Dimitris Itoudis has put forward a proposal that could spark debate across European basketball: every EuroLeague club should have a second team competing in its domestic league. “I propose that the teams participating in the EuroLeague should have a second team, called Hapoel Tel Aviv 2, Panathinaikos 2, Olympiacos 2,” the Hapoel Tel Aviv head coach told Eurohoops.
According to Itoudis, those teams would mainly serve a development role: “They would essentially develop players, with a second coaching staff, while the main team could focus more on the EuroLeague.”
The Greek coach also highlighted the different roster regulations across domestic competitions: “In EuroLeague we all play under the same rules, while in domestic leagues there are different restrictions from country to country. This creates a huge inequality in terms of managing teams.”
Itoudis also discussed Zeljko Obradovic’s return to Panathinaikos: “He came back at the right time. It was an amazing move by Panathinaikos. You can see that he feels good there. That is the key: a coach needs to feel that he belongs in his environment in order to give everything.”
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