Mantas Kalnietis on his departure from Olimpia Milano: 'Pianigiani lied to me'

After officially leaving Olimpia Milano, point guard Mantas Kalnietis revealed the issues between him and coach Simone Pianigiani that kept the player outside of the roster last season. Here are some of his words about his now-former head coach:

"There was no conflict with him," Kalnietis said. "Firstly, he told me that I'll play only in Euroleague. I asked him if I had done something wrong but I got no answer from him. He promised me that I'll play in November, then he told me that I'll play in January or February. At the end of February, he told me that I could have gone wherever I wanted. We didn't have a single conflict but he lied to me. I was angry with him because he didn't keep his promise, so we stopped talking and he put me out of the team".

Mantas Kalnietis told he didn't have any conflict with Simone Pianigiani, but coach not keeping his promises irritated him a lot. pic.twitter.com/iTozKZkt3N

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