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Rick Pitino

Šalis: United States of America
Gimė: 1952-09-18
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Rick Pitino reflects on his unforgettable Panathinaikos tenure

2025-03-18

Former Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens and Greek national team head coach Rick Pitino recently reflected on his time with Panathinaikos during an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show. Pitino recalled the first time he set foot in OAKA, describing an unforgettable scene where the arena was filled with smoke.
Rick Pitino praises Knicks and PAO: 'Two special teams'

2024-05-03

Rick Pitino, who used to coach Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens, expressed praise for the Greek team and the New York Knicks after crucial wins obtained by both teams on Thursday.
Rick Pitino on Panathinaikos' transfer moves: 'They're back with a vengeance'

2023-07-08

Rick Pitino is in the United States, but it seems that his information on what is happening in Greek basketball is quick. The American tactician, who coached Panathinaikos Athens for seven months (December 2018-June 2019) in his first and another four (November 2019-March 2020) in his second stint with the Greens, showed excellent reflexes, commenting on Kostas Sloukas' signing by his former team.
Rick Pitino leaves Iona, signs multi-year deal with St. John's

2023-03-20

Rick Pitino is making the move from Iona to St. John's. The 70-year-old Hall of Fame coach has agreed in principle to a six-year deal to become the Red Storm's newest coach on Monday, and an introductory press conference is expected to be held Tuesday at 12 p.m. at Madison Square Garden.
Rick Pitino wants to coach for another 10 years

2023-03-18

Rick Pitino's Iona lost against UConn in the First Round of March Madness Friday night. After the game, the legendary coach was not sure about his future.
Rick Pitino has an unexpected encounter with Panathinaikos fans

2023-02-25

Rick Pitino hasn't been coaching Panathinaikos Athens for three seasons now but he still receives love from the club's fans all over the world. The veteran specialist is now the head coach of the Iona University basketball team. Last night, Iona's Gaels played against Mount St Mary from the small town of Emmitsburg, winning the matchup 80-68.
Rick Pitino: 'Nets are a championship team with Durant and Irving' (1)

2022-08-24

After Kevin Durant decided to stay with the Brooklyn Nets, Iona College head coach Rick Pitino shared his thoughts on the current situation. Former Panathinaikos OPAP Athens, New York Knicks, and Boston Celtics coach thinks that Nets now have a real chance of competing for the NBA title.
Basketball world reacts to Olympiacos making the Final Four, crazy atmosphere in Piraeus

2022-05-05

Olympiacos Piraeus downed AS Monaco in Game 5 to clinch the last remaining Final Four spot, as the Reds made the TOP 4 for the eleventh time in their history. Players, coaches, and basketball people around Europe and the USA, who either saw the game, watched the highlights, or simply heard about the news, congratulated the Greek squad on their success and commented on the atmosphere at the Peace ...
Rick Pitino: 'Georgios Papagiannis belongs in the NBA'

2022-04-01

After Georgios Papagiannis' dominant performance over Real Madrid, Panathinaikos OPAP Athens center received praise from his former coach Rick Pitino. Yesterday, Papagiannis led victorious PAO with an outstanding double-double: 18 points (9/11 2PT, 0/1 FT), 10 rebounds, 5 blocks, 1 assist, and 30 PIR. He tied his career-highs in points, blocks, and field goals made in the EuroLeague. Nothing ...
Stu Jackson: 'Elan Bearnais can be the gold standard of franchises across Europe'

2021-09-02

Stu Jackson, the new President of Basketball Operations for Elan Bearnais, shared his vision with BasketNews regarding the new era of the historic French club, after its takeover by an American investment group.

Pitino praises Priftis’ work: ‘Panathinaikos will be a formidable EuroLeague team’

2021-08-26

Rick Pitino came back to OAKA Arena in Athens, but this time as Iowa’s head coach. NCAA team lost 66-73 to Panathinaikos OPAP Athens in a friendly game, and Pitino was very impressed by the Greek champions. “Really like what Dimitri’s Priftis, head coach of Panathinaikos, is doing defensively. Changing full court pressure and keeping the heat on the offense. When Nedovic, White, ...
Powerhouse no more: Greece between past principles and Pitino's lessons

2021-07-09

Greece, Lithuania, Serbia, Croatia. What do all these European countries have in common? Well, for starters, they used to have very strong basketball national teams. Olympic Games, EuroBaskets, World Cups would have been unthinkable without them. But it's all in the past now. The upcoming Tokyo Olympics will take place in their absence. Is it another sign of decadence? Does it mean that those ...
Pitino: 'The effort was there, but the game wasn't' (2)

2021-07-05

After his team lost in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament final to the Czech Republic, Rick Pitino announced about the end of his contract as Greece NT head coach. The American specialists also spoke about the loss and future of Greek basketball. "What hurt us the most, besides the brilliance of Czech Republic, was the back-to-back games without a day of preparation. We are a big preparation ...
Rick Pitino: The NBA will take over European basketball and fans will love it

2021-06-29

Rick Pitino is a remarkable speaker. After all, it was partly due to his persuasiveness that he managed to convince Vassilis Spanoulis for a "Last Dance" with the Greece national team. However, Spanoulis got injured and will not only miss the FIBA Olympic Qualifying tournament in Canada, but he also announced the end of his career. Thus, the American coach, who is leading Greece's effort to ...
Rick Pitino on Canada: We're going blind in terms of what they do

2021-06-29

Rick Pitino talked about the absence of Giannis Antetokounmpo from the roster of Greece ahead of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament opener against hosts Canada. The American coach stated that his team is "going a little bit blind in terms of what Canada do" because of their lack of preparation games. Pitino seemed to be in a good mood and gave several interesting lines in the opening press ...
Vassilis Spanoulis: The story of retirement (1)

2021-06-27

Vassilis Spanoulis decided to end his career. The greatest leader in the history of Olympiacos Piraeus informed club owners Panagiotis and Giorgos Angelopoulos about his decision and then shocked European basketball with a message on his Instagram. Spanoulis, having made his decision, asked for a meeting with the Angelopoulos brothers, in order to explain his thoughts to them. It was during the ...
Rick Pitino on Greek NT missing players: 'We have our backs to the wall, there are no solutions'

2021-06-22

Rick Pitino spoke about the preparation of the Greek National Team in view of the Pre-Olympic Qualifying tournament, emphasized the style he wants to see from the team and underlined that coaching Spanoulis in the last two weeks was all worth it, despite the fact that the veteran guard will not make the team due to a calf injury."I am happy to return to Greece. My agent and very good friend, ...
Vassilis Spanoulis will miss Olympic Qualification Tournament

2021-06-22

Greek national team was handed another blow, as its captain, Vassilis Spanoulis, will not be able to participate in the upcoming Olympic Qualification Tournament in Canada due to injury. Per official Greek Basketball Federation announcement: "Vassilis Spanoulis has not been able to overcome his foot injury and as of today has left the trainings of the men's national team for the pre-Olympic ...