Peters expressed the certainty that Olympiacos will have a chance of qualifying for the Final 4 against any opponent they play in the Euroleague playoffs in statements he made on Joe Arlaukas’ show, the crossover.
“In whatever position we find ourselves at the end we know that we have a lot of chances against any team to qualify. Either it’s Barcelona, ​​or it’s Monaco, or it’s Panathinaikos, or it’s Real”said the ace of the Red Whites and added:
“We are not interested in the opponent. We are very good as a team and we are starting to feel that the best is yet to come.”
Alec Peters’ statements in detail:
On last year’s Final Four, which he didn’t even play in, and Yule’s game-winning basket:
“I felt like it was a big thing for me to get to a Final Four, I’ve never had that experience before and not play in the Final. It made me feel a little special. Even now whenever someone mentions it, I get upset because of the loss. .If we had won then everything is fine.You forget all the feelings.
When you lose like we did, you overanalyze everything and I felt very annoyed that I didn’t have the chance to help the team in the final, especially when Real played a zone, whereas I believe I’m the best shooter you can find in that situation.
I’m not saying anything bad about the coach. He is a realist. He knows what he’s doing. He feels his players. He knows he can’t keep everyone happy. He knows I’d be furious if I didn’t play. We can all pretend to be coaches, but they have a tough job. We can play what-ifs.” If Yule hadn’t made that shot, nobody would have said anything. But he did.
I was annoyed to see Real play a zone and get back into the game, while I was thinking ‘coach, if they play a zone it’s good to have a shooter in there, even for two minutes. Can I help’. But it didn’t go that way, the game didn’t go our way and it was bad to go back having experienced something like that.
To be honest, that anger kept me going all summer, all season, like I had something to prove. I was thinking that if we find ourselves in a situation like this again there will be no doubt that I have to be on the court. I hope we find ourselves in such a situation again.”
For his presence this year and the excellent season he is having:
“I’m happy that I proved that I can play at this level. The fact that I stayed in the same place, with the same coach and teammates was good. Everyone was wondering what Vezhenkov would do and if he would leave and take the opportunity. Then everyone wondered what it will happen at Olympiakos and what will he do.
I then wanted to throw my cell phone at the wall, thinking that I didn’t go anywhere, I’m here. I started working. I was hoping the team wouldn’t take all these good free agents because I wanted the opportunity.”
On whether he felt strange when Olympiacos took Brazdeikis:
“No, no. He’s the best. I’m sick of hearing him talk about Michigan. He went one year there, man. He’s the best. You know how it goes. The better players you have, the better. This preseason has been weird with players to be in national teams, others to be injured, we needed someone like Brazdeikis because we started the season not as we want.
It gave us new air. I congratulate him, Wright and Mitrou-Long, Petrusev. They came in the middle of the year and helped. It is not easy to integrate someone immediately into coach Barzoka’s system because it is based on our chemistry. The fact that they learned so quickly is incredible, because we have tremendous depth.”
About Moses Wright and his good performance in the matches against Panathinaikos AKTOR:
“That was awesome. If you have a good game here against Panathinaikos, you’re God, you’re everything. Wright is a tremendous addition to the team. His attitude, his kindness, his youthful naivety, which is a good thing because you can just be who you are. He’s got a lot of talent.”
About the EuroLeague playoffs and where Olympiacos is spiritually:
“The whole season has been a roller coaster with players getting injured. It happens to every team, it’s just that it happened a lot with us this year and we weren’t consistent. We found a rhythm at times, especially in February and March. Going into the most important part of the season we are full ok
We don’t care about home advantage. If it does, great. In our mind is to avoid the play-ins in order to have a week of rest and not have stress.
For us, it’s about getting the wins we need and whatever position we find ourselves in, we like our chances, whether it’s Barcelona, ​​Real, Panathinaikos, Monaco. We’re at a point where we think the best days are ahead of us.”
For the derby with Panathinaikos AKTOR:
“There’s no other city you’d rather be in Europe. I joke about it that I prefer it because I hate flying, because I get stressed out about flying and my teammates make fun of me. I’d rather stay in Greece, so if we play Panathinaikos I’ll probably be one of the few who will be happy. But the city will be on fire with the atmosphere.”
On the renewal of his contract with Olympiakos and how his wife sees it:
“Of all the places we’ve lived together, having her feel at home in Greece, where we also had a child, is the best. We didn’t even think about it. She could have signed before me with Olympiakos. She supports me and I’m blessed to have her with me.”
Source: Sport Fm
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