Mario Hezonja on why he left Panathinaikos & how the NBA challenges toughened him up
Mario Hezonja joins BasketNews’ Donatas Urbonas to talk about a blessing offer going through a very tough period of his life, an enormous love story with Panathinaikos, a weird situation that forced him to leave Athens, NBA leadership examples for his new chapter in Europe, and feeling alive again.
Topics:
How the EuroLeague changed, and what Hezonja was missing in the NBA (00:00);
Why Sarunas Jasikevicius would have cut Hezonja’s head, and how the NBA changed his game (5:19);
“I felt like I’m done with playing” (11:27);
The blessing opportunity in Athens and weird situation why he left…
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