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Nevan Spahija: "Sapropoulos continued what I started. With us we would have reached the playoffs"

An assistant Memphis coach was interviewed by the NBA Horror on the "Hudinil" Facebook page and told about the congratulatory message to his replacement at Maccabi Tel Aviv, about Abdia ("the greatest talent I coached"), Wilbkin ("It's hard to see him in the NBA") and about Doncic ("The perfect combination between Petrovich and Nowitzki")

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While Maccabi Tel Aviv celebrated its third consecutive national championship victory, due to former coach Nevan Spahija following the playoff results from the NBA bubble in the US. the world and currently serves as an assistant coach of Memphis Grizzlies.

From his hotel room Disney world there Spahija interview with comprehensive Neil Kramer from Israel, Page basketball "Hodinil" on facebook, where he spoke at length about a variety of topics. "I'm glad Hyannis Sfrofolos continued what I started," he said. " That is, play with young players and bring in degrees, which is very important for any coach. If I had stayed until the end of the season with Guy Goodes, we would have qualified for the playoffs in the Euroleague. Yannis almost did it. "

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The Croatian complimented Danny Abdia, saying that "he is the greatest talent I have seen in my coaching career". On the other hand, he is skeptical about Scotty Wilbkin's chances of getting to the NBA: "From what I saw last season, when he came to us, and in the short time he was with me and my coaching staff, it seemed very difficult. But you never know, I can not say 100%. "

In the championship final, Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Maccabi Rishon Lezion, the same coach of his former assistant, Goodes. "Guy has proven how mature he is as a coach, and that he is one of the best Israeli coaches," he said. Spahija asked to give "congratulations to the entire Maccabi family and to Goal 11", and said that he sent his replacement Sapropoulos a message of congratulations after winning the championship.

And what about the NBA? Referring to Luka Doncic, Spahija added: "For me, personally, Luca is the perfect combination between Drazen Petrovic and Dirk Nowitzki in one person. The way he plays basketball, it's just amazing."

Memphis did not return well from the Corona lag, and in the bubble it stands on a lone six-game win and battles for a playoff ticket. "I would say the Grizzlies are the youngest team in the NBA because our core, and the people who really play in the important minutes, are the youngest in the league," Spahija added. "We have to believe in what we do and what this team did in the beginning. Compared to Europe, the coaches and organizations in the US are much more patient." The

assistant coach also talked about the players on his team. Played with so many transfers and offensive movement, but after a few months he adapted. The maturity of Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson and Brandon Clark is going to lift this team high. They will be more and more important for this team and the league. "