Toupane: "It was a very easy decision..." (vid)

Axel Toupane arrived to Greece on the day of this 26th birthday and said to be anxious to meet with the Olympiacos fans!

The French forward, after accepting the wishes of the reporters that welcomed him despite the very late hour, stated: "It feels nice. I'm excited to be playing here. It is obviously a huge team with a lot of history. I saw how the arena is last season, how the fans react, so, I'm sure we are going to have a great season".

Asked on how difficult it was to give a positive answer to the 'reds' offer, he made it clear: "It was a very easy decision to come and play for Olympiacos. I spoke with Coach Blatt not very long after the end of the season and felt that it was the only place I wanted to come".

On whether the coach was the greatest motive for him to sign with Olympiacos, he said: "Coach Blatt was definitely a motive. However, he wasn't the only one. Like I said, Olympiacos is a great team, with a lot of great success in recent years, with great players like Spanoulis, Papanikolaou and every one of them… So it was a very easy decision".

He made the Euroleague final four with Zalgiris last season, however, he aims higher with Olympiacos… "I want to go even further this year, so I'll be working hard to help the team go as far as possible".
When asked to comment on presence of so many good players at the small forward position, like himself, Papanikolaou and Timma, he said: "It's very good that we are so many playing the position. You know how involved the position is with today's basketball, so it's a very important position. I can adjust, I can play different positions, Papanikolaou also. Therefore, I don't think this is a problem, on the contrary, I think it's good to have size and so much athleticism. It's superb".

Finally, his message to the team fans was: "I'm very excited. I'm looking forward to meeting you and do great things together…".