Panathinaikos head basketball coach Rick Pitino said Friday that he still has aspirations to return to the NBA.
When asked about rumors regarding whether he'd take over as UCLA's head coach, Pitino shifted the focus to the NBA but also made it clear he's enjoying his time in Greece, according to Dionysis Aravantinos of EuroHoops.net:
"When I left last year, I said I wanted to go back to the NBA, and that's why I took this job [at Panathinaikos], but right now to be honest, I'm not thinking of anything except trying to make the playoffs with this organization.