Basketball
Spanoulis’ manifesto and “Come Vassilis”
“Kill Bill” presented his manifesto for the national team and Vassilis Skoundis describes the first impression of his “second coming”.
On October 3, 1897, Louis Aragon was born in Paris, and exactly after 126 years, he took part in the parade on this anniversary.
I mean the case of Vassilis Spanoulis, who today wore the national team’s blue suit, introduced himself and introduced us as their coach.
Or rather, as Vangelis Liolios correctly identified him (he introduced himself and introduced himself as a soldier who took his galleons and was now promoted to general!
Santa Claus’s bells
The French writer is known to have been one of the first hierophants of surrealism, apart from the fact that one of his most famous works bears the title:The Bells of the Kingdom” which he actually wrote in 1934 and published modified after thirty years!
The reason; “He explained it himself”The novel remained the same, but the eyes changed».
Today the bells rang for Vassilis, who is re-publishing his own novel after eight years!
In order not to deviate from the military measures of the EEC President, Vassilis Spanoulis was demobilized on September 17, 2015 after the Battle of Lille and has now been recruited from (glorious) reservists with the rank of non-retired general.
GES chief, GEETHA chief and commander in chief step forward to lead the Greek battalion into the next war.
Let’s be surreal
So that there are no gaps in the narrative, it is necessary that realism prevails in the phase of aphasia that the national team has been going through for 14 years (since 2009 in Katowice, then Spanoulis’ present).
But here and there, in addition to realism, an oblique look is also necessary, an allusion to the movement that Aragon advocated and showed in his works.
So let’s be surreal!
In the meeting room of the EEC board, a collage with all the national team’s major successes dominates like wallpaper, partly dominated by Spanoulis’ Afentomutsounara, while signs with the hashtag #EpisimiAgapimeni hung left and right.
First mission completed
As I wrote yesterday, aphoristically referring to his boss, this once “official mistress” has become an “official disappointment,” and Spanoulis is working hard to restore her lost glory.
His shoulder!
So no pins were dropped in this room today, there were actually pins standing there!
“missioncompleted“, as they say in his village in Larissa, so the mission is accomplished!
The first mission was carried out, the simplest, which was a hurdle even in betting because it was certain and undeniable that the personality, the aura and the legend that the so-called embodied would conjure up the journalistic fraternity.
The Order of Liolius and Antetokounmpo
It’s about also rebuilding the players, the entire basketball ecosystem and the people who are desperate to get back on the road, like Giannis Antetokounmpo and Vangelis Liolios did in an unexpected time.
The EEC is housed in the OAKA facilities, between the stadium and the velodrome, in the shade of the Calatrava roof!
Due to the topicality, this association of the performances is not pleasant, but – although Spanoulis did not win any medals and triumphs with the shovel and hares with Petrachelia – he will do everything to let the concrete fall again!
“Come Santa Claus, come Santa Claus”
As a lover of semiotics, I retained some scenes and lines from the presentation in which KillBill was flanked by five of his comrades in Saitama (Dimitris Diamantidis, Nikos Zisis, Kostas Tsartsaris, Dimos Dikoudis, Sofokles Schortsanitis) and the strong woman Evina Maltsis.
I saw them huddled together and if I didn’t respect the process I would be tempted to repeat the tirade I had given on the TV broadcast of the 1 semi-finalher September 2006.
“Come Santa Claus, come Santa Claus»!
Then Vassilis came along, scored and we won…
Vassilis came today, he plans, hopes and expects to score from the bench and then we can win again!
His fascinating look
From everything that has been said – and what has already been published – I will pick out a few sayings…
The EEC President is right, he revealed what impressed him from the first moment he met Spanoulis.
“His incredibly fascinating look»!
I agree and add that Spanoulis is actually looking at you too magnetizes, enchants you when you are his opponent, he scares you!
The reserve list and Cerberus Olympias
Billys answered a barrage of questions during the press conference, but also when he stood up the panel.
I laughed when I saw the answer he gave when asked if today’s moment was in the top 5 of his life. “Look, I have a wife and six children, so up to number 7 AD List is reserved»
What did the giant say!
He talked about his three boys playing basketball How happy all the children were that their father took care of them (and) this job. “And Olympia cheered. She’s a brat, she can handle herself She doesn’t need me to be the lover of the house»!
The broken legs, the fires and the floods
He emphasized the value of generational change with the line “The children of the 87 generation broke their legs for this We broke our legs to get out Let’s pass the baton to the 90s, they passed the torch To pass on the spirit to posterity and it is our duty to pass it on Our legacy from generation to generation».
Spanoulis is a born fighter, winner and champion he presented his manifesto grosso modo, without stress, without pressure and fear of the responsibility he carries…
“I thought about the suggestion for two seconds and then said it “Yes”. People suffer from stress, pressure and insecurity If you don’t have a job, you can’t pay your rent their house and the milk of their children and those who saw them their property is destroyed by fire and floods”
“No more myrtle and negativity”
What I liked most was the defense and counterattack he played against the unbridled moans, the myrtle and our habit of eating clothed! “In our time we used to say that even after all this we have no shooters We’ve been saying the same things over and over again for years. We talk about whether they are together Children in academies when it is the fault of the coaches or players (SS: Liolios nevertheless placed the blame on the administrations, and to yourself) if one or the other does not agree»
And finally, in light of his term and his expressed commitment to our basketball sanctuaries and loyalties, he took an oath and an oath: “One thing bothers me a lot, I want to fight them and ask for your support: Yes Put an end to the uncertainty and negativity that plagues us takes over and we feel joy, honor and pride the creepiness and feelings that arise when You represent your country and wear the national team jersey. I don’t carry any syndromes and want to go out Field warrior, courageous, fearless and courageous»!
PS: Nikos Zisis has decided that “Vassilis is the one”. “Right man in the right place”. I agree and augment: in the truest sense of the word augment because I dare – and I hope I will not be denied – that he is the right one Man in the right position, and in the right one Point!
Source: sport 24
I am a sports writer and journalist who has written for various online publications including Sportish. I’m originally from the UK but currently live in Toronto, Canada. I’m also an author on Sportish and have written several articles on a variety of sports-related topics.
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“Victories over Euroleague teams, the Super Cup in Belgrade, the birth of Jean-Charles’ twins.” Vatutin named the brightest moments of 2025
President of basketball CSKA Andrei Vatutin, in a conversation with Match TV, named the brightest moments of the outgoing year, and also told how to meet 2026.
At the end of the 2024/25 season, CSKA became the champion of the VTB United League. In the current regular season, the army team is in the lead, having won 16 victories in 18 games.
— How satisfied are you with 2025?
— First of all, I would like to say that the team we have now is very dear to me. I am often asked: which season’s team do you like the most? For some reason, everyone thinks that the answer will be related to our victories in the Euroleague. Not at all. Every year we have a unique team. I’m happy to work with the guys we have today. I really value the victories in the United League that we achieved with this Team. That’s right, with a capital letter. The guys communicate well with each other. We have a great environment in the dressing room. I am very glad that our veterans – Kurbanov, Antonov, Ukhov – continue their careers. They mean a lot to me and to CSKA.
It is clear that if you won the championship in the past year, there is no reason to be dissatisfied with the sports result. But again, I’m happy to work with the coaching staff, our players, our club office and I would like everyone to be healthy and for us to continue to win together. I think everyone will have a lot of wishes in their New Year’s toasts. But surely each of the CSKA employees, players and coaches will wish us good luck and that there will be no injuries. If everything goes well, then there will be victories.
In addition to winning the championship, our team had many more bright moments. Birth of twins to Livio Jean-Charles. We played the pre-season in Dubai for the first time. The United League Super Cup was played for the first time in Belgrade. Plus we beat two Euroleague teams, which doesn’t mean anything, but in principle it indicates that we can now play with Euroleague teams. And I’ll probably also note Kurbanov’s pass to Livio in Krasnodar, when they scored 0.6 seconds before the end. A very bright moment. This suggests that basketball has become faster over the past decades: what took three seconds in Munich was now decided in 0.6.
Of course, my family gives me many very bright positive moments.
— How will you celebrate the New Year? What will be on the festive table?
— In Moscow, with my family. As always, it will be delicious. I generally love to eat (laughs). So to say that today I eat tasteless, but on New Year’s Day it’s delicious, would be wrong. Before the chimes, as always, we will listen to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin’s New Year’s address. Then we’ll have a glass of champagne, and then maybe move on to red wine.
— The Year of the Fire Horse is ahead. Does this mean that CSKA must definitely become the champion?
— (Laughs) I’ll say this: we don’t owe anyone anything. Whether it’s the year of the blue Horse or the Ox, our goals remain the same: we will try to please our fans. The Year of the Red Horse does not impose additional responsibilities and obligations. Of course, it’s nice that it’s the Year of the Horse, but it will be all the more interesting and enjoyable to ride this horse. Our competitors will probably oppose this. It is clear that the New Year’s toasts of the leaders of UNICS, Zenit, and Lokomotiv will also be for victory. Now is the middle of the season, and the most interesting is ahead,” Vatutin told Match TV.
Watch live broadcasts of VTB United League matches on the television channels of the Match holding company, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source: Sportbox
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ELKINSON: “We have a dream: to return European trophies to Zaporozhye”
President of the Zaporozhye Regional Basketball Federation Valery Elkinson Summarized the results of the first part of the season for BC Zaporozhye.
– Valery, at the beginning of the season you made predictions about BC Zaporozhye’s performance in the Super League and the Ukrainian Cup. The second round is already underway. Are you happy with the results?
– Yes, I am satisfied. Many experts predicted that we would be ninth or tenth, but we need work, system and team for the result. We have a very small staff: club president Viktor Stelmakov, chief accountant Tatyana Kozachenko and media director Roman Polyachenko. These people have been working for the benefit of Zaporizhzhya basketball for years, and thanks to this, we achieved the current result.
– Which matches did you like the most? Where did the team perform at its best?
– First of all, both matches will be played against Kharkov Falcons. Unfortunately, we lost the first match in overtime and won the second match by one point. These are important matches as the opponent’s head coach is our former mentor Valery Plekhanov. The matches were quite challenging and interesting.
– What about the matches against Dnepr?
– “Dnepr” is the leader of the championship today and so far it is difficult for us to fight with them. Our main duty now is to protect basketball in such difficult times. We plan to compete for medals in the future as well. We have a common dream with the city and regional authorities: to return the European Cup of basketball to Zaporozhye.
– How do you evaluate the role of American legionnaires in BC Zaporozhye?
– The team has a very good microclimate, foreign players are very well integrated into the team. They are the leaders of the team today. At the same time, you must understand that times are difficult and communicating with strangers in such conditions is a particular challenge. But despite all the difficulties, the team works in unity and produces results.
Captain Anton Buts plays a big role; He is a leader not only on the field, but also in the locker room, helping young people and communicating with foreign players.
– Anton Buts plays a very consistent game. Was he given any special assignments?
– Anton has been in our club for many years and is playing better every season. He has a strong character and he shows it in his matches. He manages the team; This is very important.
– How do young people express themselves?
– We are satisfied. Ilya Lishchina is our student who returned home after studying on the Dnieper. Vyacheslav Kiktev is a hardworking player, although there are some difficulties. We also signed another student, Alexander Petrenko, which allowed us to expand our squad.
– Where is it more difficult to play; In the Super League or the Ukrainian Cup?
– These are different tournaments. It is a cup elimination match. For years we had no luck in the draw; We reached Dnepr early. This year the draw was more favorable and for the first time in ten years BC Zaporozhye advanced to the Final Four. In the cup, everything is decided by a single match, while in the championship, the distance is longer.
– How do you evaluate the work of head coach Dmitry Shchiglinsky?
– Dmitry actively participated in the formation of the team, has his own vision of the game and tactics. We can say that he did the right thing with the choice of actors, including foreign actors. We try to create conditions where the team can work safely despite all the difficulties.
Source: Sport UA
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Lokomotiv-Kuban beat Avtodor in the VTB United League match
Krasnodar Lokomotiv-Kuban defeated Saratov Avtodor in a home match of the VTB United League regular season.
The meeting ended with a score of 88:65 (19:17, 29:16, 22:20, 18:12). At Avtodor, Alen Hadzhibegovic from Avtodor scored a double-double (26 points and 17 rebounds). For Krasnodar, Jeremiah Martin scored the most points – 25.
Lokomotiv-Kuban (12 wins and 6 losses) is third in the standings, Avtodor (4–15) is 10th.
Watch live broadcasts of VTB United League matches on the television channels of the Match holding company, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source: Sportbox
I am a sports journalist who has been writing for a news website since 2015. My work primarily focuses on sports news, but I have also written about other topics such as technology and the arts. I have an extensive background in journalism, having worked as a reporter for a local newspaper before moving to a news website.
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