By Stefan Acevski / info@eurohoops.net
Dimitris Giannakopoulos posted a series of stories on his personal Instagram account, referring to the events that took place yesterday in Bologna, immediately after Marcus Carr’s winning shot.
Olympiacos reacted with a tweet on the club account, and Panathinaikos made an official demand to EuroLeague to open a disciplinary proceeding.
The owner of Panathinaikos called for an investigation to be opened, referring to Bartzokas’s push to Virtus players who were moving towards him while celebrating.
Giannakopoulos said: “When I see such actions—people tarnishing a product that the EuroLeague has done a good job developing over the past few years, increasing its value and so on—and these actions go unpunished, unlike those involving team officials, myself included, I find it difficult to understand. Players receive fines ranging from tens to hundreds of thousands of euros for saying something about a referee. Yet there is physical violence, and not even an investigation is opened? I simply don’t understand it.
Either we protect the product, or we don’t. It is not right that I receive a three-game suspension, even during the Final Four, for standing three meters behind the scorer’s table, while coaches, players, officials, or anyone else can engage in physical violence without anyone touching them and remain above the law. Enough is enough.”
Earlier, Giannakopoulos had shared another post stating: “Ten months and a €2 million fine for Giannakopoulos,” accompanying it with a video from the end of Olympiacos’ game in Bologna.
The footage showed the moment after Marcus Carr’s buzzer-beating three-pointer, when Virtus Bologna’s players celebrated in front of the Olympiacos coach.
As for the official complaint, Panathinaikos is demanding an exemplary punishment for the Olympiacos coach, citing his “repeated inappropriate behaviors over the years”, which they claim have been an absolute discredit to the sport and the EuroLeague product. They highlighted his “outrageous actions after last year’s away game against Dubai, where he attacked fans in the stands, insulted a female fan, his similar behavior at the Final Four in Abu Dhabi, and many other incidents”.
According to Panathinaikos, Bartzokas “should not be allowed to continue discrediting the sport with impunity while other sports officials are rightfully punished for their actions”.
Olympiacos’ response
After Giannakopoulos’ stories, Olympiacos BC, through their account on X, made their stance clear, specifically stating: “It’s pain, IT WON’T pass!”
It’s probably an innuendo for Olympiacos winning the EuroLeague title last season on Panathinaikos home court.
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