If he is released from Barcelona: Maccabi Tel Aviv will try to sign Nick Klatis
The Yellows are monitoring the situation of the Greek coordinator, who at the age of 33 may end up in Catalonia due to the high cost of his contract (1.7 million euros).
Dimitris Itodis' Fenerbahce is also expected to fight him
Ahrela Weisberg
19/06/2022
Sunday, 19 June 2022, 21:18
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Game Summary 3: Real Madrid - Barcelona 66:81 (Sport 1)
When Oded Katash was introduced as the coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv, he talked about "there will be exciting things" regarding the building of the staff.
One of them may be nicknamed Nick Klatis.
In recent days, Katsch has been scheduled for lengthy meetings with the chairman of the new professional committee, David Blatt, and its members - Nikola Vujicic, Avi Even and Yair Shevach
. First on this list is Clathis (33, 1.98), who tonight (Sunday) finished his second season in Barcelona.The all-time Euroleague king of assists has signed for another season at Palau Blaugrana, but estimates are that the Catalans may try and untie the contract due to its high cost, which stands at 1.7 million Euro net.
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One of the "exciting things" Oded Katash talked about?
Nick Klatis (Photo: Reuters)
Sharonas Jasikevicius' team left the Euroleague empty-handed, despite being ranked first in the regular season, and will try to refresh the squad this summer - after also losing to Real Madrid in the playoff final series in Spain.
Therefore, the Catalans are interested in landing Wilbkin to the position of second guard.
According to reports across Europe, Czech midfielder Tomasz Storanski is likely to return to the squad, while Nico to Provitola is set to continue, which could lead to the end of Klatis' path.
If the Greek is released, Maccabi Tel Aviv will not be the only one to try to land him.
The natural candidate to absorb him is Fenerbahce of Dimitris Itudis, who worked with him during his time as Zeljko Oberdovic's assistant at Panathinaikos.
It was reported this week that Olympiacos is also interested in landing the quarterback, despite (and perhaps because of) his complete identification with her arch-rival, who has played in the media for eight seasons.
However, due to the fact that Costas Slokas and Thomas Wakap are expected to stay, the credibility of this news should be questioned.
Will he replace the star of Maccabi Tel Aviv, or maybe even cooperate with him?
Klatis vs. Wilbkin (Photo: GettyImages, Quality Sport Images)
Klatis is the only player other than Vujicic to score a triple-double in a Euroleague game, averaging 7.3 points, four rebounds and 6.4 assists in 24 minutes and a half last season.
Along with his rare game vision, he has the ability to shoot (28.9 percent for threes and 54.8 percent from penalties throughout his career).
At the end of his life at Uka, his coach Rick Pitino said of him: "I coached against Magic Johnson, Larry Byrd, some of the greatest guards in the history of the game - Maurice Chicks, Isaiah Thomas. Nick is the best morale I've ever seen."
Without contradicting Klatis' candidacy, Maccabi will soon try to advance the effort to sign another guard from Mapo, Daryl Macon.
The Yellows are building on him mostly as a scorer, as part of the back line that will be built in the Katash era.
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