Isaiah Kanan was hosted on the show of Chima Moneke on YouTube and talked about the two years he wore his jersey, but also about his big goal with . Isaiah Kanan was once again mentioned in the best words in his two-year tenure at Olympiacos, while stressing that his goal with Red Star is first the team to enter the Euroleague playoffs and then conquer the trophy. In detail what Isaiah Kanan said : For Euroleague and its goals: “I always tried to conquer EuroLeague, I played in Olympiacos and had two opportunities in the Final Four for two consecutive years. I am grateful for these two years in Athens with these teammates, the coaches. I had a good time there. Giannis Sferopoulos, my coach now, called me and asked me about my situation, but at the time I didn’t know what I was going to do, I expected to see what Olympiacos wanted. I knew that if nothing happened, I would have to go on and take care of my family and myself. I wanted to have another chance to win EuroLeague. I wanted to have a challenge to the team I was going to go to. I really believe in the team and the coach idea. It’s hard to reject a coach who lets you be who you are and play the way you know you can play. He told me all this, and what he wanted to be my role in all this. I wanted to come and achieve something that the Red Star has not been able to do for a long time, which is the return to play-offs and finally win the EuroLeague title. I didn’t know much about EuroLeague when I was a kid. As a child, I wasn’t thinking about playing in Europe. After five, six years I thought I’d go there to play and finish my career there. When I broke my leg, I got calls from EuroLeague. When I returned from the injury, I just started paying attention to Europe. I didn’t know how my career would go, I had friends like Larkin and James who had good careers. If they asked me to say a EuroLeague player back then, I didn’t know one. When I went to Kazan, then I started watching, especially when Jamar Smith told me I was a player designed for here. I played at EuroCup in the first year and then started watching more players playing here and the league in general.” For basketball in childhood: ‘ I have been playing basketball since I was six, seven years old. My father and mother played basketball. My mother was pregnant and before that she was injured by an elbow. So he stopped playing basketball and then I came. Maybe this elbow hit me and made me what I am today.” For his first steps: ‘The basketball is inside my family. Allen Iverson is my favorite player, motivated me, gave me extra motivation. I also played football, basketball and track, we from Mississippi participated in every sport in high school, but I didn’t think I could go to the NFL because of the height, so I was good at basketball and everything worked out for me in the end. I had a lot of offers in high school, but I went to Murray State. They wanted me to leave Mississippi all along, out of my house and make something of mine, so I chose them. The coaches believed in me, I felt at home there and I did well.”
Kanan: I am grateful for my two years at Olympiacos, to conquer EuroLeague with Red Star
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