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Former Panathinaikos and Greece NT coach Rick Pitino couldn't help weighing on Kostas Sloukas and Dinos Mitoglou's signings with the Greens.

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Rick Pitino is in the United States, but it seems that his information on what is happening in Greek basketball is quick.

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The American tactician, who coached Panathinaikos Athens for seven months (December 2018-June 2019) in his first and another four (November 2019-March 2020) in his second stint with the Greens, showed excellent reflexes, commenting on Kostas Sloukas' signing by his former team.

Pitino, 71, also weighed in on how the next derbies featuring Panathinaikos and Olympiacos could look like.

"The rivalry is officially back," the HOF coach wrote on Twitter.

"Panathinaikos comes back with a vengeance. Hitting the free agent market in a huge way. Excited to see Dinos Mitoglou back with the team - terrific person. Sloukas with PAO. Olympiacos has had an incredible run, now it gets competitive again!!!" Pitino wrote.

The current Saint John's college head coach worked with Mitoglou during both of his terms at PAO, and also with Sloukas during Greece's unsuccessful bid at the 2021 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Canada.

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