The tests in North America have helped me a lot / day in my life

Rodion Kuruc was a very talented player at the youth age and was drafted by the NBA unit Brooklyn Nets in the second round with a total of 40. Already in the following season, he made his debut in the NBA and spent three seasons in the world’s strongest league, with a total of 131 regular tournament games, with an average of 6.0 points and 3.1 rebounds. Similarly, participation in the Cēsnieks’ account is also in eight elimination battles.

« I played a lot and with a lot of confidence, the team (Brooklyn Nets – aut.), From which no one did not expect much, he played very well, but then there was one situation that you probably know very well and everything went down quickly. At one short moment, everything just collapsed.

He admits that after the accusations of a physical attack on the partner, everything went down in the chain – the confidence disappeared, there was a huge pressure from the people and the media. « It knocked me out of the rails. It was a very tough mental test. But on the basketball court, such things shouldn’t be influenced by you. Whatever you talk out of the pitch, whatever the troubles happen, it would have to stay out of the pitch, otherwise nothing would happen. (Irving).

« Stupid that the situation happened in my life. If one wouldn’t happen, you might still play in America, » says Kuruc, still retains optimism and admits that what happened to him has also been good because he learned a lot as a person and started working with himself. The basketball player emphasizes that at the moment when he is 27 years old, it is not impossible to return to the US, but each offer must be carefully viewed. « Everything is still possible. There have also been different types of discussions and variants, but for the time being they have not been realized. It has to be understood that there is only about 450 players there, and every year there are about half a hundred new talents. I am no longer in this category. We see Sasha Vesenkov. With a European direction.

An open interview with Rodion Kuruc as a career in Europe, the Latvian team, its existing and future coach, which the basketball player knows the family and other topics very well Read the magazine Sports newspaper in the June issue.