What was your biggest challenge when you first came to the U.S.? If I couldn’t watch because I had school in the morning, I would watch the highlights of the games right before school. I would find a website from the other side of the world to try to watch games and keep up. I’m just a fan of the game.įrank Ntilikina, New York Knicks (France): I watched Stephen Curry, Russell Westbrook, Kyrie Irving and all they did to be great at the sport. Rudy Gobert, Jazz (France): When I was younger I couldn’t watch a lot of games. And when I got drafted, I had the Shawn Kemp card in my wallet. … He showed me a Shawn Kemp card because he said I reminded him of Shawn Kemp. The first time that I saw a game was my birthday, and my friend - I was like 13, 14 - he brought me to his house and he showed me a game. Nene, Rockets (Brazil): I didn’t have sport channels to watch basketball. Those guys were showing up on the court every single night. That is how I learned.Ĭlint Capela, Houston Rockets (Switzerland): Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, Kevin Durant and Blake Griffin. So we had like maybe one game every month that we could get our hands on. I would have tapes I watched 20 times of the same game because we can’t see games on a daily basis. Thabo Sefolosha, Jazz (Switzerland): Michael Jordan. It was just tough watching in Australia because a lot of the games are on during school, so it was mostly just watching highlights. This was in the era where won a championship and had a really good team. My dad said I played like him, and once your dad, who is your idol, says you play like someone, you always watch. He is fun-loving, had passion and had energy in the pictures.ĭante Exum, Utah Jazz (Australia): Paul Pierce.
I knew him from his posters and his pictures. The only time I was following something NBA was in magazines, Slam magazine. As a kid I couldn’t watch NBA basketball. Serge Ibaka, Toronto Raptors (Republic of Congo): Kevin Garnett was my favorite, and I never watched him play. I was just loving basketball and being a big Bulls fan.
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I watched him in France on TV at 3 in the morning because of the time difference. Tony Parker, Charlotte Hornets (France): Michael Jordan. Who was your favorite basketball player as a kid?
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