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Ergin Ataman has named his EuroLeague favorites for the next season and believes the finals will have a rematch of last year between his team and Milan.

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Anadolu Efes Istanbul head coach Ergin Ataman, who won the past two EuroLeague titles with the club, spoke with La Gazzetta Dello Sport about the upcoming EuroLeague season.

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Ataman says he doesn't have to speak about his achievements anymore and it's just enough to show three fingers, which represent his EuroLeague titles.

"Last year my mantra was the countdown, that is the number of victories that separated us from the second title. This time I will walk around the courts showing three fingers as evidence. I will not say words, it is enough for me to mark a number," said Ataman.

The Turkish coach believes that the EuroLeague competition in the upcoming season is going to be even stronger.

"Very strong, increasingly competitive and tough," said Ataman about EuroLeague.

"There are three groups of six teams each with minimum distances between them. For the Final Four there are us, Real, Barcelona, ​​Milan, Olympiacos and also Monaco who have significantly raised their budget by taking excellent players," Ataman named his favorites.

"For the playoffs, there is Fenerbahce, Bayern, Maccabi, Panathinaikos, Partizan with the return of Obradovic and with a home factor that can make the difference, and Virtus Bologna. Then the others from which a surprise can come out," added Ataman.

"Coach Messina said so and I can only agree. They [Milan] have improved in all roles even though he [Messina] has lost Chacho [Sergio Rodriguez]," said Ataman.

The Turkish coach thinks that in the next EuroLeague season finals it will be the rematch between his team and EA7 Emporio Armani Milan.

"For me they are our most dangerous competitor. I say it now: we and Milan will find ourselves in the final for the title. And it will be a great final," Ataman concluded.

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