Zeljko Obradovic said he rejected Kevin Garnett who was offered to the team
Guys what do think about Šaras' season in PAO? Last year he was kinda coming back to basketball after injury and a brake (Rytas/Fener) and already had pretty nice performance in Eurobasket 2011 (except that damn game against Macedonia). Now it seems he looks even better. He's not so slow as he seemed to be after that injury, or it's just me? However, he delivers almost in every game. Do you think he can still take a shot in a big games of Euroleague this season?
Quote:Guys what do think about Šaras' season in PAO? Last year he was kinda coming back to basketball after injury and a brake (Rytas/Fener) and already had pretty nice performance in Eurobasket 2011 (except that damn game against Macedonia). Now it seems he looks even better. He's not so slow as he seemed to be after that injury, or it's just me? However, he delivers almost in every game. Do you think he can still take a shot in a big games of Euroleague this season?
After getting a second chance at Panathinaikos Saras committed himself to the team. He promised to work harder than ever and he delivered. He is the first guy to arrive in training and the last to leave.
Besides, being worse than last two seasons would be difficult. In his last PAO season he had an arthroscopic surgery just before the league start and lost several months. Being old it took him some time to recover, so the season was gone. It was one of the reasons PAO administration released him (against Zeljko's wishes), because they felt his offer did not correspond with his salary at that season.
Some days ago Zeljko talked about him. He said he has finally matured due to being a family man now, also taking charge of the locker rooms. He is a leader and he behaves like one. And with the prick Spanoulis (with whom they had fights in their last season together at PAO) there is no one to challenge him.
He seems to really enjoy this period of his career and PAO days and looks to get the most out of it. The other day vs Drama and after a hard foul on Tsartsaris he jumped off the bench and asked form the ref to show the opponent player a yellow card and everybody laughed their asses off.
As for him making good EL games... honestly I don't think so. Because if I was Zeljko and I played big games I would want my guard to defend their hearts out and run like crazy. Something like Calathes did vs Navarro last season.
Nice reply!
No doubt he's a leader. Sometimes even too much as in a game against Macedonia. I didn't know he had problems with Spanoulis.
When he with PAO visited Lithuania, he said that Obradovič is about to give him more rest for him after summer in the first phase of season and that he likes to work with him very much. I just watched some highlights of A1 and he seems to look like a ready to deliver Jasikevičius. Off course, his killing nights is probably over, and even I wouldn't trust him that much for clutch moments, but who knows - maybe he can still surprise. However PAO is a great place for him to be as a veteran.
Looks fresh here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP9JUmCKb8Y
New York Panathinaikos fan club made and sent Obama his own PAO BC jersey
Lavrinovic and Maciulis on Panathinaikos radar. Vasilis Xanthopoulos and Dimitris Mavroeidis are close to signing with PAO. Diawara who played for Varese last year, is also on the radar of PAO. I think that Lavrinovic and Maciulis will help PAO and Diawara would be a good replacement for Sato.
What do you think about this rumors?
Quote:Lavrinovic and Maciulis on Panathinaikos radar. Vasilis Xanthopoulos and Dimitris Mavroeidis are close to signing with PAO. Diawara who played for Varese last year, is also on the radar of PAO. I think that Lavrinovic and Maciulis will help PAO and Diawara would be a good replacement for Sato.
What do you think about this rumors?
I read the rumors about the Lithuanians, Maciulis would be an excellent addition.
Quote:I read the rumors about the Lithuanians, Maciulis would be an excellent addition.
I agree with you. Maciulis with be a great addition. He's a player that every team would love to have.