Galis, Petrovic and Nan

Today, November 21, 2023, a first and a last name have their honor… It’s just that unlike the Marys who celebrate maybe twice a year, Nan celebrated once and for all!

That is why today the Assumption and (as far as Panathinaikos is concerned) the Awakening of Nan are celebrated!

I’m laughing now as I write this because just saying the American security guard’s name leads to puns and puns of all kinds…

Nani, Nani, the dwarf and nanotechnology

Until last night, the so-called “Nani, my baby Nani” was in a “Nani, my baby Nani” phase, but this hypnosis wouldn’t last forever, so here is AEK, here is Zoria, here is his lover, which is smeared on the front pages of today’s newspapers, apart from yesterday’s Internet wave!

I imagine that the former Heat, Lakers and Wizards player is not satisfied with… limited appearances, as they say about singers’ concerts or theater performances, and (will) save them for the future.

Since the conversation turned to puns on his last name, Nan apparently needed no further persuasion…

Of course Nan isn’t… a dwarf!

And after his orgies yesterday, he can serve nanotechnology, a new science defined as the exploitation of matter at the atomic and molecular levels.

On an individual level, but in this case also on a team level.

With this in mind, the 28-year-old security guard put the nanometer into operation and everything he wanted came to light.

Giannakis’ recordings in 1983, Syrigos and the 0/13 threes

In 1983, at the EuroBasket of Limoges and Nantes, the retired Philippas Syrigos measured the repeated misses of Panagiotis Giannakis on the television broadcasts, but Nantes did not return either…

As I recently wrote here, Nan didn’t score or birdie in 6.75 minutes in his first four appearances in the green jersey, despite shooting from longer range in the NBA.

Until his save last night, he had proven unstoppable on all 13 shots he attempted: 0/5 against Alba Berlin, 0/2 against Zalgiris Kaunas, 0/2 against Aris, 0/3 against Virtus Bologna and 0 / 1 with AEK.

He didn’t find a target in any of the 13, after shedding the numerical arrogance he went crazy and scored four out of four!

5/15 in the first doubles

Nan’s identity is known and I was involved in his party the day after Panathinaikos’ victory in the SEF and Dimitris Giannakopoulos’s oral announcement.

After a week, when he arrived in Athens, he had (I learned) 5/15 threes in the double 5×5 of his first practice with the greens.

He putted five, but as one birdie told me, the ten he missed were good shots.

The palm, the elbow, the publication and the bad shots

Good and straight, because someone who knows it well cluelessly told me that Nan puts his palm and elbow perfectly behind the ball, gives it twists and turns, and generally has excellent release mechanics.

Fine print?

Not exactly because with this method (as they say in my village) he can go straight to the basket and his shots won’t go in the wrong direction, so to speak…

This is particularly appreciated by coaches and supervisors who pass the ball during training or during warm-ups, as they are not forced to chase the balls back and forth when hitting straight shots!

We’re now talking about Nan and any player who can shoot 500 shots in their individual or team training!

Petrovic’s 1,000 shots

Shut up when retired Drazen Petrovic, who had the keys to the Sibenka Stadium and went there from dawn, told me that he didn’t leave until he had a thousand!

Nan brought “Mozart” to my mind and with the association of the performances I also brought Galis into the frame!

I don’t know if Ergin Ataman elegantly expressed his worries, fears and worries about when Nan would find his hand…

Had he discussed it even indirectly with the newly recruited American security guard, he would have been comfortable with the answer that “Gangster” gave in a similar case of artificial questioning.

Galis’ first training session and the Alafiasma of Alexander

When Galis first entered the Palais de Sport in September 1979, the retired Anestis Petalidis had himself marked by Vangelis Alexandris to deliver his verdict…

“His black haste to see what fish he catches”!

After five minutes, “Tiger” left no room for doubt…

“Get up, I, who am a coppersmith, spit it out! The guy is out of another joke!”

“You will lick where you spit”!

Galis wore Aris jersey #7 for the first time on December 2, 1979 against Heraklis, in a game in which he scored 30 points!

Outside the locker room, Petalidis rushed to hug and kiss him, while many fans and some journalists murmured that “he is individualistic and misguided.”

Then Petalidis got angry and had a conversation that would go down in history.

“Be careful, Cardassians, because where you spit now, you will soon lick!”

“Do you think I’ll lose her again?”

The next day, Alexandris took Galis aside and told him two… vowels…

“You were good, but you missed a lot of shots.”

Then Galis turned and asked him a question, decisive and disarming…

“Do you think I’ll lose her again?”

Well, Galis really hasn’t lost his temper again and that was emphasized by the tongue of his hand and Nan’s.

Nunn is a skilled shooter and scorer, even going so far as to say that he follows a certain sequence on the court: play aggressively, look at the basket, roll the ball in there.

The message of pull-ups

Last night he found a rhythm from several phases with pull-up jumps, i.e. shots after dribbles, and ran wildly in the final minutes, literally taking the situation into his own hands.

His confidence and high self-esteem were not damaged by missing the first 13 three-pointers, and so, as the residents of green Jerusalem told me, he was calm, just waiting for the explosion that was about to happen in yesterday’s derby with AEK.

Nunn is a classic NBA player with everything that goes into his routine before and after practice and games…

“Gym Rat”

He really puts a lot of emphasis on this routine and is the epitome of a “gym rat”!

He goes to the OAKA team hall, lifts his weights, does balance exercises, stretches and the like, then does tight and long pull-ups, then takes part in team training and at the top comes the rehabilitation program.

All of this adds up to a daily five-hour day, which yesterday after four games brought joy to the entire team, was rewarded and was not only efficient and ultimately decisive, but also very promising…

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