Mike James

Mike James gave an extensive interview where he spoke about how close he came to joining Olympiacos, his favorite title with Panathinaikos at SEF in 2017, his relationship with Dimitris Giannakopoulos, and his thoughts on the GOAT (Greatest of All Time) of Euroleague.

The American star of Monaco shared his thoughts with Amerikanos24.

On Dimitris Giannakopoulos:

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Mike James has lived in Athens for a short time but hasn’t forgotten the city.

It had been speculated for days, and he even hinted at it in his statements. Now, the time for the official announcement has come: Monaco has acquired Giorgos Papagiannis for the upcoming 2024-25 season! Just a few hours prior, he was officially released by Fenerbahce.

Both Panathinaikos and Olympiakos suffered defeats on the road on Thursday for the Euroleague, probably not doing themselves any justice for their efforts in Belgrade and Monaco respectively.

The Greens went down 92-87 at Partizan in overtime, after wasting a 10-point led in the last few minutes of regulation.

Panathinaikos imposed itself on Olympiakos for the second time in the day to win Game 3 of the Basket League finals with a 73-58 score on Sunday and lead 2-1 in the series.

The Greens require one more win in the best-of-five finals to clinch one more league title, with Game 4 set to take place on Thursday in Piraeus.

Panathinaikos trounced Real Madrid in Game 1 of the Euroleague play-offs on Tuesday in Athens, while Zalgiris Kaunas got the better of Olympiakos for the third time this season snatching the home advantage from the Reds on Wednesday.

Olympiakos has clinched home advantage for the play-offs with its hard-fought win over Anadolu Efes, but Panathinaikos's win at Maccabi is probably more important as it kept it in the running for a top-four spot, with two games left to play.

Panathinaikos scored its third straight win downing Maccabi 76-75 in a thrilling game at Tel Aviv on Thursday.

Fenerbahçe took firm control of its Turkish Airlines Euroleague playoffs series with Panathinaikos by claiming a 75-80 victory at the Olympic Sports Center on April 20 to go up 2-0 before next week's return to Istanbul. 

Panathinaikos has all but confirmed home advantage in the Euroleague play-offs thanks to its huge win over CSKA Moscow on Friday and the simultaneous loss of Fenerbahce at Real Madrid. Meanwhile Olympiakos confirmed it will finish third after going down at Anadolu Efes on Thursday.