{"id":508007,"date":"2026-07-30T21:32:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=508007"},"modified":"2026-07-30T21:32:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:32:20","slug":"sylvain-francisco-excited-for-panathinaikos-move-i-cant-wait-to-get-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/sylvain-francisco-excited-for-panathinaikos-move-i-cant-wait-to-get-started\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylvain Francisco Excited for Panathinaikos Move: “I Can’t Wait to Get Started”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sylvain Francisco has made his first comments as a Panathinaikos<\/strong> player<\/a>, expressing his excitement about the move and his expectations for the next chapter of his career in Athens.<\/p>\n

The French point guard explained how quickly<\/a> the deal came together:<\/p>\n

“I was in Mykonos, and as soon as I landed, everything started moving. Within a few hours, at most a day, everything was done. I’m really happy that, together with my agents, I was able to join the club I wanted. Panathinaikos also did an excellent job. Everything happened so quickly, and now I’m here. It’s fantastic.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Francisco also spoke about the opportunity to work with Zeljko Obradovic<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

“I can’t wait. I know he’s a legendary coach. For me, being able to work with him and learn even more will be something very important. I’m really looking forward to getting started.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The newest Panathinaikos signing highlighted the importance of reuniting with his French national teammates Mathias Lessort, Guerschon Yabusele, and Moustapha Fall<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

“They were very important to me, and I spoke mainly with them. We have great chemistry with the national team, and bringing that same connection to the club is a huge advantage. It will be great, but at the same time we’ll stay fully focused on our job, and that’s the most important thing.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Finally, Francisco expressed confidence about fitting into his new team:<\/p>\n

“The roster is very strong and full of talent, so adapting will be easy. The most important thing is to build good chemistry and a strong relationship with everyone so we can play as one team. I think everyone understands how important it is to adapt quickly to a new environment, and that will make the whole process even easier.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The pointguard signed a 3-year deal with the Greek powerhouse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":422836,"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":[82,54],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-508007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-grecia"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Sylvain-Francisco-Zalgiris.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508007","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\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508007"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=508007"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=508007"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=508007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}