{"id":18637,"date":"2020-03-11T18:14:50","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T18:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportsrabbi.agpwebdesign.com\/?p=18637"},"modified":"2020-03-11T18:14:50","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T18:14:50","slug":"david-blatt-is-the-1-human-being-baskonia-big-man-michael-eric-talks-ball-with-the-sports-rabbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/david-blatt-is-the-1-human-being-baskonia-big-man-michael-eric-talks-ball-with-the-sports-rabbi\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;David Blatt is the #1 human being&#8221; Baskonia big man Michael Eric talks ball with The Sports Rabbi!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Maccabi Tel Aviv welcomes Baskonia<\/strong> from Vitoria to Yad Eliyahu for a Euroleague Gameday 29 clash under the pale of the Coronavirus. The Yellow &#038; Blue clinched a playoff spot last week with a home win over Anadolu EFES but then fell to Red Star Belgrade in Serbia as their record stands at 19-9 going into the game versus the Spaniards. Baskonia currently sit in 13th place with a 12-16 record just one game out of a playoff position. <\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the contest, Baskonia center <strong>Michael Eric<\/strong> spoke to The Sports Rabbi about a myriad of topics from his time with the Nigerian National Team at the World Cup, playing under David Blatt and with Scottie Wilbekin in Turkey with Darussafaka and of course the team\u2019s renaissance of late under Coach Dusko Ivanovic.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_18651\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/michael-eric-kirolbet-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18651\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/michael-eric-kirolbet-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"957\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18651\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Euroleague.net<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n\u201cWe have to keep doing what we have done these last 6-7 games,\u201d explained Eric as the club looks to move into the Top 8. \u201cWe\u2019ve improved a lot after the break. The first two games we didn\u2019t to well but after that we improved little things that we talked about like communicating, defending, rebounding and standing together all through the games. If we can continue that way then it will be an easy transition to get into the playoffs.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_18652\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/michael-eric-darussafaka-tekfen-istanbul-eb18-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18652\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/michael-eric-darussafaka-tekfen-istanbul-eb18-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1050\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18652\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Euroleague.net<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nLast year with Darussafaka, Eric scored 20 points against Maccabi and in fact averaged 11 points while this year he\u2019s seen that drop by almost half to 5.7 points per game. \u201cIt\u2019s a different role for me this year. Last year I was more the captain of the team and a lot of offense ran through me. But this year my role is really to get everyone involved whether it\u2019s to set good screens, be positive for the younger guys, the centers. So last year I was in more of an offensive position and in this year\u2019s role I\u2019m more on the defensive end protecting.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_18650\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/michael-eric-kirolbet-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb19-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18650\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/michael-eric-kirolbet-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb19-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18650\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Euroleague.net<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThe 6\u201d11 big man grew up in Nigeria but moved to the United States at a very young age. Making the transition of course wasn\u2019t an easy task, \u201cIt was tough adapting at a young age but having faith and praying a lot that I can make the right decisions in my life I think helped me out a lot. I\u2019m very religious and I had the support of my family around me just to keep me level headed. Once I was able to believe that if I make the right decision and do the right thing, goos things will happen to you. So I focused on that and my adapting was easier.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_18656\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/maxresdefault-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18656\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/maxresdefault-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18656\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">YouTube.com<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nAfter attending high schools in Delaware and Pennsylvania, Eric attended Temple University where he played under Coach Fran Dunphy and advanced to the NCAA Tournament every year, \u201cIt was an amazing experience. It was probably one of the best 4-5 years of my life where each year I had to learn new things, university games and playing for a legendary coach in Fran Dunphy and a legendary organization and university like Temple which was the best years of my life.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/7A2BFC9F-6521-4E3C-BB08-2E585C1736EA-620x264-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/7A2BFC9F-6521-4E3C-BB08-2E585C1736EA-620x264-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"264\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18657\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAfter college, Eric went undrafted in the 2012 NBA Draft and began his professional basketball career with stops in the G-League, Italy, Greece and Spain before landing up in Turkey. During the first of two years at Darussafaka, he was able to win the 2018 edition of the EuroCup with Israeli\/American coach David Blatt. \u201dDavid Blatt is a great guy and great human being, the number one human being. A very good believer in talent and a good believer in art work. When I played for him we talked a lot about dominating the day and seizing the moments where our biggest things. With his current situation I know he is dominating and I know he\u2019s trying to persevere through the illness and in his words, just dominate the day. I know he\u2019s doing that each day.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_18559\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/67D28A81-1B5B-4C42-B0D4-10CA66B7793C.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18559\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/67D28A81-1B5B-4C42-B0D4-10CA66B7793C.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1059\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18559\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dov Halickman Photography<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nEric also played with Scottie Wilbekin when they captured the EuroCup and isn\u2019t shocked one bit as to how well the guard has played for Maccabi, \u201cI\u2019m not surprised. I saw him everyday with Darussafaka where he was the most electric players, hard working player. Everyday he came in with that focus and energy. Seeing him succeed and taking Maccabi and putting Maccabi on his back like he did when I was at Darussafaka, it\u2019s not a surprise. I\u2019m happy for him and I am very, very proud of him.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_18654\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/3WMv6140z0G9NpAZncxZOA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18654\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/3WMv6140z0G9NpAZncxZOA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"550\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18654\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FIBA<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThis past summer, Eric represented his birth country Nigeria at the FIBA World Cup in China and the experience was an amazing one, \u201cIt meant a lot to me, a whole lot to me especially representing not only my country but also my family. My father and mother were Olympians and just being able to get to the World Cup and qualifying for the Olympics. I\u2019m hoping to be an Olympian to and follow in their footsteps. But that as another amazing part of my life being able to represent Nigeria and the people of Nigeria.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_18649\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/michael-eric-kirolbet-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb19-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18649\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/michael-eric-kirolbet-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb19-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18649\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Euroleague.net<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nFinally, with the Coronavirus gripping the world, Eric had a message that he wanted to share about the situation that is paralyzing the world, \u201cI think we should just listen to what the scientific people are saying. Take care of yourself, wash your hands, protect yourself from packed places and also don\u2019t panic just do the right thing. If you\u2019re sick or feel sick and you don\u2019t know what it is, call the hotlines and stay at home so you can protect others. Don\u2019t be selfish trying to go places and having fun while you\u2019re sick.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv welcomes Baskonia from Vitoria to Yad Eliyahu for a Euroleague Gameday 29 clash under the pale of the Coronavirus. 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