Atlanta Hawks’ Nikola Đurišić After Summer League Win Over Suns

Atlanta Hawks’ Nikola Đurišić After Summer League Win Over Suns

So for for you to kind of have you know the afternoon that you had last game and then today sort of a bounce back of that just what does it feel like to kind of take what you learned from Friday and apply it to today? I mean it felt great honestly you know especially you got a dub in the board games like first game I was bad really like I wasn’t feeling myself at all like I was tri tripping up and down the court but this game I would say like I just like came mentally better prepared. Yeah, like you saw how it played a lot better and the team played good and we got the win. And defensively, it seemed like not only were you engaged, but you had the ability to impact plays in so many different ways. Just what was coach’s message to you after the last game to keep that aggression while also making the right reads. It was just like be yourself. You know, you like work hard, play hard, so no stress about the things you can control. So there was no mindset coming to the game. Yes, sir. Nico, when you were with the Skyhawks, we talked about your passing, so it’s nothing new to us, but just what have you seen improve with your passing and your vision on the court? I know the game kind of slowed down for me at first. When I came here, the game was like too fast for me. Like I couldn’t see nothing, but now it’s like slowing down a bit. So, it’s become like much clearer. Yeah. Uh Nico, yeah, you develop yourself in the mega system. uh you know we seem like so many NBA players like uh coming from from there such as Joy also others like Zubac what uh yeah what is the secret of of this club to you know to produce so many NBA players mega I think mega in Europe is like the closest thing you have like to an NBA team in terms of practicing cuz you’re young guys like mostly around our 20s so it’s like practice two a day for two hours you know training camp two months. So, like we’re like really prepared and like we play the style of basketball, the fast-paced one. That’s interesting. And the last time we talked to you, you hadn’t signed the contract yet. I mean, how much of a relief is it to have that sort of business taken care of and now you can focus on basketball? Oh, it was a big relief. I’m not going to lie. But the last like two months I was I couldn’t sleep at night honestly. But right now I’m feeling great, you know, getting ready for training camp, you know, but at first we’re going to focus summer league. Mhm. And we’re going to build up. Yeah. Nico, yeah, you mentioned the the the pace also maybe in the NBA, in the US in general, the players are in individually are more athletic than in Europe. But also coaches like refer often to the to the skill set to the Europe to the fact that Europeans have a better feel for the game. Uh I don’t know you’re kind of barely like knowing everything here, but do you feel that that you feel that maybe European players you have when you come here that’s an advantage for you? You have a better feel for for the game in you said everything. So no your your style from your perspective. I like it is different type of basketball like here is like athleticism you know speed exactly like in Europe it’s like more fundamentals so I think it’s like specific when you go back to Europe if you’re like American player whatever kind of player you are you got to like know those fundamentals you know like when when I came here I’m not going to be like oh I’m going to play the European game I need to play the NBA game to adapt so Yeah, makes sense. Thank you.

Niko finished with 16 points, 4 assists, a steal and a block in the 98-80 win over Phoenix.