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Bodiruga Verbaracha: "It's sad to see Pau like that. Hopefully Katsch will put her back in her place"

Former stars of Panathinaikos in an interview with Walla!

Sports: "The pictures from the Oaka flood memories."

Zeljko Ravracha: "I always laughed at Oded who has the face of an institution agent."

Diane Bodiruga: "I will not forget how upset he was before the final against Maccabi."

And what does "Body" think of the mythological fan song?

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Ahrela Weisberg

Thursday, January 21, 2021, 1:00 p.m.

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Rare documentation: The last basket in Oded Katash's career (Photo: Courtesy of Novasports Greece Video Editing: Oren Danieli)

Oded Katash's comeback trip to Panathinaikos will be completely completed tonight (Thursday, 21:00), when he will stand for the first time on the lines at Ouaka - the home hall where he won the Greek Championship with the Greens and came off the stage for the last time as a professional basketball player.

When he goes up to the floor ahead of the game against Moscow Khimki, and sees Dimitris Diamantidis, Frankie Alvertis and Yorgos Claitsis on his right and left, he will surely be filled with nostalgic authority - and only two elements will be missing to make the experience perfect.

In fact, 18,002 elements, to be exact: on the one hand, the 18,000 seats will be orphaned, and the push and on the other hand, he will be missing the two big stars from the team he played for 20 years ago - Diane Bodiruga and Zeljko Rebarcha;

Ahead of the return of their Israeli partner to Pao, we united the two Serbs for an interview at Walla!

Sports from their homes in Belgrade.

"I'm happy to see my friends together again, and their pictures from the Uaka flood me with a lot of memories," says Bodiruga.

"It makes me want to come and join them, and be a part of this project - or at least just sit, talk and laugh with them," says Ravracha.

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"The best years of my career."

Bodiruga, Rebaracha, Katsch and Rogers in 2000 (Photo: Official Website, Action Images)

In the locker room complex in Ouaka, a team photo from winning the Euroleague in 2000 hangs on the wall.

All three were the team's leading scorers along the way - Katsch stood at 10.2 points per game, and the two Serbs were the only ones above him (17.2 for Bodiroga, 13.5 for Rabarcha).

"You know, when I see Steph Kerry play, I always remember Oded," Ravracha surprises.

For me, he was Steph of Europe, before we even knew who Steph was.

He would walk around with a serious face, but liked to joke.

"I always laughed at him that with that face, he must be an Mossad agent.

" "I know that Oded was very upset before the final against Maccabi Tel Aviv, and that it was a special game for him," Bodiroga adds. He has many more years to play and show off his talent.

He also had some good years at Maccabi, another club that reminds me of Pau, with a tradition and a large audience that understands basketball. "

Rabracha:" A long time has passed since then, and I remember how excited Oded was to meet Maccabi in the final.

She had an amazing team, and even Doron Jamchi still played there, even though he was already an adult.

I had a great chap with Nate Huffman.

He was one of the three best chins in Europe in those days, and I had a really hard time playing against him.

I was very sorry to hear he died a few years ago.

That is a terrible tragedy. "

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The Greeks remember.

The poster of the 2000 cycle in the locker room in Ouaka (Photo: Walla! NEWS, Ahrela Weisberg)

Bodiruga (47), one of the continent's greatest players of the previous generation, played three years for Panathinaikos and won two Euroleague trophies with it;

He then also won the title with Barcelona, ​​and with the Yugoslavian national team won two World Cups, three European Championships and an Olympic silver medal.

After his retirement, he served in managerial positions in the Serbian Basketball Association and

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Rabracha (48) is the only player to have won the European Cup with Zeljko Oberdovic at two different clubs; In Pao he has already established himself as one of the best domestic players in Europe, later playing for five seasons in the NBA, and his days on the team resulted in two Eurobasket wins, one in Mondobasket and a silver medal at the Olympics. His new business.

Panathinaikos' dismal situation is troubling both of them. "It's hard to see Pau in this situation, but it's a cycle that exists in many places," says Bodiruga. "Every club has experienced ups and downs over the years, and this is Panathinaikos.

It will remain a huge club, with the largest crowd in Europe, and it will return.

A difficult year or two will not change that, and I wish Katsch would return her to what she really is.

Oded is a talented coach and I am sure he can help the team. "

"Sex, Droga, Diane Bodiruga": The reception for the Serb who left

Ravracha: "I'm sad. This is not a Panathinaikos I remember, from the days when Dominic Wilkins and Stojko and Rankovic played in it, and also from our own days. To innovate and restore.

”Dimitris Diamantidis, Alvertis, Claitsis and Katsch are so experienced, and they have gone through a lot of good and bad things in their careers.

So I believe they can rebuild Pau.

But it will not be easy, and they mostly need time.

You can't replace and change everything when there are two bad months.

They have to be patient and understand that building a team, with the right chemistry, usually takes two years. "

"Adopting sex and body rating, only without the rating."

Bodiruga Verbrache in Final Four (Photo: Official Website, Action Images)

Bodiruga: "Pao is a special club, always run like a family. Everyone who played there understood the rules and knew the relationships that were formed. I am proud to have worn this jersey, in front of huge fans I have never seen before."

Rabracha: "The two years at Panathinaikos were probably the most beautiful in my career. We won two championships, reached two European Cup finals against Maccabi Tel Aviv, won one and lost two, and it was just a great time. We had a unique group of people, each of whom came "From a different country and with a different mentality, and I learned so much while I was in PAO."

Bodiruga remains the idol of fans in Ouaka to this day, and the song composed by the Greeks in his honor - "Sex, Droga, Diane Bodiruga" (sex, drugs, Diane Bodiruga) - was recorded in the studio and became a hit in Serbia as well.

"It's a great song, and I love it," says the former star.

"I am also willing to adopt it, except for the section of the rating" ...

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