Panathinaikos reportedly back off of pursuing Eric Paschall / News - Basketnews.com

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The Greek basketball world was shaken when SDNA.gr announced yesterday about Panathinaikos OPAP Athens being interested to sing NBA forward Eric Paschall.

Eric Paschall

Team:Utah JazzPosition:PFAge:25Height:201 cmWeight:116 kgBirth place:United States of AmericaProfileNewsStatistics

However, Greek website sport24 and its journalist Alexandros Trigas report that the player has found an offer from an NBA team and will stay in the top basketball league next season. SDNA.gr later confirmed the information.

Panathinaikos did everything to lure the player to continue his career in Europe but the effort was not successful, Trigas reports.

The player himself denied his possible move to Europe with the following tweet last evening: "False News." Paschall added that he "never agreed to anything."

His star teammate Donovan Mitchell joined Paschall on Twitter, writing, "They have been doing that a lot recently."

The athletic 1.98-meter forward has spent his last three years in the NBA playing for the Golden State Warriors and the Utah Jazz. Throughout his career, Paschall averages 9.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 1.4 assists.

Playing for Villanova University, Paschall became the NCAA champion in 2018. He made the Final Four all-tournament team that season.

After letting the club captain Ioannis Papapetrou go to Partizan NIS Belgrade, Panathinaikos have already signed six notable players this offseason in hopes of rebuilding the roster for a more competitive season.

Panathinaikos OPAP Athens

Position Player Status PG Paris Lee (story) Signed until 2023 +1 PG Stefan Jovic Signed until 2022 + 1 PG Nate Wolters (story) Signed until 2023 PG/SG Andrew Andrews (story) Signed until 2024 SG/SF Panagiotis Kalaitzakis (story) Signed until 2024 +1 SG Marius Grigonis (story) Signed until 2024 SF Howard Sant-Roos Signed until 2023 SF/PF Lefteris Mantzoukas Signed until 2025 SF/PF Derrick Williams(story) Signed until 2023 PF Nikos Chougkaz Signed until 2025 C Giorgos Papagiannis Signed until 2023 C Arturas Gudaitis (story) Signed until 2023 Coach Dejan Radonjic (story) Expired contract Vassilis Kavvadas (will not return), Giorgos Vovoras (will not return), Peyton Siva, Lefteris Bochoridis, Leonidas Kaselakis (will not return), Jeremy Evans, Nemanja Nedovic (will not return), Daryl Macon (will not return), Ioannis Papapetrou (will not return) Rumored to leave Stefan Jovic Interested Lefteris Bochoridis, Nick Calathes (story), Andrew Andrews (story), Georgios Kalaitzakis (story) Thank you for reading us! Help us even more.