For the first time, the Greek national team was not “fooled”.

National teams are usually “locked up” in hotels to prepare for major events. The national basketball team, for example, traditionally held the main phase of their preparation in Karpenisi, combining work and residency in Montana, but this year things are very different.

Dimitris Itoudis and the people of the Hellenic Basketball Federation decided that the basketball players should go to OAKA for their daily routine and then return home and not to the Ilision Hotel, where they had spent several weeks in previous years.

The people in the national team want the national players not to see each other for almost two months but to go back to their families and loved ones so that everything goes as smoothly as possible for everyone. Exceptions are players like Nick Calathes or Tyler Dorsey, who have no other choice and stay in a hotel since they don’t have a home in Attica.

In addition, EEC has partnered with a catering company and OAKA offers food every day, from fish to oily fish, legumes to meat and salads, for every taste and appetite. Players eat on the field and are given rations for their dinners, so everything is controlled depending on each athlete’s eating habits and needs.