By Niki Bakouli/ bakouli@eurohoops.net
There isn’t any official announcement yet by Panathinaikos, but Hilton Armstrong is considering himself a player of the Greens and he talked about his decision to journalist Marinos Printezis in the newspaper “Sportday”.
“I know really well what I signed up for. Panathinaikos is a great club, one of Europe’s finest. I so happy with my decision”. After his manager told him about Panathinaikos’ offer “I needed two days to discuss it with my family. They always have an important role to my decisions. After we agreed on coming to Athens altogether, I accepted the offer. I have big ambitions and my new team plays at the highest level. It means a lot they got six times the European championship, plus many more domestic titles. It’s the biggest step of my career. I am ready to give my best. I cannot wait to come in Athens, next week and to learn all about my new team, to meet my new teammates. I am really excited. I’m a team player and I’m looking forward to meet my coach and he can be sure from now I am going to give whatever he needs me to give, for our team to be the best possible one”.
He was the one who announced… himself as Panathinaikos’ new player, On Twitter -actually before he signed his contract. And in few minutes, many of the green fans welcomed him. He didn’t need much more to understand “they are the best in the world! I really thank them, from the bottom of my heart, for their tweets and their positive comments. I want to return this love back to them. My goal is to be successful and the thing I want most of all is to help Panathinaikos to get all the trophies”.
When he was asked bout what he can do best, he explained “for sure the offense makes the fans go crazy and I like to score points with many ways – my best is dunking – but I also love the defense. And I always work hard to get better. My goal is to always to succeed and I want to help Panathinaikos get every trophy”.