Ataman’s Tactics In The Final Impressed Even Giannis 

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Luca vildoza is definitely worthy of a mention as his defense on facundo campazzo was crucial. Also he hit a big three and we should also keep in mind that he had not played a single minute in the final four until that time

As a Turk, love my Greek brothers and sisters. Proud to see the partnership of a Turkish coach and Greek team resulting in something amazing. This shows what we can achieve if we unite and work together. Happy to see the relationship of both amazing counties getting better and better. Much love and respect to Greece and Panathinaikos 👏🏼😎

What coach Ataman did was amazing. He created a totally new team from zero and made it from 17th place last year to champion. The whole euroleague basketball univers is speechless. If he did this in his first season, i can't imagine what he will do in the next with even better players as I've heard. I believe in the repeat.

This is a good example of how well the Turks and Greeks can achieve when they work together Congratulations 🎉

Yes, probably the best coached basketball game I've ever seen. Pao was struggling early, because Madrid were getting some really soft calls and didn't know how to adapt. Then Ataman changed the defense and Lessort was getting all the balls, which turned out to be massive. Then when Sloukas got red hot others just followed. All the players contributed and it was a team game masterclass.

Best euroleague final game ever !! Well done Panathinaikos!! 🎉🎉🎉GREEKS ARE BACK!!!

Vildoza should be mentioned. He did a great job on campazzo. Jerian grant is a key player for pao and he should be named defensive player of euroleague

Ergin ataman is the best coach

ERGIN ATAMAN UNDISPUTEDLY BEST COACH IN THE EUROLEAGUE AT THIS MOMENT. CHUS MATEO WITH 7 MILLION MORE IN HIS BUDGET AND BARELY MANAGED NOT TO LOSE WITH MORE THAN 20 POINTS DIFFERENCE. IF I WAS HIM I WOULD BE ASHAMED OF THE BEST COACH AWARD HE RECIEVED

I do not care who has won other than Real Madrid. Nothing makes me happier than seeing Dirty Campazzo and Co get beaten by a so called underdog team. Congrats to Sloukas though.

I honestly believe the soul of this Panathinaikos is Jerian Grant.

Great analysis, would love more videos like this!

I agree. pao was not able to attack on zone defense. Sloukas creativity brought the game.

the analysis was great. You could talk about Vildoza and Hernangomez. They were important in the comeback for Pao. Real lost the game because they couldn't adapt to Pao's defense. Like always, it's better to make shots in the end of the game than in the start. They won that way with OLY but they couldn't with PAO bcs their defense was weak.

Giannis: i wanna play for you, Ataman: then come to PAO

Ergin Ataman is the best coach at the moment. Euroleaugue should of chosen him as a best coach of the year.

What about vildoza against campazo?same fast first step..he didn't even play in the semifinal

Super Team and Coach.Respect Panathinaikos👍

Great commentary, man. The difference was that Pao and Ataman never pushed the panic button in Quarters 1 and 2. But Real panicked in the 4th quarter. They never capitalized during the minutes when Lessort or Nunn were not playing. Do you have the commentary for Pao v Fener game?

Great analysis , great basketball channel! Grant is exactly like legendary Panagiotis Giannakis.

Great work Augustas. 14 down and wih Nunn 3 fouls on the first (!!) quarter everyone thought it was done. Then Ataman (and Serelis) threw 'the defenders' in, Kalaitzakis-Juancho who along with the omnipresent Jerian and Vildoza who had the guts to step up out of literally nowhere (freakin hard on a final), managed to force real into bad decisions, start to make her feel vulnerable and eventually mentally broke her. The rest was basically clutcu leadership and ice cold blood from Sloukas and Nunn. I was inside, lifetime experience. Great work, again

Great video Augustas. Keep up the great work guys and keep on bringing excellent video analysis & stats (Thinking Basketball & Baskethead style). Agree that the long Sloukas' 3 was the most important shot in the game. Just to mention, Pana & Real Madrid were the only teams in the top 6 in Off. Efficiency, Def. Efficiency & 3P% the entire season (incl. F4) Two best teams went to the final, the best team won. Go PAO ☘☘☘☘

Best F4 video across all basketball channels. Well done 💯

What a game. Looking forward to see Pao defending their title next year

4 days later still crying from joy

Game much better than any NBA games.

You are genuine "Basketikos" guy. In Greece we call Basketikos the few who understand the sport perfectly. I have been watching basketball since 1987(of course). But my analysis is non existent. I simply shout "yes" when we score, and "no" when we don't. In football i can analyze my team, the tactics and each player. But after each basketball game i need a "Basketikos" to explain to me why the hell we lost. It will sound not true, but i am close to 50 years old now and i believe that only 1 in 5 fans fully understands basketball. Even though it is only 5 vs 5 compared to 11 vs 11, basketball looks more complex than football to me.

When Greeks and Turks cooperate :)

You guys can do a documantary about Pao's epic journey thoughout the season , with the ups and downs , coming from 17th place to winning it all in a year.

beautiful analysis. keep it up!

Best of Ergin ataman

Maybe the best euroleague final. Excellent analysis, thank you!

The best for Panathinaikos now begins. What Bertomeu did to us from 2012 in the semi-final with CSKA where he changed the history of basketball until now will be paid by all of them watching Panathinaikos build a new Empire in basketball. The bond that the Management-Coach-Philathletes have does not exist anywhere, this was everyone's fear and now it has returned. Sit down now everyone and see how Panathinaikos will lift the cups. Next year and from now on he will start as a favorite every year to win the Euroleague with the team he will build.

Thank you HALIL ERGIN ATAMAN 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

Wonderful analysis. THX

My comment on this video is this: Voodoo voodoo, voodoo voodoo, και πράσινη μαγειαααα

Even this Turk-hating Baltic guy could not say anything bad about Ataman. Well done Ergin.

As a fan of panathinaikos i would say great analysis of the game it was exactly how you set with a few words coach ataman outplayed mateo.

Excellent video, excellent work, excellent channel. Well done boys! Oh, and we want Rytis!!!! haha

Nice analysis and beautiful work.

Great video! Thanks for one of the best analysis I've seen!

Ergin Ataman is New Zeljko Obradovic. Maybe will be better than Zeljko

Yugoplastica 89 and Panathinaikos 09 the best teams in Euroleague history ever.

As always, another great video, thanks for providing informative content. You mentioned Kalaitsakis played an important role in defence which helped PAO to the title. In an interview after the game, Kalaitsakis said that Sloukas had managed to persuade Ataman to give him (Kalaitsakis) more minutes on the court. PAO's Euroleague gross budget seems to have skyrocketed from €9.5m in 2021/2022 (2nd lowest) to €35m in 2023/2024 (2nd highest) - how much has this played a deciding factor? There's a slight correlation between budget vs results (although Armani has yet to make the Final 4 spending €30m+).

Shots fired at Doc Rivers

Great analyzing right there man, thank you!! It seemed like Tavares was out of space after picking up very early fouls in the 1st, but I did not realize he exposed Real defensively that much. Going from -14 to +18 against this year's Real was a statement made from the team. Get ready for next year!!

PANATHINAIKOS THE BIGGEST TEAM IN EUROPE☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️

Played the best ball in Europe over the past 3 months, got a well deserved title, with everybody contributing and being important all season and in the F4. We have been here before. This is only the beginning for the new era for Panathinaikos, and what a bang they've made already. Losing the local chip to Olympiakos seems like an impossibility, and improvements to the roster are on the cards for next season. With all things being equal a B2B will not surprise me . Awesome basketball from the best team in Europe. Congrats to all!

Pao is the best team in 23/24 . Unstoppable at the F4

Very good game analysis. I totally agree with your highlighting the key factors, especially the obscure (not so obscure) tremendous job by Grant in breaking Madrid's confidence by positioning himself always in the right spot and disrupting their plays in the 2nd half. Of course you don't beat Real without adding the monster preformance from Sloukas, the killer instinct of Nunn and the gigantinc amount of work and physicality by Lessort. But key factor to boost pana's odds and disrupt Real's flawless offense was Grant's defense because in the end Real helped Pana with all that 3 point shooting rage, while you have the most dominant center in europe, not to mention that his backup is himself one of the top centers. A team does that when there's a dramatic drop in confidence, speaking of an extraterrestrial roster as Real had it means that the other team got under your skin and into your brain. Grant was the initiator of that process. In addition we can say that Ataman put Mateo in his pocket and honestly, while I was rooting for Pana, as a basketball watcher it was painful to see a team like Real, after a such a dominant regular season, havin nothing to answer but threepointers with everyone trying to be the hero and no actual team play nor finding mismatches or any kind of size advantage. They looked like an nba team. And that's not a compliment.

Bravo Pana

Great analysis! Thanks! 🙏

Good Analysis Good Content Keep it up 👍 Grtz from Düsseldorf/Germany

Love your breakdowns Augustus Greetings from Indiana

Skoukas is worth every penny panathinaikos gave ☘️☘️☘️

Is Ataman now the 3rd or 4th greatest euroleague coach of all time? Can we even say that he’s arguably the 2nd greatest now?

Great video buddy. 👏

That's a real basketball analysis. Congrats! The fact that Real Madrid bet almost everything in 3-point shots cost them the match for both PAO's and European basketball's shake. Of course, we love clutch threes and all that stuff, but European basketball is way more multidimensional than a 3-point contest. Don't get me wrong: Real Madrid played the most multidimensional basketball during the whole season, but in the final they lost their balance and that gave PAO the opportunity to get the trophy as the 2nd best team of the season. I'm extremely happy for PAO's comeback to the top, but I have to say that we have to help all the European powerhouses to be real powerhouses and finally keep our best talents here. Basketball in Europe is way more competitive, emotional and loud, even with way less money, talent, organization, etc. This type of basketball deserves to have players of the quality of Doncic, Jokic, Giannis, etc. We miss the money which come through hard work (from the professionals) and true support (from the fans). Let's do it!

7/8 finals only PANATHINAIKOS...... THE KING IS BACK☘☘☘☘☘☘☘

From zero to hero within a year, that's the biggest difference between NBA and Europe. In NBA you need to plan 10 years ahead to achieve that.

panathinaikos first quarter was bad because Ataman was watching Galatasaray's championship game😂

Great Video!

Great Analysis!☘️

You guys are goood reading the games. 👏👏

Great analysis

You are to the point !Sloukas shot was the most important thing in the game and mitoglou change..

King Ergin Ataman 👑

Also, 4-5 shots with mostly 3pointers didnt go in from Super Mario. Which helped.

Fair analysis

Gianis for pao,Player and. Micic real why not ?then we go crazy basketgame

As the saying goes , " it can not be only an uphill road until the end ". It is bound to happened at some point to start missing threes . And for a team that won all this season games primary with 3point shots , it becames a second nature to the playing style of the players . And of course at difficult times by instict you try to do what you always do to survive. And every time you miss one the preassure gets higher , you turn deep into your nature , you miss more and that snowball until you reach the point of no return . Remember last year , they stole / won the tittle with a 3point shot from a guy who had zero points and came in the last second from the bench . The only persn who will have made them won this final is Gabriel Deck . At least two levels higher class from campazo .more mental player . more balanced and with higher ability to read the enemy defence and always a solid shooting hand . But ce est la vie ! pame gia to 8o tou xronou !

Excellent game analysis!! Congratulations. The conclusion of this game is: Don’t ever feel certain that you are gonna win, until the last moment of the game.

the greeks and turks together , the result is this ...lets stay friends forever ..

Greek Freak back to Greece! nicer weather and very exciting

*Maann another one named Kendrick cooking someone* 😭🤣

Kostas Sloukas kill Real momentum at 4 quorter 4"minits before the end - Panathinaikos well done champions 🎉🎉🎉fantastic game, fantastic atmosphere by Pao fans, best euroleague final game ever!!😊

" I would like to play for you", είπε ο Γιάνναρος ο Αντετοκούνμπο, στον κόουτς Αταμάν... Π α ρ ά τ α τα εκατομμύρια, τούς... πακτωλούς... χρημάτων, Γιάνναρε, και έλα εδώ, να σηκώσουμε μαζί... π ο λ λ έ ς τέτοιες κούπες ! ! ! Στην ζωή, δεν είναι όλα... χρήμα, φίλε. 'Ελα εδώ, να χαρείς το μπάσκετ ! Είμαστε ΟΙΚΟΓΕΝΕΙΑ, αδερφέ. 'Ελα ξανά πίσω στην χώρα που σε περίθαλψε και σε ανέδειξε. Γύρνα πίσω στην α π λ ό τ η τ α, και το οικογενειακό α ν θ ρ ώ π ι ν ο κλίμα ! Γιάννη Αντετοκούνμπο, ο Παναθηναϊκός είναι Ε Δ Ω, και σε περιμένει ! ! !

So I think I understood the game a bit differently. I believe Real lost due to there problem to adapt to a different game. I don't want to make it too long, but Real big guys where forced into several fouls, which Pao obviously took advantage of as much as they could under the basket, shown at the end with 3 guys being fouled out. Also lets not be unfair and say Pao where playing a dangerous game, at least to me. Pao was closing in there players as much as they could, behind the 3 point line, risking the 3 point shot from a team with the 3rd best shot in the league. They saw Real shots where not going in and Pao even switched at one point to Zone in the 3 quarter, if I'm not mistaken, which shows there obvious tactic, saying to there faces Shoot, that's all you're gonna get!! but you're gonna miss (by all means leaving someone open doesn't mean leaving them completely, but focusing your mind always on Tavares and the big guys as much as you can and the rebound). I think Real Coach was stupid for allowing his players to continue a bad psychological game with themselves, he should have changed it up, slowed it down, and adjusted the system to the big guys. Real barely missed under the basket and whatever the missed most of them where fouls. I give it to Ataman though he saw the issue with the Spaniards and hit the nail so hard they're ego felt it. I mean people who have played professionally know that you cant stop shooting even if its the right thing to do, EGO, that's where the coach comes in!!! Congrats PAO welcome back to the top!!!!!

he is not the coach with the terrible tactics but he is definitely the best at highlighting the individual gifts of the players.

Engin Ataman 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

Giannis was impressed by Doc Rivers and we all know how that turned out

10:26 period

Pablo Laso wouldn't have let them keep shooting threes like that, sad

Atamaniakis

Μan your narration about this game, the voice etc, its like watching an episode of how a ship sink.

Tryna recruit him to Milwaukee

*P A N A T H I N A I K O S☘M U N I C H*

How's Rytis doing? Recovered yet? What did the doctors say?

He’s a good coach but at the same time, they have great talent on their roster. Pao made good adjustments to be fair. But we will beat them with half their budget. Gate 7.

It's PANATHINAIKOS or P.A.O SHORTCUT NO PANA

Giannis trying to bring a Euro coach to the Bucks I dont blame him but it was his fault they got Adrian Griffin in the first place, he only got hired because Giannis wanted him meanwhile almost every team in the league at one point passed him over because they all knew he wouldnt be a good coach.

I don't like these Lithuanians because they were unfair with most dominant Euroleague team while this team had hard time after Obradovic era. So for sure I'll not support them now that we are on top of the Euroleague. BUT, I'm objective. Great analysis and amazing edit.

hopefully he doesnt mind wisconsins weather

4th quarter was more like Sloukas vs Nunn

👏👏👏👏👏

08:10 this girl is in love with Lessort 😂

Pana players fought much harder. On defense particularly. Real missed wide open shots while Pana players started to hit all including bad looking and/or long distance shots. That was not mainly about the coach on tactic side. Maybe on motivation side Ergin deserves credit.

You gotta start posting these highlights 😢

Ataman will be in nba sooner or later