"It is an important game for both teams, we know how hard is playing at Olympic Stadium of Athens, last season we lost easily. Panathinaikos will have the support of its crazy fans, who create an impressive atmosphere, and the new signings will help the team perform better. There is always a pressure for victories, but we have scouted the opponents well and we remain concentrated at every match
At this clash, our head coach will face his former team and me the coach of my National Team, these are weird feelings but personally I get extra motive from them. It's stupid to speak about favorites to win Euroleague at this time of the season, of course it is our dream to reach the final four and win the trophy but there are many steps until then. We respect many of our opponents, they are strong sides, Panathinaikos have excellent players such us legend Diamantidis, Gist, Feldeine, Pavlovic and my compatriot Radulica, a very good center", said the 23-year-old international at SDNA.