The team of Alytus “Wolves” lost the match against Panevėžys’ “7bet-Lietkabel”, but this match was also expected by the fans due to another nuance – the possible debut of Jeffery Taylor in Lithuania.
However, it will have to wait Remas Kurtinaitis expect the rookie to take the field right after the new year.
“I congratulate 7bet-Lietkabelis, who showed character when we ran away with 9 points at one point. It seemed like things were getting better, but they broke through and won. We ran out of characters. Figure out how to play the last 5 minutes when the The score is even. How we have to fight under the basket without giving away repetitions. Therefore, Panevėžys’ team scored 13 points and won 6.
The same problems from the beginning of the season are back: mistakes and penalties. I don’t know what that has to do with the holidays. If everything was better before Christmas, now we have taken 5 steps back”.
– Maybe it’s not good that you haven’t played for 11 days?
– Here’s another question. We played maybe 8 times in November, there were weeks where we played three times, and then we didn’t play anything in December. LKL should work here to organize the schedule. But this is not the main problem, you need to understand that winning is more important than playing, as “7bet-Lietkabelis” proved. Glory, glory to them.
– When will Taylor debut?
– Tuesday came, passed a medical examination and everything is fine with him. We’ll see how he gets into the process. I don’t have much information about what he’s been up to all this time, a good semester. Sure, it looks sporty visually, but we don’t know what’s going on inside. We have until January 2nd. game with Zalgiris, I think we’ll see what his chances are in that period. I hope you play then.
– What more do you expect from him to help defend?
– Last season wasn’t a success for him in terms of performance, but we know the role he played at Real. He is one of the best defenders in the EuroLeague, he can fill from “number one” to “number five”, he is agile and physically strong. I have known him since 2015. as a good pitcher. I think we will relive these qualities of him, Madrid have had a lot of partners who have done that.
Was it difficult to get him to come?
– From what I heard he had an offer from Barcelona, but you know that the transfer from Real to Barcelona is difficult there. He also had offers in Turkey, but he probably got here thanks to Kaukėnas. They have a connection, they are familiar, I don’t know the nuances.
