Ataman: The aim of scheduling our game vs France at 12noon is to prevent our fans from filling arena

Ergin Ataman criticized FIBA’s decision to scheduled Turkey’s NT match against France on Saturday at 12pm.

“It is a great disrespect towards us that the time of the game against France that we will play in Berlin, where we qualified as second best team in our group, was changed to 12 noon. The aim is to prevent Turkish fans from filling the arena in Berlin” Ataman said, as reported by Basketnews.

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