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The 31-year-old man of universal height of 203 cm, who knows Lithuanian culture well, spoke about his career and his encounter with Lithuanians in an interview with Žalgiris Insider.
Son of NBA legend Jack Sikma with M. Grigonis spent 2017-2018 in the ranks of ALBA. season, and with Th. Walkup he met the Žalgiris team during the MHP team in Ludwigsburg.
It turns out that in his spare time L. Sikma with Th. Walkupu plays the popular video game Call of Duty: Warzone. L. Sikma competed with another Lithuanian, Rokas Giedraitis, together in the Euroleague last season.
“These were the first Lithuanians I had to play with. It was fun getting to know Lithuania up close: the American told about M. Grigonis and R. Giedraitis. – Of course, now I am a big fan of Lithuanians and Lithuanians. I saw how much you love basketball. It was fun getting to know more about Lithuanian culture through those two guys. “
In the interview, L. Sikma did not shy away from demonstrating his knowledge of the Lithuanian language.
“I even know some words in Lithuanian:” Good morning “,” good morning “,” good evening “,” thank you “, – smiled L. Sikma.
When M. Grigonis was still considering joining the Berlin club in the summer of 2017, L. Sikma had already crossed his arms with the ALBA leadership. The leaders of the new team offered the American to convince M. Grigonis to join the team.
“When I signed a contract with ALBA, they told me that the club was also trying to sign a contract with M. Grigonis. They offered me to write a message to Marius – said L. Sikma. – I asked him if he did not want to win, why did he hesitate and he did not sign the contract. At that time he wrote: “Yes, as if he was ready for it. Everything else is history. We had a great season with him in the ALBA team.”
We remind you that on Tuesday, Kaunas “Žalgiris” beat the representatives of Berlin at home with the result 96:86.
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