Ataman: “If Panathinaikos played with two separate teams, both would fight for the Final Four”

In a quick turnaround from EuroBasket 2025 and winning a silver medal as the head coach of Turkiye , Ergin Ataman took over Panathinaikos Aktor in the preseason, heading to the 2025-26 editions of the EuroLeague and Greece’s Stoiximan GBL.

“We have an excellent team. For the last two years, we have had an excellent team, and now we have signed some new players. I believe that we will fight for all our big goals throughout the season,” the 59-year-old play-caller talked about the Greens during a media session in Australia.

“Right now, it is the preseason. Some players just arrived from the Eurobasket. But as you saw, we have the same system. We are 90% the same and the new players will contribute as well, just like [Vassilis] Toliopoulos did yesterday, who I like very much and will