{"id":486803,"date":"2026-03-06T11:27:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=486803"},"modified":"2026-03-06T11:27:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:27:31","slug":"euroleague-paok-exploring-a-2026-27-entry-wildcard-scenario-discussed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/euroleague-paok-exploring-a-2026-27-entry-wildcard-scenario-discussed\/","title":{"rendered":"EuroLeague, PAOK exploring a 2026-27 entry: wildcard scenario discussed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1681\" data-end=\"1921\"><strong data-start=\"1681\" data-end=\"1702\">PAOK Thessaloniki<\/strong> are reportedly considering a potential <strong data-start=\"1742\" data-end=\"1756\">EuroLeague<\/strong> entry for the <strong data-start=\"1771\" data-end=\"1782\">2026-27<\/strong> season via a <strong data-start=\"1796\" data-end=\"1808\">wildcard<\/strong>, according to <strong data-start=\"1823\" data-end=\"1831\">SDNA<\/strong>, with <strong data-start=\"1838\" data-end=\"1852\">BasketNews<\/strong> also covering the development.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1923\" data-end=\"2183\">Per the reports, the situation is linked to possible openings tied to <strong data-start=\"1993\" data-end=\"2007\">LDLC ASVEL<\/strong>\u2019s future and <strong data-start=\"2021\" data-end=\"2034\">AS Monaco<\/strong>\u2019s financial-related issues, though PAOK\u2019s participation is described as a possibility rather than a done deal.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2185\" data-end=\"2514\">On the coaching side, PAOK have officially announced an agreement with <strong data-start=\"2256\" data-end=\"2277\">Andrea Trinchieri<\/strong>, who will take over starting <strong data-start=\"2307\" data-end=\"2318\">2026-27<\/strong> for the next <strong data-start=\"2332\" data-end=\"2347\">three years<\/strong>. This season, PAOK are in the <strong data-start=\"2378\" data-end=\"2411\">FIBA Europe Cup quarterfinals<\/strong> (vs Peristeri) and sit <strong data-start=\"2435\" data-end=\"2445\">fourth<\/strong> in the Greek League standings.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2516\" data-end=\"2617\"><em data-start=\"2516\" data-end=\"2561\">Source: SDNA; BasketNews; PAOK BC statement<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SDNA and BasketNews report that uncertainty around ASVEL and Monaco could create room<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":474410,"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":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-486803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-greece"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/Andrea-Trinchieri-.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486803","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=486803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486803"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=486803"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=486803"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=486803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}