Deep cuts from head to toe rather than shallow solutions are the path taken by Dimitris Giannakopoulos again in his attempt to bring Panathinaikos out of its competitive crisis and reclaim its protagonist role within and beyond borders. The termination of Dejan Radonic’s contract was announced yesterday, and it was the first step in which the Serbian coach received a hefty compensation, taking the rest of his contract for this season and 50% of his salary for next.

All his closest colleagues will leave with him, with the exception of only an asterisk for the fact that Giorgos Vovoras will remain until tomorrow’s game in Milan (in addition to Bohoridis, Gudaitis, who has problems with Achilles, as well as P. Kalaitsakis, Mantsoukas due to National ) to not show the headless band. The other members of the technical team (Thanasis Japles, Goran Boskovic and the Serbian gymnast brought in by Radonich) were also not included in the team, while the physios, team manager Savvas Aronis and caretaker Paris Germanis remained.

Topping the list are Pablo Lasso and other coaches who need Euroleague experience.

The next day, Christos Serelis arrives in Panathinaikos as the first coach until the summer, his direct partner Vassilis Simchak and Ionikos gymnast Alexandros Stamoulis. Serelis will be a “bridge” until the arrival of a new coach in the summer, who will undertake to build a team from scratch, with complete freedom of movement in terms of evaluating players already in the roster, but also with a significantly increased budget. to improve its quality.

D. Giannakopoulos’ list includes candidates with significant experience at Euroleague level, such as Pablo Lasso, Giannis Sfayropoulos, Velimir Perasovic, as well as promising players such as Jaka Lakovic, and the former Real Madrid coach is above all. . Lasso left serious heart problems behind and turned down an offer from Israel yesterday as he wants to return to the Euroleague.