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NO PRESSURE
30 April 2009
This is it - the final chapter of the season, the Final Four. The pressure’s breathing down your neck - but you can’t let it take control. Any distractions will only damage your game.
I’ve been in this situation for the last seven years, so it’s easy for me to say. But it’s true; it’s not about the pressure. It’s about the team that performs best - the team that manages to stick to their play, because that’s what brought them to the finals in the first place.
There’s only one way to do this: work even harder, get into the best possible ...
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It’s not about the captain. It’s abou ...
28 April 2009
What changes when you become captain? The way you play? The way you relate to the coach? The way you relate to the fans?
The answer: none of the above.
The only thing that changes is your responsibility to help every member of the team play better. My role as a captain is to drive, influ ...
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Be true. Be colourful. Be in Berlin.
26 March 2009
Create your legacy: Design game shoes for one of these ballers on their road to reach the Final Four in Berlin from May 1-3.
How? Very easily: Choose your favourite Final Four athlete Papaloukas, Splitter, Navarro, Khrypa, Stonerook, Llull, Spanoulis, Vesley. Then, design your game shoe for ...
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Born smaller, play taller.
05 March 2009
The thing I love about this game is the way something that can seem like a disadvantage at first can turn out to be the best thing that can happen. For me, recognising this is the key to becoming a better player.
For example: as a junior I was not the tallest player at my club. At first, th ...
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The Lesson
24 February 2009
Watch The Mentor (AKA: Papas) help the New Kid (AKA: J-Chill) adjust to the culture in Greece.
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The Ultimate Medicine
14 February 2009
Win or lose, every team in Europe yearns for one thing more than any other: the Euroleague title.
I know, because I’ve been on both sides. I’ve been sent home from the final four. Had my dreams dashed in the Semis. And I’ve experienced the ultimate hurt of coming second in ...
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