{"id":461392,"date":"2025-09-25T16:12:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T14:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=461392"},"modified":"2025-09-25T16:12:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T14:12:17","slug":"olimpia-milanos-marko-guduric-the-key-is-putting-the-team-ahead-of-the-individual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/olimpia-milanos-marko-guduric-the-key-is-putting-the-team-ahead-of-the-individual\/","title":{"rendered":"Olimpia Milano\u2019s Marko Guduric: \u201cThe Key Is Putting the Team Ahead of the Individual\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olimpia Milano officially presented all seven of its summer acquisitions at the Scalo Milano Hub, with fans and media in attendance. The spotlight naturally fell on <strong>Marko Guduric<\/strong>, the marquee addition and expected leader of Ettore Messina\u2019s revamped roster\u2014though the Serbian guard quickly downplayed that label.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI don\u2019t really like the word \u2018leader,\u2019\u201d Guduric said. \u201cWe\u2019re all leaders. It\u2019s a team game and the team is what matters most. We all need to be on the same page, trust each other and the coach. The key is putting the team ahead of the individual.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On his arrival in Milan, Guduric expressed excitement about the club\u2019s ambitions:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019m happy to be here, where the goals are always the highest. This is a new challenge for me after so many years with Fenerbahce, and I\u2019m highly motivated.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The 29-year-old highlighted the decisive role of head coach <strong>Ettore Messina<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI spoke with Messina a lot, and he was one of the main reasons I came. I also talked with Stavropoulos to get a general idea about the club before making my decision.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Regarding his fitness, Guduric said progress is steady:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cEverything is going in the right direction. I started working with the team a couple of days ago, and we\u2019re taking it day by day. First and foremost, I need to stay healthy to help the team move in the right direction.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As a reigning EuroLeague champion, Guduric outlined what it takes for success at the highest level:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBeyond staying healthy, it\u2019s important to have patience, work every day to improve, believe in the process, and take it one game at a time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He even set a lighthearted personal goal:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI hope to speak a little Italian by the end of the season.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/realolimpiamilano.com\/2025\/09\/25\/guduric-stare-in-salute-e-il-primo-obiettivo-io-leader-no-lo-siamo-tutti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Serbian guard: &#8220;This is a new challenge for me after so many years with Fenerbahce, and I\u2019m highly motivated\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":461391,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199,259],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-461392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-serie-a"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/Nuovi-acquisti-Olimpia-2025.webp","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461392"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=461392"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=461392"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=461392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}