By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Jeff Brooks’ wife is Italian and that proved to be literally his passport for getting Italian citizenship and getting ready for his debut with the Italian national team.
And he also returned to Italy for AX Armani Exchange Milano, believing that the team is ready for a fresh start.
As he writes on his EuroLeague blog: “One of my favorite words in basketball is “chemistry.” As long as we have good chemistry, I think we will be fine. We have everything on this team that we want: size, athleticism, talent, good playmakers. I think that the best thing about this team is that we have many different ways to play defense because of the size and athleticism I mentioned. I think we are going to be a scary team this year; we have a lot of potentials to get better as a team and grow as the season goes on. I am sure Coach Pianigiani will do his best to put us in the right situation and make sure that every time we step on the court we are able to compete and fight. We will not shoot the lights out every night, but we have to make sure we put in the right effort on defense, play hard and compete. If we play hard on defense and rebound well, we will have our chances to beat anybody!”
Read the rest of his first blog entry.