Greek Cup Championship to Panathinaikos! Awesome group of guys. Truly special men #paobc pic.twitter.com/DCpL7P86u6— Rick Pitino (@RealPitino) February 17, 2019
Source - Rick Pitino is a champion again.
The former Louisville coach led Panathinaikos to the Greek Cup Championship by beating PAOK in the final 79-73 on Sunday.
Hired in December by the Athens club, Pitino took over a team that featured several players with NBA or NCAA ties.
Panathinaikos reached the final after their semifinal opponent, Olympiakos, forfeited the contest. The David Blatt-led team never came out for the second half in protest of the game's officiating.
A member of the 2013 Basketball Hall of Fame class, Pitino has had three runs in the NBA: Boston Celtics president and coach, New York Knicks coach and Knicks assistant coach.
He won two NCAA titles, with Kentucky in 1996 and Louisville in 2013. He reached a total of five Final Fours with three different schools (Louisville, Kentucky and Providence).
Good for Rick Pitino. Despite him being incredibly delusional and never quite grasping why college teams weren't interested after he was fired for his third scandal at Louisville, I'm genuinely happy for the guy. Rick Pitino fucking loves coaching basketball and he's damn good at it too, so I say let the man do his thing.
I could make a couple premature ejaculation jokes instead of congratulating him, but I'm gonna keep it tasteful and leave that for the real pros. Nothing but good vibes over here, coach. Way to come back strong!
The best part of the story is that Pitino's team made the finals after David Blatt's team quit. They can call it "protesting the officiating" all they want, but they quit. I know a David Blatt coached team when I see one. Poor guy.
At least he still has the championship ring the Cavs sent him after they fired him then went on to win the Finals with Tyronn Lue, so he's got that going for him.
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