What do you remember of that big game in Tel Aviv, that Maccabi won?
“Yes, I remember coming over there to play them. They were so excited to play. It was a big thing for them. We were like on vacation a bit, because it was the first time traveling that far for some of us. But Maccabi wanted to show they could play against the best team in the world then, and they played well and beat us.” You averaged more than 38 minutes per game in 6 seasons in Italy and scored over 25 points per night. In those days it seemed even normal, but now this would be almost impossible. How was the game rhythm and the playing style in the eighties? “It was kind of difficult for me, playing 38 to 40 minutes a game, because that was different for me. Now that the European game has changed somewhat, with more Americans allowed on teams, the workload is not the same. Back then, you got maybe more quality players and the foreign players had more experience and understood basketball at a high level. The team wanted guys who understood the game at a high level because they wanted
