McKissick: “The Jungle” OAKA! – Let’s hope that the PAO will have a larger budget.

Excerpts from what he told beIN Sports:

For the reason he wanted a two-year contract, even though Panathinaikos offered him a three-year contract: «It may be detrimental to the team to continue for another year if the club needs to change in that time».

On his move to Treveli: «What excites me most about Panathinaikos is that they really want it. Before signing, I was watching old OAKA videos and said, “Here’s my new address.” It makes no sense to me that they finished the season 17th last year in the Euroleague, because we are changing almost the entire team. Financially, we have a budget within which we can dream of championships».

For transfers: «We have a long transfer list, I don’t know if there will be a Turkish player, maybe he will be considered in the future. We have been interested in players leaving Anadolu Efes for a while, but honestly… I didn’t want to take an Efes player where I went by giving a big contract increase. We are interested in Beauvois and Elia Bryant. Our roster will consist of completely new players. We will detonate transport “bombs” in the coming days. The team plans to sign some and 3-4 very good names from the Euroleague».

For Olympiacos: «Olympiacos fans have a huge and serious concern. Maybe Bartzokas is a little worried too, he’s a very good friend of mine, but we’re going to end their dominance in Greece».