The Sports Rabbi had the great privilege to speak with Nikos Zisis, Bamberg\u2019s phenomenal veteran guard and winner of the 2008 Euroleague title with CSKA. Check out what Zisis had to say ahead of his squad\u2019s Basketball Champions League semifinal clash against Bologna.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was lucky to start very early and play on good teams. Over the last few years it\u2019s becoming more difficult to stay at your level and try to do the best possible. I think everything starts with the love of the game and then the daily work you must out in including the motivation and health above all all this can help you try to remain as in good shape as possible.\u201d <\/p>\n
Experience at this level:
\n\u201cI think it plays a role but not the most important role. We\u2019re talking about teams like Bamberg, Tenerife, Bologna and Antwerp. Individual experience can help but I think overall it\u2019s the experience we had together as a group. We won a lot of close games and the cup in a dramatic fashion. This can help a team grow in a very long season and help play in an environment with a do or die game and get the best out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
About Tyrese Rice:
\n\u201cWe couldn\u2019t believe what kind of great guy he is when he signed with Bamberg. He\u2019s such a great guy and great professional. It\u2019s a great joy for me to play with him and share the same lockerroom. It\u2019s one of the big motivations he\u2019s had the whole year long. He\u2019s our leader and in my opinion the most important player. Most likely he will be the MVP of this league but this is the last step. It would really be a great accomplishment for a player to be able to go back in his career and now that he win different 3 leagues and win 3 MVPs from in European competition. From the Euroleague, Eurocup and Champions League. For me personally this is one of the big motivations; to try and help him accomplish this.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Sports Rabbi had the great privilege to speak with Nikos Zisis, Bamberg\u2019s phenomenal veteran guard and winner of the 2008 Euroleague title with CSKA. Check out what Zisis had to say ahead of his squad\u2019s Basketball Champions League semifinal clash against Bologna. \u201cI was lucky to start very early and play on good teams. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":13805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[1214,1424],"class_list":["post-13803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-european-competitions-holy-land-hoops","category-holy-land-hoops","tag-bamberg","tag-nikos-zisis","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n