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Ahead of Maccabi Tel Aviv’s game against Khimki in Euroleague Gamdeday 23 action on Wednesday night at 21:05 Israel time at Yad Eliyahu, Yakov Meir<\/a>, basketball journalist for Israel HaYom Newspapeer spoke with the Jonas Jerebko<\/strong> about his season to date, the NBA and much more!<\/p>\n

How are you?<\/strong>
\n\u201cI\u2019m doing good. We are struggling a little bit in the Euroleague but we are doing good in the VTB. The Euroleague is the main goal we just got to come ready for tomorrow. We have a lot of injuries but we are trying to prevail.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chances over the final part of the season?<\/strong>
\n\u201cI know we can play very good. When we play well and play together we can beat any team. If we don\u2019t, we can lose against any team. That\u2019s the beauty of Euroleague as there are a lot of good teams and you have to always be on your \u201cA\u201d game. We have very good players and if we play the right way we can definitely make a run at the end of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve played with many great NBA players, but where do you list Alexey Shved?<\/strong>
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a tough question and I would have to do that after the season. But I have played with a lot of great players and he\u2019s one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

How does a child from Sweden become a basketball player and an NBA player?<\/strong>
\n\u201cI grew up in Sweden and obviously basketball was not the first choice. But my mother, father and uncles played so I come from a basketball family so that\u2019s how I started playing. I also played football, hockey, handball, floorball, volleyball, I tried it all. Naturally I was pretty good at basketball and in Highschool I played basketball and then played football for fun in the summer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Basketball wasn\u2019t a popular sport back home:<\/strong>
\n\u201cMost friends didn\u2019t play basketball and I don\u2019t know where it is on the list but it\u2019s not high. A lot of people choose to play other sports, but basketball is grow9ing all over the world including Sweden so I think that\u2019s a good thing but it has ways to go compared to other countries in Europe and the whole world. I think it\u2019s growing but football and all the other sports are definitely ahead of basketball back home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Israeli basketball passion:<\/strong>
\n\u201cI wish we had the passion I\u2019ve seen from Israeli fans and obviously I haven\u2019t been to Israel yet, but I am looking forward to playing Maccabi in Tel Aviv. I know the fans are very passionate and know basketball and that they have a good basketball history in the country, so I\u2019m looking forward to it. We don\u2019t have that history and I hope that I can help grow the sport back home in Sweden with what I am doing over here and what I did in the NBA.\u201d<\/p>\n

About Jonathan Skjoldebrand who played for Sweden:<\/strong>
\n\u201cI played with Jonathan, he\u2019s a great guy and I know he is still playing in the Israeli league, although I don\u2019t know what tam, I know that he is a very talented player. I know he took care of his body and it\u2019s good to see that he is still playing\u201d<\/p>\n

Relationship with Omri Casspi:<\/strong>
\n\u201cEvery time we played we talked and I\u2019ve seen him in the offseason, in the Summer League in Vegas and different places all over the world. We\u2019ve had dinner before. He\u2019s a good guy and I played against him for over a decade so I know him pretty well. It\u2019s been fun to see him and good that he has been able to sow his skills back home despite being injured.\u201d<\/p>\n

Favorite NBA city?<\/strong>
\n\u201cI enjoy playing basketball for a living so it\u2019s hard to take one city and season. I don\u2019t like to do that and maybe in ten years when I look back I will. But right now I\u2019m concentrating on being here in the Euroleague in Russia still playing basketball and doing what I love to do. I don\u2019t want to pick one place.\u201d<\/p>\n

What it\u2019s like being in the lockerroom, practice and travelling with the Golden State Warriors?<\/strong>
\n\u201cIt\u2019s just like any other team they breathe, eat and they sleep too. They are good friends and teammates just like any other team. I never understood those kind of questions as it\u2019s just my job and I enjoy playing basketball whether it\u2019s Golden State, Khimki or the Detroit Pistons. It doesn\u2019t really matter as we are all human and everything that has happened lately we can all relate to being human and anything can happen to anybody. They breathe, sleep and eat just like any other human being.\u201d<\/p>\n

Disappointed about not winning the NBA Championship:<\/strong>
\n\u201cYes obviously. You\u2019re very disappointed as it\u2019s a lifelong goal to win the championship so when you don\u2019t you\u2019re obviously disappointed. Yes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Memory about Kobe Bryant:<\/strong>
\n\u201cI played against him for a long time so there are a lot of good memories. But the first time being nervous and just competing against a legend and an icon who you had watched growing up and who you had imitated and playing on video games he\u2019s probably one of the few players that you were looking forward to playing against. It made you nervous. I will always remember that first time in LA.\u201d<\/p>\n

Returning to European basketball last summer:<\/strong>
\n\u201cI had a great opportunity and there were no other opportunities. I took the one opportunity I had and now I am here.\u201d<\/p>\n

The reason why players going from the NBA back to Europe: <\/strong>
\n\u201cThe new CBA – Collective Bargaining Agreement is what is doing it for sure\u201d<\/p>\n

Buying the Renegades ESport Team:<\/strong>
\n\u201cWe are developing the Renegades and it keeps evolving over the 3 years that I have had the team. We\u2019ve invested a lot of money and our teams are getting better and better and Esports are getting bigger and bigger. It\u2019s like any sports team where you have a lot of people working for you and it\u2019s more and more every year and bigger and bigger every year. The Renegades are in a good situation right now and we are working towards the future. I see great things as this is just the beginning of what\u2019s to come. It\u2019s getting bigger all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

What to expect at Yad Eliayhu:<\/strong>
\n\u201cNobody\u2019s really told me about it, but I know from experience growing up and watching the Euroleague and other players who have played there that know the Israeli fans and from what I\u2019ve seen on TV they are very passionate and I know it will be a packed house with a great atmosphere. That\u2019s what you strive for as a basketball player, you want to play in front of a lot of people and passionate fans. No matter if they are for you or against you, it\u2019s going to be fun. I\u2019m really looking forward to getting to Israel and playing this game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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