Dimitris Itoudis: “Very talented player but all depends on him in the future”
One of the most improved young coaches in European basketball Dimitris Itoudis was kind to give this special interview for BulgarianBasket.com and talk about Hristo Zahariev and his stay in Panathinaikos:
“Hristo Zahariev is very talented player. We follow him in the last two years after he was recommended by our friend Konstantin Papazov. Thanks to him we got in contact with Zahariev. When me and Zeljko were in Sofia last month we had a chance to meet his parents. We decided to give him opportunity to practice with the first team of Panathinaikos together with 5 other players from juniors club of our team. It is important to have other young people next to him to find some common things and adapted faster.
I can say few very good words about him. But there is some others that he needs to work about in the future. One of them is to learn English. Zeljko and me are helping by talking our language but during the practices he needs to know better English so he can pick up and learn more easily.
Last night in the friendly game he started slow and even was lost somehow. However because Zeljko trust him he gave him more minutes on the court and during the game he improved and played much better.
He will stay with us during the tournament in Rodos at the end od next week. We will keep eye on him but the future depends on him.”
Dee Bost: It was important for me to play for Bulgaria
21-09-2016BGbasket.com spoke with an american point guard Demarquis "Dee" Bost who played this summer for Bulgaria men′s national basketball team for qualifications for Eurobasket 2017
more...