{"id":455972,"date":"2025-08-21T08:30:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T06:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=455972"},"modified":"2025-08-21T08:30:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T06:30:32","slug":"kristaps-porzingis-incredible-atmosphere-in-greece-playing-here-could-be-a-future-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kristaps-porzingis-incredible-atmosphere-in-greece-playing-here-could-be-a-future-priority\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristaps Porzingis: Incredible atmosphere in Greece, playing here could be a future priority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"267\" data-end=\"604\">Following the <strong data-start=\"281\" data-end=\"298\">Greece\u2013Latvia<\/strong> game, <strong data-start=\"305\" data-end=\"327\">Kristaps Porzingis<\/strong> spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport24.gr\/basket\/o-kristaps-porzingks-stin-kamera-tou-sport24-i-atmosfaira-ton-omadon-stin-ellada-einai-apistefti-gia-na-paixeis-pithanos-tha-itan-proteraiotita-mou-na-agonisto-edo\/\">SPORT24<\/a> and praised the environment in Greek arenas. \u201c<strong data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"468\">The atmosphere here is unbelievable\u2014it would be amazing to play in Greece<\/strong>,\u201d said the Atlanta Hawks big man, who admitted he hasn\u2019t thought much about returning to Europe but <strong data-start=\"569\" data-end=\"603\">definitely doesn\u2019t rule it out<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"606\" data-end=\"932\">\u201cIt could be a priority. I love the fans and the rivalries here,\u201d he added. Porzingis also commented on <strong data-start=\"710\" data-end=\"735\">Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/strong>: \u201cHe\u2019s one of the best in the world, always tough to guard. But he looked fresh and ready.\u201d He closed by saying, \u201cGreece feels like home. The culture, the food, the people\u2026 I really enjoy it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"el\">\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f\ud83d\udccd\u039f\u03b9 \u03b4\u03b7\u03bb\u03ce\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u039a\u03c1\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c0\u03c2 \u03a0\u03bf\u03c1\u03b6\u03af\u03bd\u03b3\u03ba\u03b9\u03c2: &#8221; \u0397 \u03b1\u03c4\u03bc\u03cc\u03c3\u03c6\u03b1\u03b9\u03c1\u03b1 \u03b5\u03b4\u03ce \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c5\u03c0\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03ba\u03ae, \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03be\u03ad\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b9 \u03b8\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bc\u03b2\u03b5\u03af \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u03bc\u03ad\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CxKKGPcL8h\">pic.twitter.com\/CxKKGPcL8h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SPORT24 (@sport24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sport24\/status\/1958262290190340395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kristaps Porzingis opens the door to a return to Europe and doesn&#8217;t rule out choosing a Greek team. \u201cThe atmosphere in some arenas here is insane, it might be my top option.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":455971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[98,59],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[19],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-455972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurobasket","category-lettonia","typology-video"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-21-alle-08.26.33.png","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455972"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=455972"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=455972"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=455972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}