Euroleague, Ergin Ataman lashes out at Turkish players

The coach of the European champions imbalanced with some players

Ataman is certainly not the type to speak his mind. In the post match of the painful league victory against Konyaspor (88-83 the final), the Efes coach targeted some players, especially those from the Turkish national team.

“I will not bring to Milan players who bring nothing, because they would simply sit on the bench. We cannot do the whole season always with the usual five players (foreigners, ed.). We will take action,” his clear words. Ataman did not like the fact that, even against Konyaspor, it was the foreign players on the roster, already squeezed out by the challenge with Barcelona, who made the difference. Against Olimpia, many changes are expected in coach Ataman’s 12.