Nigel Hayes Davis jokes he’ll be missed by Jasikevičius

After winning the Euroleague with Fenerbahce and the MVP grant successful the last against Monaco, Nigel Hayes Davis decided to instrumentality to the NBA. Although galore wonderment however helium managed to instrumentality to the strongest hoops league successful the satellite astatine the property of 30, the American was focused connected his goals and intelligibly showed this successful an interrogation with the mag 'Socrates'.

"Honestly, the determination wasn't that difficult. I cognize Fenerbahce fans won't similar it, but the NBA has ever been my dream. I conscionable haven't said it openly until now," said Hayes Davis.

The helping hoops subordinate thanked the fans and emphasized however overmuch it meant to him that helium near his people successful Istanbul. 

"There is simply a immense quality betwixt the reactions I got erstwhile I arrived and erstwhile I left. From that I reason that I did bully things successful Fenerbahce," said the American, who successful a abbreviated clip became an important portion of the team.

The reappraisal of the collaboration with Šarunas Jasikevičius was peculiarly emotional. 

"Of people he'll miss me! I'm the champion subordinate he's ever coached – I brought him his archetypal Euroleague title. Of people helium loves maine and of people I'll miss him," Hayes Davies joked.

Nigel Hayes Davis connected Jasikevičius

He emphasized however overmuch helium valued the narration with the Lithuanian expert: 

"After truthful galore years, we reached the constituent wherever I knew what helium was going to accidental and erstwhile helium was going to accidental it. It's the narration betwixt subordinate and manager that everyone dreams of. The champion teams are those wherever the subordinate tin beryllium the coach's extended manus - past the chances of winning the trophy are overmuch higher."

At the end, helium looked backmost connected his archetypal days successful Istanbul. 

"In my archetypal play successful Fenerbahce, Itudis gave maine backmost my confidence. After a atrocious twelvemonth successful Barcelona, ​​the nine didn't privation me, and neither did the fans. But Itudis believed successful me. On 1 juncture successful training, helium told me: 'Nigel, I'll find different defender. You enactment the shot successful the basket!' From past on, I started to sprout much and I played well," concluded the American, showing that the persistence and spot of a manager tin alteration a career.