Former basketball player Nikos Pappas will be on the SYRIZA ballot, as he announced speaking on Alpha TV. Self-identifying as a “non-aligned leftist”, he revealed that he accepted the proposal to be a candidate in the European elections, while for Stefanos Kasselakis he said that he is a “determined and clean person”.
The meeting in Law on squatting
Regarding the “dust” raised by his presence at the Law School assembly on squatting, Nikos Pappas told Natalia Germanou that he did not finish school because he devoted himself to sports and especially to championships.
“I enrolled in school this year because I want to finish, that is, I personally do not like squatting, but I cannot remain silent in the face of such a bill,” said Nikos Pappas, commenting on the reports made about his presence in the assembly.
“I may not have been able to study but I managed to study my brothers, to get a house for my family in Athens so they can be close. This is why I didn’t finish law school. And if I still had ten lives, this is what I would do,” he said, among other things.
The ball on the referee’s head
Regarding his move to throw a ball at a referee’s head during a basketball game, after saying that it was not a “beautiful move”, he added that during a game there is no… legal framework because you play with 200 pulses.
“Was it ever an issue when Diamantidis spat on Teodosic? When Printezis got punched during the match? When Galis fell out with Prelevic?” said Nikos Pappas and moved and mentioned his acquaintance with a child and his family, who was facing a very serious health problem.
“To boil the cups and the degrees and the Harvards. There is no greater thing than having someone express their love to you because you offered it love,” he said.
“Did it become an issue when Printezis punched?”
For the incident that threw a ball at a referee’s head he said: “we are talking about a match between friends and acquaintances, who pay the referees themselves. The referees are friends, the players acquaintances. It’s certainly not a pretty move. When you’ve played in a championship and you’ve learned with 200 pulses, there’s no legal framework at game time, it doesn’t mean if I foul you hard you’re going to take me for attempted murder. Was it ever in the news when Diamantidis cursed Teodosic? When Printezis got punched in a fight? When Galis fell out with Prelevic? When Batiste stepped on the head of an opponent? They were not instrumentalized. It bothers them that I exist, move and go against their system. It doesn’t bother me, it’s just hypocritical for them to just stand there and influence public opinion with bullshit,” he said.
“I, all the way, am not proud of the medals, the titles and the money that I might have earned. My greatest achievement is being the first to be picked up on my birthday by my friend Giannakis from Komotini whom I first met in Elpida with his mother crying, hairless in a pram. Let the mother tell me that she will the child is lost. And after 10 years of him picking me up while drinking his drink with his nice hair, nice clothes and his girlfriend and telling me ‘thank you, I love you, happy birthday'” he clearly said excitedtrying to hide his sobs, Nikos Pappas.
“Is there anything greater than someone expressing their love to you because you gave them love? Fuck the law degrees, the cups and the Harvards. I don’t care about this stuff!” he continued.