Gori Thessaloniki - Dzedi Osman new PAOK reinforcement

The new and biggest reinforcement for an ambitious team that will be led from the bench by Andrea Trincieri

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Djedi Osman at the presentation, Photo: X/PAOK BC
Djedi Osman at the presentation, Photo: X/PAOK BC
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In the early 1990s, PAOK lived a basketball fairytale led by Dušan Ivoković and Sulis Markopoulos, and the club from Thessaloniki now wants to bring back the euphoria to the second largest city in Greece.

The team led by Andrea Trincieri has already brought in several good reinforcements during the summer, such as Nick Kalates, Naz-Mitru Longo, Marcus Foster, and then a "bombshell" arrived directly from Athens.

Dzedi Osman is PAOK's new star, the "black and white" announced.

And it didn't take long for total madness to break out in Thessaloniki - everything from the airport to the "Palataki" arena was "burning", the welcome for the Turkish basketball player arriving from Panathinaikos was spectacular.

- I'm here to try to win everything possible. I'm here to give my best for you in the Greek Championship and the Eurocup - Osman told the fans.

The Turkish national team player, born in Ohrid, won the Greek championship with Panathinaikos, and before that, he played in the NBA for seven seasons - for the Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs. Last year, he led Turkey to the EuroBasket finals.

PAOK has been waiting a long time for more important things in basketball, more precisely since the nineties when they were last national champions (1992), when they reached the Final Four and third place in the Euroleague (1993), and when they won the Korac Cup (1994) and the Saporta Cup (1991).

And with the new reinforcements, the question is whether they will be able to threaten Olympiacos and Panathinaikos, but now they will be a super tough rival for the Athenian giants.

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