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00:02Good night. First of all, I want to congratulate Madrid on the hell of a season.
00:10It was heartbreaking for them to show up with that many injuries, but they showed a lot of toughness and
00:18they gave us an extremely tough battle tonight.
00:21Coach Coriolo is a master at game planning and we had to play defense all night because they spread us
00:30out so much.
00:32We were very good at protecting the pain, but playing small ball for us is sometimes a bit difficult and
00:38they played very good.
00:40But we were resilient, we were tough, we were together like we always are and we came up with the
00:46win eventually.
00:47And the fans gave us a big boost. They're a big reason why we won tonight and that's it guys.
00:56Thank you very much, Evan. Any questions for Evan? Please, we start center, fourth row.
01:08First of all, congrats on the win and on MVP award. You mentioned the fans. Can you sing your favorite
01:16song to the fans?
01:19I don't speak Greek, so I can't sing it, but my favorite is the one where they start slow.
01:25You know, they're all sitting down and all of a sudden they start jumping and whatever the name is, it's
01:31my favorite.
01:33Thank you. Next question. First row, please. Here.
01:39Hi, Evan. Congrats on the win and on an amazing performance.
01:43I wanted to ask you about the mental aspect of this game because at the end of the day you
01:48faced a team that maybe the fact that they were missing players made them a hell of a lot more
01:53dangerous.
01:54But they opened stronger. They led throughout the game. Then you managed to take the lead and all of a
02:00sudden they managed to have this kind of last comeback attempt, which you survived.
02:06So if you can please address that.
02:10I think that they started the game and they played harder than us. They set the tone. They knew they
02:16had less weapon than usual. So they knew they had to play differently.
02:20And, you know, those kind of games, first of all, they were extremely prepared, you know, on every play they
02:26were doing something different defensively.
02:28But, you know, those games, you know, you kind of flip a coin and, you know, you never know what's
02:34going to happen.
02:35They started hot, making shots, spread this out, you know, they get the lead and now all of a sudden,
02:40you know, you look around and we have the pressure.
02:42So we had to overcome that. And they gave us a hell of a challenge. You know, when you start
02:48well, you start making shots, everybody feels good.
02:52Everybody plays with confidence. It's very hard to break that. And they did a hell of a job.
02:58Thank you. More questions. First row, please. Remember to say your name and name of the media, please.
03:04Hi, Evan. Raphael Abrach of EuroLeague France. Bravo, Evan. It was a pleasure for you.
03:09I will ask in English. Does the loss against Monaco last season makes this win, this title, even more enjoyable,
03:17even more nice for you?
03:22No. No, because, you know, the pain of the past doesn't go away all of a sudden. And, you know,
03:30the pain of last year is still the pain of last year.
03:32But, you know, overall, I'm not someone that thrives on pain and negativity. You know, ever since, you know, I've
03:41been a kid, I've always been driven by love, driven by ambition and positivity.
03:47You know, I don't really look at, like, for example, people saying bad stuff about me that doesn't give me,
03:52you know, extra motivation.
03:55I get the motivation from people pushing me with love. And that's why I think I have such a good
04:01connection with this team because it's not just me.
04:06It's the whole team like this. We are driven by love and by ambition and by positivity. You know, we
04:10don't focus on negativity as a team.
04:15More questions. Center, please. Third row.
04:19Hi, congratulations to both. Nikos Falyas from Protaflite's newspaper.
04:23Evan, we saw you celebrating like never before. So, after a few years here in Olympiacos, will you feel more
04:33at the end of your career?
04:35More French, more Algerian or more Greek from Piraeus?
04:40I'm French, brother. I'm half French, half Algerian forever. But Greece has become a second home for me. I can't
04:47even lie.
04:49When I signed here, I never went to Greece before. But the way this organization, this team, this fan base
04:56has embraced me, it's impossible not to feel like it's my home.
05:00You know, I've been here for two years. I have two more years in my contract, so that'll be four
05:04years. The only place I stayed longer was Orlando, where I stayed seven years.
05:10And who knows, maybe I'll end up staying, you know, more years in Piraeus than Orlando. We'll see. But I
05:18definitely want to finish my career here.
05:21Second rule, please.
05:24Dinner's done. Dishes are cleared. You're feeling proud. And then, I'm so hungry. Oh, f***.
05:31Second dinner, the sequel nobody saw coming. This is why we keep Brasi Bites. Whatever shows up at your door,
05:38with Brasi Bites, you're always ready for more.
05:41Last year and this year, your feelings? Yeah, that's the beauty of sports. You know, you go through highs and
05:46lows.
05:49You go through a long season. And I think, you know, the bigger, you know, at the beginning of the
05:57season, I said, the bigger the challenge, the bigger the reward.
06:03You know, the final four being in Oaka was a big challenge. And we achieved it. You know, we achieved
06:11it. We finished first again. That shows consistency.
06:18And about my beard, I don't know. I got to talk to my barber. But, you know, I might have
06:24to step back on that.
06:29Please, yeah. At the back, center.
06:33Evan, congratulations. Dimitris Kuimtidis from Threlo 7 International. In 2010, you watched Olympiacos in the final of the EuroLeague in
06:40Paris, lose to Barcelona.
06:42You said you fell in love with the fans. In 2022, you said if you were ever to come back
06:47from the NBA, very successful career in the NBA, you'd only play for Olympiacos.
06:51It happened in 2024. Obviously, last year, heartbreak in Monaco.
06:56But you won the Greek League finals. Fantastic performance. And now you've won the EuroLeague.
07:02What's next? What's the motivation? How are you going to carry on?
07:06Next is the Greek League final, brother. The greens are waiting.
07:14But, yeah, I'm going to be honest. When I tweeted this in 2022, I was honest. You know, I'm not
07:20a liar or anything.
07:21But I honestly didn't think my career would take this turn so fast. You know, back then in 2022, I
07:28was coming off a season with the Knicks where I broke, you know, a 30-year-old franchise record.
07:34You know, for most threes. I was tough having threes in the league. I was in a great position.
07:41My career in the NBA was doing great at the time. And, you know, in just one year, it went
07:46like this, from starting breaking records to not playing.
07:50And I didn't see it coming that fast. And so in 2024, where, you know, I saw a great opportunity
07:57for me to keep playing at a very high level, to have a new challenge.
08:03You know, this came and, you know, I jumped on it. You know, I really jumped on it.
08:09It was tough because my free agency was during the Olympics. And so my mind was focused on the Olympics
08:14the whole time.
08:16And, you know, I took about 10 days off. And, you know, I told my wife and agent, OK, this
08:20is where I want to go.
08:22And this is the direction we wanted to go as a family. And, you know, the team was kind enough
08:30to welcome me.
08:35Thank you. We do one last question here. First row, please.
08:44You mentioned that you finished the season in the first seed. So let's talk about the elephant in the room.
08:50Yes, it was promoted by the media, mostly the first seed curse. You were the team to break it.
08:57Is it something that ever crossed your mind? Like, you know, coming here, knowing that no team is, we were
09:02about to do what no team has done before, since the EuroLeague format changed?
09:06Trust me, brother. That was the last thing on my mind. And ours. I'm going to be honest, we didn't
09:11give a fuck at all.
09:15Like I said, you know, we thrive on positivity, on challenge, not on negativity. You know, there was a lot
09:23of rumors.
09:24You know, when we ended the season, hey, you know, there's a curse, maybe you should lose a cup again,
09:29whatever.
09:30And this man right here, you know, told us many times, fuck that, we got to finish first.
09:36We want to win. When you play for this team, you play to win every single time. And that's exactly
09:41what we did.
09:42And now we're the first team with the first seed to win. It's even better.
09:50Thank you very much, Ivan. Do you want to add anything else? Or you want to go celebrate and rest?
10:00Thank you very much. Thank you.
10:10Continue the press conference with head coach, Yorgos Bartzokas.
10:13So, coach, do you want to, yeah?
10:15I will speak in Greek.
10:17You can speak in Greek, yes. If you don't mind doing an opening remark in English first.
10:20Yes, of course. And then in Greek, if you want.
10:22First of all, thank you very much for being here so late at night. Please allow me not to spend
10:33more time here for you,
10:35because our whole team is waiting to celebrate with our fans in Piraeus. And we want to leave that. We
10:45don't want to let them stay, you know, waiting so much.
10:53From now on, I can speak in Greek, please, for the foreigners, of course.
10:57Thank you very much.
10:59Thank you very much.
11:00I would like,
11:05since all journalists in the zone, ask me how I feel. I had seven questions how I feel, how I
11:14feel.
11:14I believe it is naive now to reply to that.
11:16I feel very good because we got the title. We are the champions.
11:20I would like to say things throughout the year. I have been talking about our team.
11:25I am trying to explain things to all of you.
11:28Right now, what happened for the hero, to speak out the player, to speak Levan and to all the players.
11:35This is their moment, the moment of the players. So the coach should step aside.
11:40When it comes to me, I would like to dedicate this championship to a dear friend, Canella, member of the
11:50club, very important.
11:52Her name is Canella, a very powerful person. I would like to wish her all the best.
11:58I would like to dedicate this trophy to the owners who insist in loving so much the club and supporting
12:12the organization.
12:13I would like to give that to the players as well because throughout this season, in the regular season,
12:18we were the only team with three male in the playoffs and we won the championship,
12:25breaking the curse of the first position as well.
12:28But also, I would like to dedicate that to the older players of the team, including Mustafa Fan.
12:37They managed to get the team five times, close to the top, close to the championship,
12:42and they deserve a bit more than the younger players or the newcomers.
12:47So I would like to dedicate that to them and last but not least to the fantastic fans of the
12:51Olympiacos.
12:53I love them, I know that we made them very happy and they give us this joy every day throughout
13:01the years. Thank you.
13:02Thank you, Coach. We open the floor to questions. We go to the second row, please.
13:16Hello, Coach. Congratulations. I would like to ask you.
13:19When you were to start dealing with basketball, before you became a coach,
13:23if somebody told you that you would become a coach for Olympiacos and you would win at OAKA T-Center,
13:28the EuroLeague title,
13:30what would you reply to that person? Is it a dream that came true? Thank you.
13:36First of all, nobody knows what life can bring along.
13:40From the best to the worst, it is a pathway, a personal pathway for all.
13:45From the coach of Olympiacos to any individual, to any employee, any worker.
13:52We are all having a pathway in life that many times is full of failures and success.
14:00What matters most is to stand with failures.
14:04If you are an Olympiacos, you can get some titles.
14:06But you have to keep a strong stomach when there is a failure.
14:09Now things are easier.
14:11We go here.
14:12Right.
14:13First of all.
14:14Hi, Coach.
14:15Emmet Ryan from Ball in Europe.
14:16Sorry to ask you a question in English.
14:19I know, and I think everybody in this room knows just how much the club means to you, Olympiacos.
14:24Just tell us what it means to you to finally get over the line after coming so close in recent
14:27years.
14:28Excuse me, can you repeat?
14:29How it feels to get over the line finally after coming so close in recent years?
14:35It's all about patience.
14:36You know, it's all about love for the game.
14:40And, of course, it's all about love for my job and for the club.
14:45You know, I don't hide it.
14:47I'm a big fan of since my childhood.
14:50And it's a privilege to be a part of this club.
14:54So, even if I'm feeling bad sometimes, if I'm feeling devastated, I have to raise my head and work for
15:06the club as much as I can, as long as I'm here.
15:11Another question here.
15:13First of all.
15:15Coach Alberto Anzagalli, your question.
15:17First of all, congratulations for, not for tonight, but for the last five years.
15:21I mean, for the great basketball you played.
15:23I think an image of tonight's triumph was the fact that you played almost the whole second quarter with bench
15:30players.
15:31We know that your ownership allowed you to have a great roster, for sure, but you played your whole roster.
15:38So, it means that this is a team win, not exactly the single champ that you have in your roster.
15:44Yeah, I totally agree.
15:45This is what I tried to build up in this club.
15:49Last six, seven years.
15:52Now I had, of course, more weapons.
15:55Because, for instance, Tyreek Jones played the last quarter only.
15:58And he was very important to play the game.
16:02Whoever played today, it was important.
16:06No matter, you know, if you play well or not.
16:10The contribution of each one here in our team was huge during the season.
16:15Because if you want to win a trophy, it's not only the last game.
16:19Of course, the last game is important.
16:20It's how you're going there, you know.
16:26And everybody contributes big time during the season.
16:30So, I'm really grateful.
16:31That's why I say I'm really grateful to the players, to everybody in the club.
16:36They all deserve this trophy.
16:40Two questions on the left side.
16:41Second row first.
16:42Then we go to the third.
16:45Alexander Somolvron, Παραπολιτικά.
16:47And I, EF Media GR Coach.
16:49Αφού σου πω πρώτα ότι δεν έχω δει τόσο πολύ κόσμο από τους γραφούς φιλάφλους
16:55να χαιρώνουν για την επιπτυχία ενός ανθρώπου
16:59γιατί πολλοί σημεριά κάτηκαν για τον άνθρωπο Μπαρτζόκα,
17:01όχι τον προποντή.
17:03Θα σου πω κάτι άλλο.
17:05Δεν θα σου πω τίποτα για τη σημερινή πραγιά.
17:06Θα σε ρωτήσω όμως για τις μοναχικές στιγμές αυτές της πέντα ειδίας,
17:10όταν μετά από αποτυχίες, μετά από δύσκολες στιγμές,
17:14έμπαινε στον γραφείο δύο ανθρώπων των αδερφών Αγγελόπουλων
17:17και σε έπραδες εμπιστοσύνια και σε αυτή την πολυπέλεια
17:19που πολλοί στους αδελφίους σου δεν την έχουν.
17:22Θεωρείς ότι το Συνδερινό Ευρωπαϊκό κερδίθηκε πρώτα
17:26και πριν από τη σημερινή βραδιά
17:28σε εκείνες τις στιγμές που ήσαν οι τρεις άνθρωποι στα γραφεία του Ολυμπιακού.
17:34Όχι μόνο από την προηγούμενη διτεία μου στον Ολυμπιακό,
17:37που επίσης είναι η κατάκτηση της Ευρωλίκας,
17:40αλλά υπήρχαν και δύσκολες στιγμές σε ένα άλλο καθιστό στον ελληνικό μπάσκετ.
17:46Όταν έφυγε από τον Ολυμπιακό, όχι μόνο από τη διάρκεια της Ευρωπαϊκής μας,
17:49και παρότι δεν ήθελα να μιλήσω πριν από 6,5 χρόνια,
17:54διότι ήμουν για αυτούς τους ανθρώπους.
17:56Δεν είναι μια πατιαδοματική απόφαση τότε που με συνέφερε.
18:00Ανθρώπη, δεν ήταν μόνο μια προφέσιανη δουλειά,
18:08αλλά και να χτίσουμε κάτι καλύτεροι από εκείνη.
18:11Ήταν ένα μεγάλο χείλημα.
18:12Ήταν μια μεγάλη πίεση που έχει αυτός ο δράστιος σεβασμού.
18:15Από την πίεση που μπορούμε να δούμε σε αυτόν τον δημοσιογραφόμενο.
18:19Η συμβασία μου με τους ανθρώπους, με τους ανθρώπους,
18:22σχετικά αν είμαι σε ολυμπιακός ή δεν,
18:26είναι ένας μεγάλης προέδρες και ολυμπιακός.
18:29Είμαστε οι πρόεδρες και είμαι ολυμπιακός.
18:32Αλλά το πίεση είναι ολυμπιακός.
18:33Αλλά το πίεση είναι ολυμπιακός.
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