Olympiakos shook the Euroleague market several times with their rookie signings this offseason.
The Piraeus club got back the best Euroleague player of 2023 Aleksandar Vezenkov, lured the star of the French national team Evan Fournier from the NBA and rescued Luca Vildoz, Keenan Evans and Tyler Dorsey from other Euroleague clubs.
The Euroleague champion M.Lessort also appreciated the strengthening of the neighbors. The Frenchman praised the Olympiakos club, but claims that such a boost was due to the dominance of the Panathinaikos club last season.
Olympiakos had a great summer in terms of signings. Last season we won the EuroLeague and the Greek League and they took it personally. That’s why they called in a lot of new players and strengthened their squad. We will see how they will fit together, especially with coach Georgios Bartzok”, M.Lessort said while talking to “Basketballsphere”.
It is true that the Panathinaikos club itself did not sleep in the Euroleague market. The Euroleague champions have invited another group of famous names to their team.
From now on, M.Lessort will be replaced by Omer Yurtseven, who came from the NBA, Turkish basketball star Cedi Osman has also returned to Europe from the NBA, and Lorenzo Brown, who led the Spanish national team to the gold of the European Championship, will lead the attack.
“This is almost a new team. We have some new players. There will be a difference from last season. It is a challenge for all of us and we will have to fight for minutes even more. Cedi Osman is a great player. He can create, throw and contribute defensively. Of course, having a player of this caliber is very good for the team. “Panathinaikos” is a great team and I hope that he will come ready to join and help win,” said the Frenchman, commenting on C. Osman’s arrival.
The new Euroleague season will start precisely with the Panathinaikos match. In the first match, Euroleague champions on October 3. away at 7:45 p.m. will meet the Berlin ALBA club.
2024-09-09 22:44:31