{"id":204356,"date":"2021-03-10T10:57:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T09:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=204356"},"modified":"2021-03-10T10:57:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T09:57:33","slug":"kevin-punter-trying-to-grow-in-every-aspect-has-been-a-goal-of-mine-since-my-rookie-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kevin-punter-trying-to-grow-in-every-aspect-has-been-a-goal-of-mine-since-my-rookie-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Punter: Trying to grow in every aspect has been a goal of mine since my rookie year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kevin Punter was the subject of a feature story realized by the EuroLeague and completed by an interview that you can find below. Some of the statements are here.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On his career-best 27 points against Olympiacos:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cHonestly, I apporached that game like any other. I didn\u2019t enter into that game, physically or mentally, differently. It was a game we knew we had to win. I was playing against my ex team, but what I wanted was to win the game and play it well. That\u2019s it\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

On his approach to the season:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cI worked many hours in the summer, many hours in practice. For me that my teammates and my coaching staff have confidce in me is great\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

On his confidence in taking a crucial shot:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s something I\u2019ve been doing all my life. Honestly, you can\u2019t guardme alone, I\u2019ve worked on these situations all my life, situations where I have the ball and it\u2019s just me and the defender, I\u2019ve worked on this too many times, I have great confidence in this kind of situation\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

His attitude after a few misses:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cYou can\u2019t be worried if you miss some shots in a row, it can happen. You can\u2019t start thinking too much. You just have to keep playing, don\u2019t get scared, keep taking the right shots \u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

On his improvement:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cFrom my rookie season and up until now, I have always tried to improve offense and defense, in all aspects of the game. It\u2019s not like I ever said I want to improve in this specific area of my game, no, no, I\u2019ve always tried to grow in every aspect of the game. This is what I have been doing since my rookie season in Greece until now. It has always been my goal \u201c.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Olimpia\u2019s mentality:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cWhen someone demands a lot from you, you have to be able to take it and make the best of it, especially if you want to win and if you want to be successful. We didn\u2019t enter the season thinking of winning everything, but trying to play one game at a time, not looking too far, building day by day \u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the EuroLeague:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cAnything is possible, it\u2019s about taking care of business in the best possible way, if you look at the standing you can think of anything, but what we have to do is taking care of our business, stay focused, the rest will take care of itself\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n