Moustapha Fall praises Bolomboy, Milutinov, and Petrusev / News - Basketnews.com

Moustapha Fall, Olympiacos Piraeus big man, praised his colleagues Joel Bolomboy, Nikola Milutinov, and Filip Petrusev.

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Olympiacos Piraeus has built up quite a formidable rotation of centers. Among all of them, Moustapha Fall is the starting player of the team in that position.

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Including names such as Nikola Milutinov, Filip Petrusev, and Moses Wright, Olympiacos has sadly not been able to utilize all of them due to injuries. While he himself was also injured at one point, Fall was the one to take up the slack, helped by the late addition of Moses Wright.

After a narrow victory over Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade with a score of 86-89, Fall heaped praise on his fellow big men, including Crvena Zvezda's Joel Bolomboy, who was part of Olympiacos last year with Fall.

"Joel is having a very good season. I'm happy for him. Now he has a lot more space to play, and you can see that he is enjoying it," said Fall to Meridian Sport. "I just wish him more team success. But yes, of course, I'm really happy and proud of him. I hope it will continue like this," he stated, hoping for success for Crvena Zvezda as well.

Then on, Fall spoke highly of his two teammates: Nikola Milutinov and Filip Petrusev. The former is out with injury, while Petrusev is a latecomer, still trying to adjust himself to his new team.

"He is a great player. Nikola is very talented, very skilled. This season, he was unlucky with injuries, so he was often out of the team. But everyone knows what he can do, and I'm very happy he's coming back," said Fall. "We certainly missed him, but I think we did a great job and won a lot even though he wasn't there."

Of course, Fall could not do without mentioning the efforts of Moses Wright, who is also a latecomer but has had a tremendous impact on his team's recent wins,

"Moses Wright came and helped us a lot in that regard. It will be easier with him. But we just need to play our game even when Nikola is not with us."

The final person on Fall's praise list was Petrusev, who returned to the EuroLeague from the Philadelphia 76ers in the mid-season.

"He has helped us a lot since he came. I think we have more size now, more athleticism. Filip has a good feel for the game," said Fall about his Serbian colleague.

"Of course, he is still young, so he is still improving. He adapted to the new system, he is getting better every day. Now he has to recover because of the injury, but he is really a very good basketball player," he concluded.

As for himself, Fall is averaging 7.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 2.7 assists for 14.5 PIR per game in the EuroLeague.

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