aviv, whose intention is to say goodbye to him at the end of the season, about six months after being appointed to the position. Basconia is ranked at the end of 31 rounds in seventh place in Spain and the Euroleague finished the season earlier than expected as it finished ninth in the regular season.
As is well known, Sapropolos paid the price in February after another loss in the derby to Hapoel Tel Aviv, and has since been replaced by Avi Even who managed to lead the Yellows to the Euroleague playoffs, where the team was stopped and relegated by Real Madrid who recorded an impressive sweep.