NBA star Josh Giddey trains with Panathinaikos in Melbourne

Panathinaikos B.C. has an unexpected impermanent astatine their signifier successful Melbourne.

NBA subordinate Josh Giddey, who is from Melbourne, took portion successful Panathinaikos’ training league up of the Greek club’s Pavlos Giannakopoulos Tournament this week.

It conscionable happens that the Chicago Bulls star regularly trains astatine the installation that the Trifili are using.

“This is evidently where I work retired each time and I heard they were coming in,” Giddey told reporters.

“They’re a very, very bully team. I respect the team.

“It was a batch of amusive to beryllium retired there with them today.”

The training league was Melbourne for a training league was unfastened to schoolhouse children, with St John’s College and Port Melbourne Primary School attending. Photo: Con Deves

Giddey, who was wearing the greenish colours said he’s heard thing but bully things astir the team and Greece.

When asked if he’d see a determination to play successful the EuroLeague 1 day, Giddey said “maybe 1 day”.

“Never accidental never… arsenic I said, I spoke to the guys astir it. They emotion Greece, the team, they speak very highly of it… so possibly 1 time down the line.”

Kendrick Nunn, Ioannis Kouzeloglou, Jerian Grant, and Ioannis Rogkavopoulos, are each successful Australia and will beryllium joined by the remainder of the squad connected Thursday morning.

In the meantime, Giddey will proceed contributing to training alongside Greek-Australian Eric Kafritsas and Australian players Jackson Macoy, Mojave King, Dillon Stith, and Zac Triplett.

Photo: Con Deves