Atlanta Hawks’ Nikola Djurišić Pre-Summer League Availability
how how these days of training been for you guys you guys uh prepare for summer uh it’s been good honestly it’s been tough especially like the transition from the European side of basketball to the American side of basketball you know but it’s pretty good I think what would you say is the difference between the Styles ivly the pace of the game you know the three-point line bigger Court you know more athletic players all this stuff and what have you seen from Zachary in these first few days too he he shoots the the ball like crazy he can hit some wild shots block some shots as well play defense when you talk about the three-point line I’m can you educate me a little bit is it further back the yeah it’s further back so it’s tough to shoot by how much like is it a couple feet a foot you know I got I I don’t know what I think not not I don’t know really I know it’s for the back so what adjustments do you have to make as a shooter then when it’s further back H I got to use more of my legs to shoot it so yeah it it’s tough my legs but I’ll get there what are you looking forward to just kind of show in in summer league oh man it’s a great opportunity for us as a team you know for every single player uh to show what we can do and hopefully be the best as we possibly can and maybe try to win it all you talk about the adjustments with the speed of the game and I know you’re taking in a lot of information at once but what have you learned so far in this short amount of time I mean the the game the American style of the game other than my players my teammates the coaches what they’re asking for my teammates how do they move so yeah that’s all basketball is basketball Stills so what do you want to personally accomplish this summer the summer uh hopefully win the summer yeah we’ll see is the American style of basketball a little more physical and so how I mean I don’t know really like every practice is physical you know even in Europe I need to play in a real NBA game to feel that difference so yeah how is the terminology different so far between the two games oh it’s very different sometimes like they say something and I’m like what what you know I I don’t understand you so they got to rephrase it for me sometimes but I’ll get what what was one of those that stands out to you I mean really canot think right now one but they know it for sure what kind of uh impact did the the jante Murray trade make on as you guys are trying to figure out your place for this team and where where this team is headed what kind of signal did that to you guys I mean that’s like a question for the coaches in the front office not really for me I’m just a player yeah have you been able to connect with eigor yet and talk with him uh we texted a little bit but he’s right now on vacation so I don’t want to bother him let him have his free time so yeah have you had a chance to kind of get to see Atlanta get settled in Atlanta uh not settled yet I’m looking for my apartment we’ll see after the summer league what will happen but yeah at at is nice I’ve been to the aquarium the Coca-Cola factory so I’ve been around Atlanta yeah it’s very hot it’s crazy hot it gets hotter unfortunately are you clear to play or do you have to wait until you sign a contract or can you just start with the first Summer League game no I can start I think I’m going start we’ll see I mean but you don’t have you don’t have to wait for a contract do you like do you have to sign the contract before you play or can you I don’t know really okay I I don’t know nothing I’m just listening to them so yeah going back to the longer three-point line did does it get trickier in the corners because the lines are closer together like you have to be careful where your feet are because it’s not a very big space yeah in the corner like like in the corner there with the lines close together n not really not really not really Nico what has it been like working with like Kobe and Mo and some of the guys who have been on the Skyhawks just I mean it’s been great honestly you know I’ve been like asking them questions what to expect what to do so they’ve been like really helpful you know they embraced me from the first moment so yeah they’re good guys when did it kind of hit you that you’re on an NBA team with the Hawks like you have a moment like that during practice I say the first practice Monday like before that like I wasn’t like I didn’t understand what really happened you know so the reality struck like at the first practice so I was like oh oh sh who you know so yeah was there something that happened that you’re like whoo uh n not really like seeing all of those guys that’s it yeah have you heard from Trey or anyone yet uh Trey texted me also yeah some of the other guys also so yeah cool you I saw a little clip with you uh teaching Zach uh a little bit about baseball looked like you were trying to teach him about we were just messy around no baseball I don’t know how to throw it so I was going to ask you baseball yeah I don’t know basball have you watched baseball at all before I my first time actually it was fun yeah it was fun what was that experience like just getting introduced to a new game it was fun to see you know like I’ve seen like the highlights of it but never the full game so it has like a nice space you can like enjoy by watching it well I’ve seen I’ve seen NBA players who grew up in a America completely missed the Batters box on ceremonial first pitches so he did well yeah he did well he I thought he [Laughter] well cool thank Youk you
