Bartzukas: “You won’t get who you want unless you give 40-50 million”

Panathinaikos, the Greek champion, won the Greens 87-82 over Olympiacos in the fifth final of the basketball league at the closed Owaka Stadium, and with a 3-2 win, they reached the positive result and at the same time their second title this season.

Giorgos Barzoukas evaluated the series as well as the year.

Giorgos Barzoukas’ statements in detail at the press conference:

“It is my duty to congratulate Panathinaikos, they have produced a very strong team this year and you always have to congratulate the champion. I am proud of our team, not only for the effort, but so far in the end unfortunately Vale’s absence has led to a drop in our defensive level. Panathinaikos scored more on average , and the matches took an aggressive form in which the opponent was very strong, such is life.

In the effort we put in, we stayed together, we stayed together as a team and at 11″, if we had a better option, if Williams-Goss’ shot went in or if Peters passed and we got the open shot, we would have won it. championship. We will discuss what we need to do, and I am sure we will do better next year and hopefully we will be luckier. We won two titles, we went to the Final Four and in a series of tremendous quality, under these circumstances, with what is happening around basketball and with the heat of the moment. It was the best finals in Europe.

Whatever view of basketball anyone holds, players always play the game. We lost two Greeks, one went to the NBA and the other to Fener or Panathinaikos. The injuries took a toll, and we stayed together as a team. We won two titles, we destroyed Barcelona’s headquarters, and we came here tonight and provided 10 more assists than Panathinaikos. We’ve won once in the playoffs, and we can do that tonight. If we want to focus on what happened and what didn’t happen… everything is being analyzed, and no one is perfect.

There is not a large group of high-level players. You will not get who you want unless you give 40-50 million. Based on what we had, we did the best we could. With Vale, the series will be different, based on what happened in all our matches with Panathinaikos. The rotation in long competitions was very specific, and we had problems. Milutinov, who played well in the series, was sidelined with two breaks. He was not in excellent condition, when you have five games you are obviously tired.

The third and fourth matches were decisive. For me, the big opportunity was missed in the third. In the fourth quarter, we had a lot of pressure and missed 13 shots. Things are simpler. If that had happened, we would have won the championship.

I’m a very bad coach myself, objectively speaking. Because you are the site of truth, you will write things exactly as they are. You are a site of truth and objectivity. I support my team and my business. You will find the correct dimension of objects. All your questions have a purpose, each of us is writing a story, a bad negative, with our mistakes. Me and you too. I understand that with the objective way you think, you can analyze things however you want on your site, and I have no complaints.”