Panathinaikos released Dusko Ivanovic

Panathinaikos released its coach Dusko Ivanovic after the defeat by Olympiacos. In his less than a season pass from the team Ivanovic counts 21-3 record for the Basket League regular season, but lost the first place and twice by Olympiacos. In Euroleague Panathinaikos with Ivanovic had a 13-15 record, with many road defeats by teams weaker than the Greens. Ivanovic won the Greek Cup with Panathinaikos by playing and winning only 3 games. His assistant coach Sotiris Manolopoulos will be the temporary coach of the team.

Olympiacos beat Panathinaikos for Basket League twenty fourth day

Olympiacos beat Panathinaikos for Basket League twenty fourth day. With another great game by Spanoulis and Printezis Olympiacos doubled its wins against Panathinaikos, secured the first place and the home advantage in the the play offs. Panathinaikos played without James Gist, who was banned due to marijuana use, and this was the last game with Ivanovic as Panathinaikos coach. The game was interrupted for 25 minutes in the end, since home fans broke into court, after Spanoulis celebrated a crucial three pointer.
Quarters' scores: 18-22, 34-38, 48-62, 66-77

Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Slaughter 8, Bochoridis 2, Giankovits 10, Fotsis 2, Pappas 12, Mavrokefalidis 2, Diamantidis 3, Batista 22, Blums 3.
Olympiacos (Sferopoulos): Petway 4, Hunter 4, Dunston 7, Spanoulis 12, Darden 15, Sloukas 3, Lojeski 7, Printezis 16, Agravanis 2, Mantzaris 7.

Panathinaikos results at Gomelsky Cup

Panathinaikos participated at Gomelsky Cup and finished second with one victory against Nizhny Novgorod and one defeat against CSKA Moscow. For Panathinaikos Mavrokefalidis, Bochoridis, Fotsis were not available due to injuries and Blums debuted for his new team.

Panathinaikos - Nizhny Novgorod 63-55

Quarters' scores: 17-13, 26-21, 43-38, 63-55
Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos, Slaughter 16, Giankovits 5, Blums 4, Pappas 6, Diamantidis 2, Gist 11, Batista 19.
Nizhny Novgorod (Bagacic): Baburin 3 , Daniels 2, Papakhouski 6, Antonov 2, Khvostov 3, Kinsey 12, Rochestie 16, Savelyev, Krivosheev, Tompkins 11.

CSKA Moscow - Panathinaikos 75-46

Quarters' scores: 22-12, 41-29, 52-40, 75-46
CSKA Moscow (Itoudis): Astapkovich 8, Teodosic 8, Fridzon  8, Nichols 6, Jackson 7, Markoishvili 10, Korobkov 8, Zozulin, Strebkov 3, Vorontsevic 2, Kaun 9, Hines  6.
Panathinaikos (Ivanovic): Charalampopoulos 4, Slaughter  5, Giankovits 11, Blums 3, Pappas 11, Diamantidis 5, Batista 3 (11 rebounds), Diamantakos 4, Koniaris.

Panathinaikos BC roster 2014-2015

Panathinaikos BC roster 2014-2015

Diamantidis Dimitris (captain)
Nelson DeMarcus
A.J. Slaughter
Gani Lawal
Fotsis Antonis
Mavrokefalidis Loukas
Esteban Batista
Gist James
Pappas Nikos
Giankovits Vlantimir
Diamantakos Georgios
Charalampopoulos Vasileios
Lountzis Michalis
Lefteris Bochoridis
Antonis Koniaris
George Papagiannis
Jānis Blūms

Head Coach: Duško Ivanović
Assistant Coach: Sotiris Manolopoulos

*On October 16th Panathinaikos signed Julian Wright
*On January 31st Panathinaikos signed Gani Lawal 

DJ Cooper acquired Bosnian passport

DJ Cooper acquired Bosnian passport. The American play maker that had a great rookie season with PAOK in Greek Basket League and Eurocup is now having a Bosnian passport and Duško Ivanović announced that Cooper will be part of the Bosnian national team. What is left to see is if Cooper and Ivanović will work together only in Bosnian national team or will also work together in Panathinaikos.

Duško Ivanović and Panathinaikos agreed terms

Duško Ivanović (Душко Ивановић) is the new head coach of Panathinaikos. The coach of the Bosnian national team agreed terms for a two years' contract with the Greek champions. Sotiris Manolopoulos will be the assistant coach, keeping his current position and Fragiskos Alvertis will become the team manager.