This year’s basketball league, which kicks off today, is a championship for two. Questions remain, on the one hand, how competitive Panathinaikos can be against Olympiacos compared to last year, and on the other hand, whether the refereeing will be able to withstand what has been happening in CUD lately, with new head Christos Christodoulou leaving the team. premiere draw.

Yorgos Bartzokas’ Piraeus had a successful year last year and already won the first title (Supercup) by easily beating Panathinaikos, while in terms of transfers, having kept last year’s trunk, they continued selective moves. Panathinaikos with Dejan Radonic on the bench and players who can make a difference like Ponitka, Grigonis, Walters, Williams will be looking to tie as quickly as possible and be as competitive as possible from now on.

AEK is also a completely new team and clearly stronger than last year. Peristeri also appears to be boosted with Vassilis Spanoulis starting his coaching career while Prometheus is expected to be a stable value again this year with familiar Makis Giatras on the bench.

Olympiakos is again the favorite, Panathinaikos is trying to answer – Reinforced AEK, Peristeri.

PAOK, Aris and Colossos will have the primary goal of making the playoffs, while Lavrio Christos Cerelis remains a mystery after he embarked on a major upgrade with four foreign rookies coming from the NCAA and roster changes to as long as the last minute. Apollon Patron, Ionikos and recently promoted Karditsa, who round out the 12th roster, will struggle to avoid relegation.

In the new league, the most important change relates to the right of each team to have seven foreigners in their squad, but as a restriction to use six of them in each match.

Detailed program of the 1st competition. Today: Lavrio – Prometheus (16.00, ERT3), Ionikos – Kolosos (17.00, ERT Sports 1), Peristeri – PAOK (19.15, ERT3). Tomorrow: Aris – Panathinaikos (16.00, ERT3), AEK – Karditsa (19.15, ERT3). Monday: Apollon P. – Olympiacos (19:15, ERT3)