{"id":111295,"date":"2024-05-23T15:05:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T15:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=111295"},"modified":"2024-05-23T21:07:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T21:07:17","slug":"sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Sikma on Blatt &#038; Zoosman: We\u2019re going to see big things from them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olympiacos veteran forward Luke Sikma will be making his Euroleague Final Four after having played in Europe for over a decade. Son of former Seattle SuperSonics bs Milwaukee Bucks standout Jack Sikma, Luke has forged his own path across the pond. Having played in various locales such as Spain with Valencia and Germany with Alba Berlin, the 34-year old looks to finally reach continental glory. <\/p>\n<p>Just before his Greek squad tips off in the second semifinal against Real Madrid, The Sports Rabbi spoke to the standout about his former Alba Israeli teammates Tamir Blatt and Yovel Zoosman as well as the keys to the game and how excited he is to have the opportunity of a lifetime.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_98004\" style=\"width: 2058px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98004\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/02bd8965-b5e7-47ed-bdbc-81530bdda0fe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/02bd8965-b5e7-47ed-bdbc-81530bdda0fe.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/02bd8965-b5e7-47ed-bdbc-81530bdda0fe-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/02bd8965-b5e7-47ed-bdbc-81530bdda0fe-610x343.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-98004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jake Sikma &#8211; Photo Credit: Euroleague<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s great to be here and it\u2019s been a long time coming. After 13 years to finally be here is something  special and an experience I\u2019m really looking forward to and enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for the keys to the game Sikma feels that the battle of the boards will be important as to the ultimate outcome, \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a battle of two different rhythms. They really like to get out and run and we are a little bit more of a defensive team, defensive minded and a lot it down a little bit. But I think it will be a big battle of rebounds with two really big teams. Games are kind of won or lost in the paint so a lot of different keys but it\u2019s about trying to go out and play your game.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_111300\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111300\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0988.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0988.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0988-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0988-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0988-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0988-1080x720.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-111300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tamir Blatt and Yovel Zoosman &#8211; Photo credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nSikma played with both Yovel Zoosman and Tamir Blatt for a pair of seasons at Alba Berlin and feels they they have plenty of potential going forward, \u201cYovel started at Maccabi as a young player and had a chance to play a role on a top Euroleague team. He then developed and opened up his game at Alba and is now at Jerusalem. Tamir had a great year with Maccabi and is a true point guard whi really sees the floor and gets his teammates involved. Two great guys with huge potential that I think we are going to see big things from them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympiacos veteran forward Luke Sikma will be making his Euroleague Final Four after having played in Europe for over a decade. Son of former Seattle SuperSonics bs Milwaukee Bucks standout Jack Sikma, Luke has forged his own path across the pond. Having played in various locales such as Spain with Valencia and Germany with Alba [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":50128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[6044,98,1165],"class_list":["post-111295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holy-land-hoops","tag-luke-sikma","tag-tamir-blatt","tag-yovel-zoosman","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sikma on Blatt &amp; Zoosman: We\u2019re going to see big things from them - Sports Rabbi<\/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:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sikma on Blatt &amp; Zoosman: We\u2019re going to see big things from them - Sports Rabbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Olympiacos veteran forward Luke Sikma will be making his Euroleague Final Four after having played in Europe for over a decade. Son of former Seattle SuperSonics bs Milwaukee Bucks standout Jack Sikma, Luke has forged his own path across the pond. Having played in various locales such as Spain with Valencia and Germany with Alba [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports Rabbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T15:05:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T21:07:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/yovel-zoosman-alba-berlin-eb21.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"638\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Joshua Halickman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Joshua Halickman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Joshua Halickman\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/10150053309b5bf124d40c3812a32bf0\"},\"headline\":\"Sikma on Blatt &#038; Zoosman: We\u2019re going to see big things from them\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-23T15:05:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-23T21:07:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":405,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/yovel-zoosman-alba-berlin-eb21.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Luke Sikma\",\"tamir blatt\",\"Yovel Zoosman\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Holyland Hoops\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sikma on Blatt & Zoosman: We\u2019re going to see big things from them - Sports Rabbi\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/yovel-zoosman-alba-berlin-eb21.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-23T15:05:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-23T21:07:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/10150053309b5bf124d40c3812a32bf0\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/yovel-zoosman-alba-berlin-eb21.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/yovel-zoosman-alba-berlin-eb21.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":638,\"caption\":\"Yovel Zoosman and Tamir Blatt - Photo Credit: Euroleague\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sports Rabbi\",\"description\":\"The Home of Israeli Sports\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/10150053309b5bf124d40c3812a32bf0\",\"name\":\"Joshua Halickman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-08-at-10.13.06-150x150.jpeg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-08-at-10.13.06-150x150.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-08-at-10.13.06-150x150.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"Joshua Halickman\"},\"description\":\"Joshua Halickman, The Sports Rabbi is the founder of the website and has been covering Israeli sports since 2004. The Sports Rabbi has gone to over 4,000 live sporting events in 25+ countries looking for the most exciting and intriguing stories. Josh has lectured to tens of thousands across the globe about the Zionism through Israeli Sports. You can follow Josh on Twitter @thesportsrabbi\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportsrabbi.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/thesportsrabbiisrael\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sikma on Blatt & Zoosman: We\u2019re going to see big things from them - Sports Rabbi","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sikma on Blatt & Zoosman: We\u2019re going to see big things from them - Sports Rabbi","og_description":"Olympiacos veteran forward Luke Sikma will be making his Euroleague Final Four after having played in Europe for over a decade. Son of former Seattle SuperSonics bs Milwaukee Bucks standout Jack Sikma, Luke has forged his own path across the pond. Having played in various locales such as Spain with Valencia and Germany with Alba [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\/","og_site_name":"Sports Rabbi","article_published_time":"2024-05-23T15:05:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-05-23T21:07:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":638,"url":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/yovel-zoosman-alba-berlin-eb21.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Joshua Halickman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Joshua Halickman","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\/"},"author":{"name":"Joshua Halickman","@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/10150053309b5bf124d40c3812a32bf0"},"headline":"Sikma on Blatt &#038; Zoosman: We\u2019re going to see big things from them","datePublished":"2024-05-23T15:05:16+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-23T21:07:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\/"},"wordCount":405,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/yovel-zoosman-alba-berlin-eb21.jpg","keywords":["Luke Sikma","tamir blatt","Yovel Zoosman"],"articleSection":["Holyland Hoops"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\/","url":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\/","name":"Sikma on Blatt & Zoosman: We\u2019re going to see big things from them - Sports Rabbi","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/yovel-zoosman-alba-berlin-eb21.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-23T15:05:16+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-23T21:07:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/10150053309b5bf124d40c3812a32bf0"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/sikma-on-blatt-zoosman-were-going-to-see-big-things-from-them\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/yovel-zoosman-alba-berlin-eb21.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/yovel-zoosman-alba-berlin-eb21.jpg","width":1500,"height":638,"caption":"Yovel Zoosman and Tamir Blatt - Photo Credit: Euroleague"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/","name":"Sports Rabbi","description":"The Home of Israeli Sports","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/10150053309b5bf124d40c3812a32bf0","name":"Joshua Halickman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-08-at-10.13.06-150x150.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-08-at-10.13.06-150x150.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-12-08-at-10.13.06-150x150.jpeg","caption":"Joshua Halickman"},"description":"Joshua Halickman, The Sports Rabbi is the founder of the website and has been covering Israeli sports since 2004. The Sports Rabbi has gone to over 4,000 live sporting events in 25+ countries looking for the most exciting and intriguing stories. Josh has lectured to tens of thousands across the globe about the Zionism through Israeli Sports. You can follow Josh on Twitter @thesportsrabbi","url":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/author\/thesportsrabbiisrael\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}