{"id":23471,"date":"2020-12-09T12:31:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T12:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=23471"},"modified":"2020-12-16T09:49:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T09:49:40","slug":"you-cant-put-it-on-dragan-that-he-didnt-pan-out-in-the-nba-alec-peters-baskonia-welcome-maccabi-in-euroleague-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/you-cant-put-it-on-dragan-that-he-didnt-pan-out-in-the-nba-alec-peters-baskonia-welcome-maccabi-in-euroleague-action\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;You can&#8217;t put it on Dragan that he didn&#8217;t pan out in the NBA&#8221; Alec Peters &#038; Baskonia welcome Maccabi in Euroleague action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv visits Baskonia in Euroleague Gameday 13 action on Thursday (20:00 Israel time) as they will look to build off of their victory last week over Red Star Belgrade. The Yellow &amp; Blue enter the contest with a 4-8 record while the hosts are 6-5 and have won 3 games in a row.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23481\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-peters-td-systems-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb20-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23481\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-peters-td-systems-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb20-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"999\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-peters-td-systems-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb20-3.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-peters-td-systems-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb20-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-peters-td-systems-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb20-3-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-peters-td-systems-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb20-3-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-peters-td-systems-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb20-3-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alec Peters &#8211; Photo Credit: Euroleague.net<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of Dusko Ivanovic\u2019s new star players is Alec Peters who arrived in Vitoria this season after featuring with Anadolu EFES last year and CSKA Moscow during the 2018\/19 campaign when he was a member of the Euroleague Champions in his first season overseas.<\/p>\n<p>Just ahead of the continental clash, The Sports Rabbi spoke to Peters about his outlook on the upcoming clash, his time in college, the NBA, Mike James, Devin Booker, Dragan Bender and the team\u2019s play to date.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23480\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/players-td-systems-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23480\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/players-td-systems-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"999\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/players-td-systems-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb20.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/players-td-systems-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb20-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/players-td-systems-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb20-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/players-td-systems-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb20-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/players-td-systems-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb20-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alec Peters &#8211; Photo Credit: Euroleague.net<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been able to put together some good weeks and every team have their stretches where they win one and lose a couple. But we have strung together 3 wins in a row and played a couple of great games. That\u2019s important and I think that we can improve our consistency as the season moves forward and have more consecutive weeks where we play well together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peters is averaging 12.9 points and 4.2 rebounds per game in a breakout year after posting only 4.2 points with EFES and 5.3 with CSKA, \u201cThe season is still early on and there is a lot more that I can do. The coaching staff believes in me and believes in what I can do as a player and that\u2019s a compliment to myself to deliver on that. We have been able to get the best out of each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know as a team what our recipe for success is and thats having big time intensity on the defensive end and run. We\u2019re younger and we have mobile guys that can run the floor and get out on transition. When we stick to our recipe we will be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23488\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dusko-ivanovic-kirolbet-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23488\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dusko-ivanovic-kirolbet-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"325\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dusko-ivanovic-kirolbet-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb19.jpg 650w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dusko-ivanovic-kirolbet-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb19-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/dusko-ivanovic-kirolbet-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb19-600x300.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dusko Ivanovic &#8211; Photo Credit: Euroleague.net<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Playing for coach Ivanovic is an interesting adventure in itself for any player and Peters is thriving so far under the bench boss, &#8220;Quite the character is the best way to describe him. He\u2019s not for everybody, but what you get in intensity and focus you get a coach that is well prepared and is going to give every piece of information and detail to see you succeed. You have championships on his resume and it\u2019s hard to argue with something like that. he may be on you but you got to find a way to balance it and he\u2019s done a great job for my career and let me be the player I am and have the role that I have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Washington, Illinois native fell in love with the game at an early age, \u201cWhen I was 5-6 years old my parents signed me up for a basketball league and when you\u2019re young you play so many sports but basketball seemed to stick. I knew early on that was what I wanted to do and what I wanted my life to be a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for role models, Peters singled out one of the greatest guards in NBA history as well as his father, \u201cMy first favorite basketball player was Jason Kidd watching him play for in the Finals for the Nets against the Spurs he was the first person that I gravitated towards. My father has been with me every step of the way and when I told him that I loved basketball he didn\u2019t really gave any playing experience. But he studied and learned and became a very successful coach on the AAU circuit. To have him along before I went to college was a true blessing. My High School coach who passed away from brain cancer in 2019 was so instrumental in the intensity, focus and mentality that I play with comes from them and they teaching.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23482\" style=\"width: 1310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-peters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23482\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-peters.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-peters.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-peters-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-peters-1024x378.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-peters-768x284.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-peters-600x222.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alec Peters &#8211; Photo Credit: Euroleague.net<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Peters attended Valparaiso University in Indiana and was happy to do so while also going the NCAA Tournament in the 2014\/15 season, \u201cIt was a happy medium choice and I looked at bigger schools like Boston College or close to home like Illinois State which was in my backyard but Valparaiso was in between about 3 hours away and gave me a chance to play right away. Bryce Drew showed me the ropes as to what it takes to get to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoing to the \u201cBig Dance\u201d was extra special coming from a mid major as it\u2019s all about the underdog and Cinderella story. To have that chance was super special to me and makes your bond with your college teammates that much bigger. My only regret was not having been able to do it other than my sophomore year. We could have been that Cinderella story but we never fulfilled that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After four years at Valparaiso, Peters was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the 2017 NBA Draft with the 54th overall pick in the second round. Being part of the Suns allowed Peters to see a superstar in the making in one Devin Booker, \u201cDevin is only going to become bigger and I know that people are starting to recognize that but he\u2019s a potential MVP candidate under 25 years old is scary. Phoenix is only going to get better and they overhauled the whole situation there and made things better. Devin is the right guy to lead the charge if he sticks there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23489\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23489\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-174x98.jpg 174w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-600x337.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alec Peters &#8211; Photo Credit: NBA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He also played alongside TJ Warren who is now with the Indiana Pacers and some about what type of professional the budding star is, \u201cTJ is was one of my favorite teammates who come to do your business and let that speak for yourself. He wasn\u2019t the most vocal guy but he showed up and produced. That\u2019s something you can\u2019t argue with and teach. No matter what he\u2019s going to come do his job and do it well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His one-time teammate in Phoenix was Mike James who is now terrorizing opponents in the Euroleague and Peters had some interesting things to say about the guard, \u201cMike is an unbelievable talent there is no item way to say it. The shots he makes it\u2019s stuff that he works, if it\u2019s his fadeaway jump shot or movements, he works on it. He\u2019s a guy you give the freedom because he makes such great plays and helps you win. One of the most misunderstood things about Mike is that a lot people have this misconception that he doesn\u2019t contribute to winning teams and that\u2019s totally unture. Mike can lead and any team he plays for can win the championship; he\u2019s an MVP talent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23461\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201207-226193-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23461\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201207-226193-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1089\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201207-226193-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201207-226193-300x128.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201207-226193-1024x435.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201207-226193-768x327.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201207-226193-1536x653.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201207-226193-2048x871.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201207-226193-940x400.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201207-226193-620x264.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201207-226193-600x255.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Basket.co.il<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of the players Peters is looking forward to seeing is Dragan Bender who shared the court with him the \u201cValley of the Sun\u201d and thinks he still has plenty to offer in the world\u2019s best league as he came into the NBA with high expectations, \u201cIt\u2019s tough when you\u2019re a high draft pick and a top 5 lottery pick coming into the league. We were both in a situation in Phoenix that he dealt with longer than I that blew up in the end. There was a reason things blew up because things weren\u2019t going to well. You can\u2019t put that on him that he didn\u2019t pan out in the NBA I think that Dragan has a lot to offer as an NBA player. You can\u2019t teach what he has and the tools that he has and I am really looking forward to seeing him. For him to be back at Maccabi that\u2019s only going to help them. Eventually Dragan is still a young player and will have many opportunities to get back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for Peters, his European adventure began in Russia after splitting his first year as a pro with the Phoenix Suns and the G-League. Along with but only playing for the Euroleague champs, Peters shared the court with an all-star squad,  \u201cIn my first season, to win a Euroleague title with CSKA, I can\u2019t think of any American who has come over here and had that success. To do that with Euroleague Hall of Fame roster in Nando de Colo, Kyle Hines, Sergio Rodriguez there\u2019s non question I was part of a special group and that experience will be carried with me. I have that opportunity where I came to a team that may not be considered as championship contender this season but to prove myself who can contribute on that scale at a larger level.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23474\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-peters-td-systems-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb20-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23474\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-peters-td-systems-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb20-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1050\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-peters-td-systems-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb20-9.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-peters-td-systems-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb20-9-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-peters-td-systems-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb20-9-1024x717.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-peters-td-systems-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb20-9-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/alec-peters-td-systems-baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-eb20-9-600x420.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alec Peters &#8211; Photo Credit: Euroleague.net<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As for tipping off against Maccabi Tel Aviv, Peters knows what his club will have to do in order to walk away with the victory, \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a tough game and I don\u2019t think their record reflects at all and they have a really talented roster. They bring that fight and intensity and we have to play really solid one on one defense and guard their scorers in Scottie Wilbekin, Elijah Bryant and Tyler Dorsey those guys on the perimeter that do a really good job breaking down their defenders. We will have to have that defensive intensity and that mindset from the jump if not they\u2019ll take it really quick.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv visits Baskonia in Euroleague Gameday 13 action on Thursday (20:00 Israel time) as they will look to build off of their victory last week over Red Star Belgrade. The Yellow &amp; Blue enter the contest with a 4-8 record while the hosts are 6-5 and have won 3 games in a row. 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