Martin Schiller: new Zalgiris, NBA example and surprising questions in Lithuania

BasketNews’ Donatas Urbonas talks to Zalgiris Kaunas head coach Martin Schiller on the critical things of Zalgiris rebuild, interesting experiences in Lithuania, and the NBA examples which helped him in the EuroLeague market.

Topics:

• Intro and what Schiller would ask Ergin Ataman (00:00);
• Trip to Germany from Lithuania by car and free agency conversations in Warsaw’s hotel (2:52);
• The key of Zalgiris rebuilding process (4:26);
• Schiller’s reaction on Jokubaitis departure (6:02);
• Unexpected No. 1 overall EuroLeague draft pick by Martin Schiller (7:45);
• Why you can’t compare Walkup to Mudiay (10:08);
• What’s behind one of the main strengths of Martin Schiller (14:30);
• Schiller’s self-evaluation of his EuroLeague rookie season and experiences which stuck to his mind (16:45);
• A different approach on LKL level and surprising questions about Marek Blazevic (22:10);
• Challenging Zalgiris pre-season (26:13).