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Greek media channel Gazzetta reported on Friday that a black cat had run between James and CSKA coach Dimitri Itoudis of Greece.
It is said that on Tuesday, the day after CSKA lost the game to Chimki’s basketball players in the VTB United League, there was a conflict in the Moscow team’s training.
“The CSKA coach noted that James had reacted badly to his comments,” Gazzetta wrote. “Moscow is now even considering terminating the contract after a negative episode.”
Photo from Euroleague.net/Mike James
James did not appear in the arena Thursday night when CSKA broke Baskonia at 89:86.
Even before the match, it was announced that M.Jameso would not be part of CSKA, but the reasons were not given, although the chain of defenders of the Russian champions was already thinner: Latvian Janis Strielniekas was injured earlier in the week, Igor Uchov did not play.
After a hard-won match against Baskonia, journalists asked about defenders who missed the match, but D.Itoudis declined to comment on why there was no M.James.
“After the game, I don’t see any point in talking about unmatched players,” Itoudis said. “I’m ready to talk about the 12 who participated in this match.”
Scanpix / ITAR-TASS photo / Trailer of the Euroleague match in Moscow: CSKA – Kaunas “Žalgiris”. Dimitris Itoudis
Andrei Vatutin, president of the Russian club, also did not comment on the situation.
However, unofficial reports appeared in the Russian media on Friday afternoon that the conflict could be covered up.
“CSKA is well aware that it is amplifying the wave of gossip in its silence about the situation with James, and it is doing so on purpose.
Therefore, rumors that James had seriously violated subordination in his relationship with Itoudis have no confirmation. There was talk that James skipped a match with Baskonia, but is expected to be able to participate in a match with Grunwald. But obviously the situation is still evolving, “wrote R-Sport, citing an anonymous source as indicating that he is well aware of the CSKA situation.
Restless dot machine
Competing in the ranks of CSKA in season two, the 30-year-old, 185cm tall American is one of the team leaders.
Last season in December, it was M. James’ 19 points and a fantastic triple in the closing seconds that led to CSKA’s victory in Moscow after extra time against “Žalgiris”.
photo Getty Images /euroleague.net/Mike James
James had never been known as the calmest guy before.
A few years after the season at Panathinaikos in Athens, it was publicly asked on Twitter why the Greek club was finding 2 million for Nick Calathes. and 1.4 million euros cannot be offered.
James scored 19.8 points after the Milan Olympics in the Euroleague last season, but coach Ettore Messina, who came to the Italian team, turned down the services of the most productive player.
Last year, James signed a contract with CSKA and scored 21.1 points for the Russian team, with whom he shook hands this year for a new three-year contract.
Photo from Euroleague.net / Will Clyburn and Mike James
This season, he scored 16.4 points in seven Euroleague games.
The people of Žalgiris will meet the CSKA team in Kaunas on Tuesday.
Currently in the Euroleague “Žalgiris”, the clubs CSKA and Piraeus “Olympiakos” have won 5 out of 8 matches and share 3-5 places.
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