Janis Strelnieks on rejecting the NBA offer, Patrick Beverley experience & stunning rise

BasketNews’ Donatas Urbonas talks to Zalgiris Kaunas guard Janis Strelnieks making a stunning rise in basketball after signing in early years and being unnoticed among the top Latvian prospects, rejecting few crucial offers in his career, learning from Andrea Trinchieri and Vassilis Spanoulis, facing Patrick Beverley in practice and dealing with an uncomfortable situation.

Topics:

• Intro about the Greek fans on Instagram and “Chicken” song contest (00:00);
• Strelnieks rejecting the Spurs offer (3:25);
• Andrea Trinchieri lessons (6:00);
• Being close to Panathinaikos before getting the offer from CSKA (9:31);
• Vassilis Spanoulis example (11:18);
• Crazy practice experience with roommate Patrick Beverley (13:04);
• All-Strelnieks teammates team (16:00);
• The beginning of unexpected Strelnieks rise (17:41);
• Painful feeling for Latvian basketball (19:44);
• Funny Kyiv story which even Strelnieks didn’t know about (24:07);
• Handling agitating question and post-career plans (26:00);
• Strelnieks’ goal in Lithuania and Zalgiris playoff chances (30:07).