{"id":29356,"date":"2026-03-20T15:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aekbc.gr\/?p=29356"},"modified":"2026-03-20T15:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:32:51","slug":"used-to-the-hard-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aekbc.gr\/en\/used-to-the-hard-way\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cUsed to the hard way\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Head Coach of the \u201cQueen\u201d AEK BC, Dragan \u0160akota, commented on the BCL Quarter-Final draw, which paired our team with Badalona:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cObviously, we were drawn against the team no one would want to face\u2026 for two reasons: because Badalona are a very strong side, and because their home court will host the Final Four of the competition. In any case, our main priority is to have everyone healthy at that time. It is crucial for us to have a full roster. We will fight for it. And let me add something else: all of AEK\u2019s successes have come through difficult situations. We are used to it\u2026 We are used to the hard way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Head Coach of the \u201cQueen\u201d AEK BC, Dragan \u0160akota, commented on the BCL Quarter-Final draw, which paired our team with Badalona: \u201cObviously, we were &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"\u201cUsed to the hard way\u201d\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aekbc.gr\/en\/used-to-the-hard-way\/#more-29356\" aria-label=\"More on \u201cUsed to the hard way\u201d\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":29352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[41],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201cUsed to the hard way\u201d - AEK BC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aekbc.gr\/en\/used-to-the-hard-way\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cUsed to the hard way\u201d - AEK BC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Head Coach of the \u201cQueen\u201d AEK BC, Dragan \u0160akota, commented on the BCL Quarter-Final draw, which paired our team with Badalona: \u201cObviously, we were ... 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