{"id":481948,"date":"2026-02-02T08:54:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T07:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=481948"},"modified":"2026-02-02T08:54:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T07:54:46","slug":"panathinaikos-ataman-on-the-brink-exit-scenario-after-aris-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/panathinaikos-ataman-on-the-brink-exit-scenario-after-aris-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Panathinaikos, Ataman on the brink: exit scenario after Aris loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1782\" data-end=\"2159\">Reports in Greece suggest <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Panathinaikos<\/span><\/span> have entered a tense phase after the loss to <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Aris Thessaloniki<\/span><\/span>, with doubts tied to a poor 2026 run and a 3-4 stretch in the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">EuroLeague<\/span><\/span> since the turn of the year. Friction with several players and public criticism from the coach are also cited as key factors.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2161\" data-end=\"2505\">Even the recent EuroLeague win over <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">ASVEL Villeurbanne<\/span><\/span> reportedly failed to calm the situation, as the on-court performance raised fresh questions. Owner <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Dimitris Giannakopoulos<\/span><\/span> had been the main backer of the coach, but his post-game stance is described as noticeably harsher toward both players and staff.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2507\" data-end=\"2901\">A \u201cmutual\u201d split is now portrayed as a concrete possibility, with Ataman said to be weighing his future despite having another year on his deal. If a change happens soon, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Christos Serelis<\/span><\/span> is mentioned as the leading interim option ahead of Tuesday\u2019s EuroLeague game vs <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Real Madrid Baloncesto<\/span><\/span> (03\/02, 21:15) at the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2903\" data-end=\"2973\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.gr\/basketball\/basket-league\/2512320\/panathinaikos-blepei-tin-exodo-o-ataman\">Source: <em data-start=\"2911\" data-end=\"2921\">Gazzetta<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The defeat in Thessaloniki reportedly put Ergin Ataman under real pressure for the first time this season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":473828,"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":[199,249],"tags":[],"rumors":[407],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-481948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-greece","rumors-basket-rumors","typology-rumors"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/IMG_2219.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481948","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=481948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481948"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=481948"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=481948"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=481948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}