By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
“We are living in times of shame”, said the longtime Greek official who has been the president of FIBA Europe when EuroLeague was created back in 2000.
“I am unhappy with the illegal organization called Euroleague, which starts from Barcelona and ends up in the Cayman Islands”, said Vasilakopoulos after the game of Greece against Estonia for the World Cup qualifiers. “At some point, we have to control all this movement, for those who participate in the competition, how they are part of this and who is dissolving basketball globally. I have watched games and many times in these so-called Euroleague stadiums, there are 10 players on the court who are not Europeans. Everyone should get a grip, FIBA is the institutional body of the sport and there should be not an agreement. Everyone has to obey the national and world federations and to find a program that will also contribute to the development of European basketball”.