Greek federation president confirms Giannis' presence in EuroBasket, announces staff changes / News - Basketnews.com

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The president of the Greek Basketball Federation, Vangelis Liolios, spoke to the Greek media about the national team touching on two important topics.

Giannis Antetokounmpo

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Firstly, he confirmed Giannis Antetokounmpo's presence in EuroBasket 2022.

"We must emphasize that Giannis loves Greece and the national team and, of course, he will be with us in September at EuroBasket. After all, he himself declared it two days ago. This helps all of us, all the people involved with the national team," said the president.

"The Milwaukee Bucks are an organization that we have a great relationship with," he added regarding the Greek superstar's commitment.

Liolios also revealed that Bucks assistant coach Josh Oppenheimer will join the Greek NT staff.

"Dimitris Itoudis is a very strong personality and has already spoken to all the players. He is the person our national team's bench needed. His assistants will be Sotiris Manolopoulos and Savvas Kamperidis, who remain in their positions.

Isidoros Koutsos and Konstantinos Papadopoulos asked not to be on the staff for personal reasons and their request was accepted. Therefore two assistants will be added: Stefanos Triantafyllos and Josh Oppenheimer, who belongs to the Bucks coaching staff. Moreover, Marios Batis will join our staff," Liolios expanded on the situation on the Greek NT bench.

Greece will play in EuroBasket's Group C, where they will face Estonia, Ukraine, Great Britain, Italy, and Croatia.

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