By Nikos Mastrogiannopoulos/ info@eurohoops.net
Dimitris Giannakopoulos, the owner of Panathinaikos Aktor, shared his view on head coach Ergin Ataman and the team’s start in the 2025-26 campaign.
Reacting to recent developments, he posted a story on Instagram.
“Finding time to read what Panathinaikos supporters are saying on the internet… I see a person being targeted who has not yet seen a full team or even close to full.
We were unlucky enough to have all our fives injured (but we will get whatever it takes). Having the best short players in Europe so that the best on his day always plays, instead of worrying about how they will play, AND for the tall players, everyone looks at their own agenda and his whining.
Everyone is under par, either out of arrogance or indifference or selfishness or anything else…
When everyone at every position asked for what they asked for, whether in money or in conditions, they got it within seconds, it would be good for them to show their worth on the court as well. As for the fans who say what he says and have not seen the team in its entirety, maybe he has seen such a team???
In #AMANAMAITRUST
From you, I expect you to have the dedication, composure, and humility to prove in numbers that you are the king.
From you, I expect you to understand that you came to the biggest club in Europe under the instructions of a top coach… listen to him… he knows.
FANS – TEAM – MANAGEMENT.”
At 5-4 in the EuroLeague Regular Season, the Greens are tied with four other teams between sixth and tenth on the standings, two games away from co-leaders Zalgiris, Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet, and Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv. A 4-1 domestic record is tied for second in Greece’s Stoiximan GBL, trailing a 5-0 tally of rival Olympiacos.