{"id":505336,"date":"2026-07-11T14:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T12:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=505336"},"modified":"2026-07-11T14:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T12:40:12","slug":"official-mike-batiste-returns-to-panathinaikos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/official-mike-batiste-returns-to-panathinaikos\/","title":{"rendered":"Official: Mike Batiste returns to Panathinaikos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Batiste is back home.<\/p>\n<p>Panathinaikos BC AKTOR is pleased to announce that Mike Batiste has returned to our team to join Zeljko Obradovic\u2019 coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>The longest-serving foreign basketball player in our club\u2019s history is returning to the place where he made his mark, taking on the role of assistant coach after signing a three-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"el\">\u0393\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03b5 \u00ab\u03c3\u03c0\u03af\u03c4\u03b9\u00bb \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bf \u039c\u03ac\u03b9\u03ba \u039c\u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03af\u03c3\u03c4 \u2618\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u0397 \u039a\u0391\u0395 \u03a0\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b8\u03b7\u03bd\u03b1\u03ca\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2 AKTOR \u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03b9\u03bd\u03ce\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c6\u03ae \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u039c\u03ac\u03b9\u03ba \u039c\u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03af\u03c3\u03c4 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u00ab\u03c3\u03c0\u03af\u03c4\u03b9\u00bb \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5, \u03c9\u03c2 \u03ac\u03bc\u03b5\u03c3\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03c1\u03b3\u03ac\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u0396\u03ad\u03bb\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf \u039f\u03bc\u03c0\u03c1\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03b2\u03b9\u03c4\u03c2.<\/p>\n<p>\u039f \u03bc\u03b1\u03ba\u03c1\u03bf\u03b2\u03b9\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03be\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03b1\u03b8\u03bf\u03c3\u03c6\u03b1\u03b9\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c1\u03af\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03a3\u03c5\u03bb\u03bb\u03cc\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b3\u03c5\u03c1\u03af\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b5\u03b4\u03ce \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03cd\u03c1\u03b3\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Te5AIFC1Er\">pic.twitter.com\/Te5AIFC1Er<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Panathinaikos BC (@Paobcgr) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Paobcgr\/status\/2075873852370878766?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panathinaikos BC AKTOR is pleased to announce that Mike Batiste has returned to our team to join Zeljko Obradovic\u2019 coaching staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":505335,"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":[185],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-505336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-greece","typology-official"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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