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Ergin Ataman Rumors

Similar to what happened in Ljubljana a few weeks ago to honor Goran Dragic’s retirement from basketball, Zagreb hosted some legendary basketball names tonight. The reason was remarkable: honoring the legacy of a true icon like Drazen Petrovic. Luka Doncic and his father Sasa, Vlade Divac, Toni Kukoc, Dino Radja, Aleksandar Dzikic, Jorge Garbajosa, Ergin Ataman, and a lot more accepted the invite of Drazen’s brother and current Brazilian national team’s head coach Aleksandar Petrovic to attend the show.
1 hour ago – via EuroHoops.net

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Panathinaikos emerged victorious in both competitions last year. both winning the Greek League and especially coming back to European success by lifting their seventh EuroLeague title. However, Ergin Ataman’s team didn’t want to stop there and even strengthened its roster by adding Lorenzo Brown to an already stacked backcourt and Omer Yurtseven to form an elite frontcourt. Joining Mathias Lessort and Kostas Antetokounmpo, the Turkish center now signed the contract with PAO.
1 week ago – via EuroHoops.net

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Panathinaikos and Turkey coach Ergin Ataman shut down the rumors that Kendrick Nunn initiated procedures to obtain a Turkish passport with the goal of playing for the national team. “The Nunn news is not true,” Ataman said to TRT. “We have many alternatives for the naturalized player. In addition, we continue to work for our current naturalized player Tarık Biberovic to be in our squad with his Turkish status.”
2 weeks ago – via EuroHoops.net

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Omer Yurtseven to Greece?

Omer Yurtseven has been in the NBA since 2021. However, the 26-year-old center appears increasingly likely to continue his career in Europe. According to a report from the Greek outlet SDNA, Panathinaikos has made an official offer for the free agent Yurtseven. The report states that coach Ergin Ataman has given the club president, Dimitris Giannakopoulos, the “green light” for the signing of the Turkish player.
2 weeks ago – via EuroHoops.net

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Panathinaikos interested in Omer Yurtseven

Panathinaikos coach Ergin Ataman revealed that the club is considering signing center Omer Yurtseven from the NBA. “Getting a very important player like Omer Faruk and making that transfer would give us great power, on paper,” Ataman said to Ajanspor. “However, we have concerns about how it will reflect on the court. We are thinking about it, I mean he’s on our radar.”
4 weeks ago – via EuroHoops.net

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Euroleague champion head coach Ergin Ataman to Celtics: If you are so confident, come and beat us

Ergin Ataman won the EuroLeague and Greek League in his first year with Panathinaikos. As a European champion, he challenged NBA champions Boston Celtics to a game against his side. “After the Boston Celtics became the NBA champions, they tweeted, ‘World Champion Boston.’ The EuroLeague also tweeted, ‘Beat this team first,’ with our photo.”
2 months ago – via EuroHoops.net

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When asked if the NBA had ever reached out to him, Ataman revealed the following: “Honestly, two years ago, I had conversations with a general manager of an important NBA team. I can’t give names,” he confessed. “Everyone knows that I would like to try the NBA in the future. To be the first European coach. I already know that Jordi Fernandez is there, but he has coached there, he has not trained in Europe. I am referring to the first European to make the leap from Europe. “As I said, two years ago, we had those conversations. Although it was something that didn’t convince me,” Ataman went on to say. “They told me that I had to go there to be part of the staff for a few years, to be an assistant coach. But I am 58 now. I don’t want to compare myself to anyone, but with the results of the last five years in hand, I am number one in the EuroLeague (smiles). So, why should I be an assistant coach in the NBA?”
3 months ago – via BasketNews

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