By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
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.
Requesting a few days to the Greek powerhouse before ultimately deciding to accept the EuroLeague champions’ proposal, the 26-year-old center eventually convinced his mind about joining forces with the Turkish national team’s head coach in Athens.
Already representing Fenerbahce in the EuroLeague from 2014 to 2016, he then moved to the NCAA with Georgetown before making his way to the NBA, where he played for Utah and Miami.
This move also conditions the case of Olek Balcerowski, who seems close by concurrency in Panathinaikos‘ 5 position. The Polish center, who emerged with Gran Canaria prior to his move to the green side of Athens, could come back to Spain where Baskonia and Unicaja are following his case.
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