{"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. 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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,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[377,269],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[187],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-455972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurobasket","category-latvia","typology-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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