{"id":9879,"date":"2018-02-22T06:42:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T06:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportsrabbi.agpwebdesign.com\/?p=9879"},"modified":"2018-02-22T06:42:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T06:42:49","slug":"exclusive-ray-mccallum-unicaja-malaga-i-think-well-be-just-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/exclusive-ray-mccallum-unicaja-malaga-i-think-well-be-just-fine\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE &#8211; Ray McCallum Unicaja Malaga: \u201cI think we\u2019ll be just fine\u201d The PG looks ahead to tonight\u2019s game vs Maccabi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv faces Unicaja Malaga in Euroleague Gameday 23 action in Spain on Thursday night at 21:45 Israel Time. The Yellow &#038; Blue will look to avenge a 89-78 loss at Yad Eliyahu that saw the visitors shoot 48% from beyond the arc going 12\/25 while Nemanja Nedovic scored 20 points, Jeff Brooks added 18 and Ray McCallum dropped 15 points in the win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>McCallum<\/strong> is currently in his first year overseas playing point guard after spending time in both the NBA and the Development League. The Sacramento Kings 2nd round pick, 36th overall in the 2013 NBA Draft has also featured for San Antonio Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies. The McDonald&#8217;s All-American spent his college career under the watchful eye of his coach and father Ray McCallum Sr. with the Detroit Mercy Titans and helped lead his team to the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament, the first time since 1999 that the Titan\u2019s made it to the \u201cBig Dance\u201d.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_9878\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ray-mccallum-unicaja-malaga-eb17-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9878\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ray-mccallum-unicaja-malaga-eb17-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ray-mccallum-unicaja-malaga-eb17-4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ray-mccallum-unicaja-malaga-eb17-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ray-mccallum-unicaja-malaga-eb17-4-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Euroleague.net<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThe Sports Rabbi spoke exclusively to McCallum about what the keys will be against Maccabi, his NBA dream and his adjustment so far to European basketball:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been an adjustment. It\u2019s definitely a different game over here. Each day, every game, always learning. I\u2019ve got good teammates and coaches around me. Watching a lot of film and taking every game as an experience and each game as an opportunity to get better.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_9874\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ray-mccallum-unicaja-malaga-eb17-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9874\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ray-mccallum-unicaja-malaga-eb17-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ray-mccallum-unicaja-malaga-eb17-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ray-mccallum-unicaja-malaga-eb17-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ray-mccallum-unicaja-malaga-eb17-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Euroleague.net<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThe point guard continued talking about the differences between the Spanish ACB League and the Euroleague, \u201cThey\u2019re both two challenging leagues. Every night, whether it\u2019s ACB or Euroleague, you\u2019re always going against a good player. And guys come out to compete. We\u2019re playing against really well coached teams and they\u2019re different, but they\u2019re both challenging and you have to be ready to play every night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For most basketball players, the dream of playing in the best league in the world, the NBA is always in the back of their minds and McCallum is no exception, \u201cYeah for sure. That\u2019s my main goal. To come here, compete every day, get better, prove that I\u2019m a true point guard, and that I can get back to the NBA.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_9875\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/nemanja-nedovic-unicaja-malaga-eb17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9875\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/nemanja-nedovic-unicaja-malaga-eb17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/nemanja-nedovic-unicaja-malaga-eb17.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/nemanja-nedovic-unicaja-malaga-eb17-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/nemanja-nedovic-unicaja-malaga-eb17-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Euroleague.net<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nUnicaja Malaga features some true professionals and great ball players including the likes of Nemanja Nedovic, James Augustine and Jeff Brooks who are certainly an asset for any player coming overseas explained McCallum, \u201cThose guys are great players and have been playing over here for a long time. They know the European game, so having them in my ear all the time and helping me on and off the court has been very helpful and they\u2019ve helped make my game a lot better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After beating Maccabi in Israel which was the 4th game of a 4 game win streak, Malaga has gone 2-5. Would you say it\u2019s been an inconsistent season? \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say we\u2019ve had inconsistencies. I would say the Euroleague is definitely a challenging league. Winning at Maccabi was a big win for us. At that point in the season we had won a lot of games in a row. Even though our record is two for five since then we\u2019ve lost some tough games. We\u2019ve lost a couple games at the buzzer, a couple games by 2 points. We\u2019re right there in the games but just got to find a way to pull them out at the end.\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_9877\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ray-mccallum-unicaja-malaga-eb17-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9877\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ray-mccallum-unicaja-malaga-eb17-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"554\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ray-mccallum-unicaja-malaga-eb17-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ray-mccallum-unicaja-malaga-eb17-3-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ray-mccallum-unicaja-malaga-eb17-3-768x532.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Euroleague.net<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nMcCallum also looked at the keys in tonight\u2019s clash with Maccabi, \u201cThey have a lot of great good guards. Quick, fast, really like to score the ball. Overall team, a lot of shooters, they play fast, they play a lot of pick-and-rolls. We just have to be ready to play one-on-one defense, a lot of help defense, team defense and be aggressive as well and attack them on the offensive end and I think we\u2019ll be just fine.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/462921A9-E6B5-4C77-A538-6254AB026365.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/462921A9-E6B5-4C77-A538-6254AB026365.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3045\" height=\"2351\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9489\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMaccabi Coach <strong>Neven Spahija<\/strong> commented about McCallum:<br \/>\n\u201cI don\u2019t think that McCallum is the only problem over there. I think they are a very good team. We\u2019ve prepared the way we\u2019ve prepared and we will try to make our plan work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jake Cohen<\/strong> who will be in Malaga for Maccabi\u2019s Euroleague game and will then head to Estonia to be with the Israel National Team also spoke about his team\u2019s defense:<br \/>\n\u201cWell we remember pretty well what happened in Tel Aviv so we really want to get this game. They\u2019re a good team, they\u2019re playing well, and we\u2019re going to need to execute. It\u2019s about getting better. We\u2019ve done some good things lately, we\u2019ve done some bad things lately, so we need to continue the good and eliminate the bad.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/A6557512-EC47-4E16-B5EE-96217BD55767.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/A6557512-EC47-4E16-B5EE-96217BD55767.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"6016\" height=\"4000\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9781\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Cohen continued:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cTeam defense has really been our focus. I think a lot of the time people focus on individuals when really it\u2019s about five guys playing defense. When you\u2019ve got five guys playing defense together, it\u2019s easier to stop one guy. It\u2019s not just one player who\u2019s getting scored on, it\u2019s the team getting scored on. So we need to get that mentality that it\u2019s five guys helping each other, being in the right spot, and we\u2019ve seen when we do that we\u2019re a pretty good defensive team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maccabi Tel Aviv faces Unicaja Malaga in Euroleague Gameday 23 action in Spain on Thursday night at 21:45 Israel Time. The Yellow &#038; Blue will look to avenge a 89-78 loss at Yad Eliyahu that saw the visitors shoot 48% from beyond the arc going 12\/25 while Nemanja Nedovic scored 20 points, Jeff Brooks added [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":9873,"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":[247,8,14,9],"tags":[3,149,4,1096,1240,1210],"class_list":["post-9879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2017-18-game-reviews","category-european-competitions-holy-land-hoops","category-game-reviews","category-holy-land-hoops","tag-euroleague","tag-jake-cohen","tag-maccabi-tel-aviv","tag-neven-spahija","tag-ray-mccallum","tag-unicaja-malaga","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>EXCLUSIVE - Ray McCallum Unicaja Malaga: \u201cI think we\u2019ll be just fine\u201d The PG looks ahead to tonight\u2019s game vs Maccabi - 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\/exclusive-ray-mccallum-unicaja-malaga-i-think-well-be-just-fine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EXCLUSIVE - Ray McCallum Unicaja Malaga: \u201cI think we\u2019ll be just fine\u201d The PG looks ahead to tonight\u2019s game vs Maccabi - Sports Rabbi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Maccabi Tel Aviv faces Unicaja Malaga in Euroleague Gameday 23 action in Spain on Thursday night at 21:45 Israel Time. 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