Ataman: “Russ Smith gives us nothing. He’s playing terrible”

2016-11-04T01:18:23+00:00 2016-11-04T18:39:23+00:00.

Antonis Stroggylakis

04/Nov/16 01:18

Eurohoops.net

American point guard Russ Smith was already with one step at the exit door of Galatasaray and it seems that after tonight’s game vs Real Madrid, he doesn’t seem to have a future in the “Cimbom”.

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

American point guard Russ Smith was already with one step at the exit door of Galatasaray and after tonight’s game vs Real Madrid, he doesn’t seem to have a future in the “Cimbom“.

Ergin Ataman’s quotes about him during the post-game  press conference were pretty much self-explanatory: “We are playing without a point guard because our main point guard is playing terrible, unfortunately. He gave us nothing in these five games and also tonight I put him on the court during the last minute. If he gave us something then we’d have a chance to win the game. I’m talking about Russ Smith.”

In harmony with coach Ataman’s words, few days ago, Galatasaray board member Can Topsakal said that: “We’re not getting what we want from Russ Smith and Justin Dentmon.”

Smith played 9:20 minutes in the match vs Real Madrid scoring 6 points (3/8 shots), grabbing 2 rebounds and dishing 1 assist. In five Euroleague games so far he has averaged 7.6 points on almost 9 minutes per game.

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