MacKisik: “Olympiacos supported me and my family – to go for this common journey even farther”!

A few hours after renewing his collaboration with Olympiacos, McCill made statements on the club’s official site.

THE American forward talked about loyalty to the ‘reds’, for gratitude He feels for all those who gave him the opportunity to remain a part of the team, the first man who learned her pleasant news signature of his new contract, but also for his “lime” thirst for title!

‘I feel like the Olympic It is the team that has supported me and my family in and out of the parquet all these years. We’ve had a lot of time together and good times and difficult. I really wanted to stay in the team and that was done. The fact that it is now definitive gives me a sense of calm, but also the ability to continue and evolve what we have been building together for so many years … Let’s go this common journey even further! So I want to thank our presidents, gentlemen Panagiotis and Giorgos Angelopoulosbut also my coach, gentleman George Barzokafor the confidence they continue to show on my face »McCisick said.

Asked how he feels that he is one of them longest -running foreign players In the team’s history and the longest -running American replied: “It’s a huge honor and, for me, it has to do with values ​​and what a man really appreciates. I grew up with a deep sense of faith. Be faithfulwhether things go excellent or not. Even when we do not achieve some goals, I remain committed to the process. This is something I decided to stay stable. And for me, especially here at Olympiche has rendered. Playing for so many years in such a big club is rare, not only in the Euroleague, but also in sports in general. That I have worn only This jersey in the Euroleague is a great achievement for me. “

From the first time the league ended the championship McCill He had emphasized his great desire to stay at Olympiacos. But who was the first person to announce the pleasant news? “THE Mousse (Fal)! He knew it before everyone! He learned it right after my wife! We’re talking about a lot of last. I try to keep the morale high in this difficult time he is going through. Indeed, in a rare, emotionally charged message he sent me, he told me that he was very happy to stay. And that really brought me a “tightening” to the stomach, because the mousse never says so much emotional things. But, after so many years, I guess it was the time to do it! So yes, the first one I said I was back was the mousse! “

Referring to the taste left by last season, but also what he expects for the forthcoming, he said: “The thirst just continues to grow. To be honest, I’m not one of the people who think that because we didn’t conquer the Euroleaguethe whole season was a failure. No, it was a great lesson to keep trying and pushing ourselves to improve and progress. We will continue to chase great things together. I think it would be very easy for the administration and the owners going to make big moves, with the logic ‘go to conquer the Euroleague at all costs’.

But the fact that they kept the basic body of players that have been here for so many years, says a lot about what the philosophy of the club is. I feel happy to be here with Tomas (Wokap), Mouss (Fal), Larry (Larentzakis), Papanikolaou, Nikos (Milutinov), Sasa (Vezenkov) … Olympic Unforgettable nights. As for the goals of the new year, they do not change. They are the same every year: to win the Greek Cup, the Championship and, ultimately, the Euroleague! “

Of course he could not help but talk about the “red -white” fans, with whom he “built” from his first appearance with his jersey Olympic a relationship of worship: ‘My appreciation is for the world of Olympic It’s huge. There are no words to describe what I feel. Every time I am in public or circulating in the country, there is a feeling of heat, intimacy … I really feel that I belong here, in this country. Honestly, it is one of the most beautiful emotions to appreciate you and embrace you closely.

I want to promise them that even in the coming year we will enter the parquet and fight with all our might to bring another championship to the Piraeus. I am excited to continue in the team! I look forward to pressing on the court again and prove, as always, my value and what I mean to the world. I will never consider it data. Thank you all from the heart! “