{"id":446128,"date":"2025-06-12T17:14:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=446128"},"modified":"2025-06-12T17:14:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:14:15","slug":"christos-stavropoulos-mirotic-wanted-to-take-a-new-direction-in-his-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/christos-stavropoulos-mirotic-wanted-to-take-a-new-direction-in-his-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Christos Stavropoulos: &#8220;Mirotic wanted to take a new direction in his career&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christos Stavropoulos joined Daniele Baiesi at a press conference organized by Olimpia Milano at the end of the season. There, he addressed various topics and officially announced Nikola Mirotic&#8217;s departure. His statements are below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Mirotic situation<\/strong>: &#8220;Nikola had been expressing his desire to pursue a new path for some time. He expressed this desire to both Ettore and me, as well as to the owners. He did so with great style, and we are certainly sorry to see him go, but we respect his decision. We all agree that he gave his all until the very end and proved himself to be a great player. 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