Markopoulos: "We've seen a lot of positive qualities"
03/10/2014
PAOK's coach Soulis Markopoulos talked about the game against Unics Kazan and the assessment of his team, saying that: "It was a game against a very strong team and during most part of it our players had the correct reactions. We know we still need a lot of work and we have been working on that logic for all this time. I think we are in a good path; we try to correct our mistakes every day and increase our positive aspects in the game. The offensive function of our team in the...
more »Jake Odum: "We did a good job"
03/10/2014
Jake Odum was the top scorer of the game against Unics and after the end of the game, tried to come up with his own conclusions, talking to paokbc.gr : "We played against a very strong team; I think one of the strongest in Europe, with a very good roster and good American players, but we were very competitive, we fought for the victory to the end and we practically lost due to small details, due to one shot. For me, there are no friendly games in basketball, I...
more »Practice in Rethymno (pics)
02/10/2014
PAOK practiced for the first time today at the "Melina Merkouri" gym in Rethymno in view of its participation in the international "Petros Ekonomakis" basketball tournament, which premiered this evening. All our players participated practice, while Marc Carter followed a personal program for precautionary reasons, due to ankle inflammation. PAOK plays its first game for the "Petros Ekonomakis" tournament tomorrow afternoon, with the game...
more »The changes in basketball regulations
02/10/2014
Following a FIBA decision, October 1st, 2014 is the date when the changes in basketball regulations become applicable for all official games and competitions. Despite the fact that all our team's friendly games have been played abiding by the said changes, on an official level, the Rethymno tournament is actually the first one where all these changes become mandatory and are hereby presented by paokbc.gr The most important of these changes relates to the 24 second clock and...
more »Tsochlas: "The Rethymno tournament is a very crucial test"
02/10/2014
Three of PAOK's players have played for Rethymno in the past, although, more than Giorgos Dedas and Marc Carter, it is Apollon Tsochlas who seems to maintain a special bond with the beautiful Cretan city where he spent four years of his career. That's why when he played with PAOK in the Rethymno last year as an opponent for the first time, he was honored by the home team and that's why he received a very warm welcome this time as well, along with the rest of our...
more »PAOK flies to Crete
01/10/2014
PAOK will be landing on Crete tonight, where we are going to be participating the international "Petros Ekonomakis" tournament in Rethymno, which is also the last pre-season test for the team before the beginning of the official games of the season. The team practiced in the Kalamaria gym in the afternoon and the departure of the team to Heraclion is scheduled for a little before 7 p.m. with the final destination being Rethymno, where the team will be staying until Sunday....
more »PAOK starts this Eurocup season from Ismir VS Pinar Karsiyaka
30/09/2014
PAOK starts Eurocup 2014-2015 season from Izmir against Pinar Karsiyaka on October 15, 2014. Here is the whole program for Group F... Day 1 (15/10/2014) VENTSPILS - BUDUCNOST VOLI (19:00) PINAR KARSIYAKA - PAOK (20:00) STELMET ZIELONA GORA - LOKOMOTIV KUBAN (20:00) Day 2 (22/10/2014) LOKOMOTIV KUBAN - VENTSPILS (19:00) PAOK - STELMET ZIELONA GORA...
more »The Eurocup draw
29/09/2014
The draw for the Eurocup groups took place in Barcelona today and PAOK that participates the F Group, is placed together with Russian Lokomotive Kuban Krasnodar, Pinar Karsiyaka situated in Izmir of Turkey, Buducnost from Montenegro which we played last year as well, Ventspils from Latvia and finally Zielona Gora from Poland. It’s worth noting that PAOK has only played Buducnost in the past, while we haven’t played any official European game against...
more »Soulis Markopoulos on the Eurocup draw
29/09/2014
PAOK’s coach spoke to www.paokbc.gr to comment the Eurocup draw… “It’s a tough draw, with very strong teams and difficult trips. It’s something that cannot change. We are going to be playing against Euroleague level teams and for sure some of them could be playing in this season’s Euroleague as wel. The main prerequisite is the shape we are going to be in and how are we going to present ourselves the best we can. We hope to be able...
more »Dedas: "There are going to be high level games..."
29/09/2014
Giorgos Dedas also thinks the Eurocup draw is difficult, while attempting an initial analysis of the PAOK opponents he also realizes that there are many obstacles for the team to overcome in order to make the next round. “We knew in advance that the draw would be difficult, based on the teams and their dynamics. I think that we have one of the lowest budgets in the competition and we definitely have the lowest one in the group. Budgets are of...
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