Panathinaikos: The available coach solutions in the market – Basketball – Greece – Panathinaikos Basketball
After its apparent reactivation Dimitris Giannakopoulos in OEM Panathinaikos are expected immediately and in the competitive part. THE Argyris Pedoulakis is the one who as technical director will propose to the management the one suitable for the technical leadership of the “greens” (with Giorgos Bovoras logically remaining in the team from a new role in the staff). A particularly critical choice for the future of the team, as it will be an apt choice for a person who will be called upon to build a team from scratch.
The truth is that The market in Europe does not have many “safe” options. Most of Europe’s renowned coaches are already “tied”, while Russian teams such as Zenit and Unix, despite their absence from the Euroleague, have kept in their ranks professionals like Xavi Pascual and Velimir Perasovic.
So who is available? One of the top names in the market is his Giannis Sfeiropoulos, but his connection with Olympiakos raises doubts whether such a cooperation was possible or fruitful. From there on, free (until younger) is the Dejan Radonichwho has presented a remarkable work in the Red Star, but also the Zvezdan Mitrovic who worked in Monaco. As for other coaches who worked in 2021/22 in the Euroleague and are now free, the names of Neven Spahia and Jure Zdovch they probably do not intrigue.
Panathinaikos is not unlikely to look outside Europe for a coach. THE Dusan Alimbevic, who did a great job at Bursaspor, has a contract but it looks like an interesting case. Certainly a surprise should never be ruled out. Besides, in the past, Dimitris Giannakopoulos had surprised everyone by bringing him Rick Pitino, while a little earlier he had shown to bring Igor Kokoskov but also to place a coach immediately after the end of his career Saruna Yasikevitsius (who seems to continue in Barcelona). Hardly, however, such an option would be Mike Batistewho would like to start a coaching career in Europe, but for various reasons the timing to return to Panathinaikos is not the best.
The issue of the coach should be closed as soon as possible for Panathinaikos, if possible until the end of June, in order to start the planning immediately and not to waste valuable time. Besides, with the existing data other than the youngsters (Mandzukas, Hugaz, Samodurov) and Paris Lee, the team will not remain from the roster of last season more than 4-5 players (with Papapetrou, Papagianni and Nedovic being more “confident”) .
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