Ergin Ataman, coach of Anadolu Efes, one of the ING Basketball League teams, evaluated the agenda in basketball due to the corona virus outbreak. Stating that the registration of leagues will be against the sportive spirit, Ataman also made statements about his athletes.
Ergin Ataman’s statements are as follows:
In the EuroLeague there was a consensus on the decision to be made towards the end of May.
I think it is against the sportive spirit to register the leagues in this situation. Let’s say the league has been registered and we have been declared champions. There is no joke about it. This makes no sense unless you are playing the finale, tasting that excitement, or if you feel sorry for losing. We wish all of us to complete the matches in some way and appear as a result of the champion’s final game …
“EUROLEAGUE IS POSTED BUT …”
In the evening we played Valencia match, news came from the club at noon. It is said that the EuroLeague has made a decision and will be delayed. I canceled the camp and sent the whole team home. I told them not to leave the house until the news came.
EuroLeague but was postponed to league Turkey snoozed. Instead of choosing the plane, we went to Ankara by bus. We played Türk Telekom match in an environment without spectators. It was a bad match, a bad environment. We had a delay game at that time, and we played that game on Tuesday evening. The match was postponed on Wednesday, the seriousness of the business in Turkey began to be conceived. We told the players that we had canceled the training and had training at home.
EuroLeague said it considered the start as mid-May or early June. He said, however, that the cancellation has not been so far. If this disease passes and starts again, this start date will be reported 1 month ago.
“OUR PLAYERS GONE”
We allowed our players. Half of the foreign players are gone, half are left. We hope that after 1-1.5 months life returns to normal.
We have a group that includes EuroLeague coaches, we discuss it there. Rather than contracts, if EuroLeague is played, what will be the consequences, if not, how would they lose, we think about them?
When we play the console game together, when we are in the same team, I become the weak member of the team, and Sarp becomes the Larkin of that team. He scores all the goals.
