Markel STARKS
Avtodor guard:
“In our first two exhibition games, we have learned a lot about each other and the things we need to improve on. We are still building as a team and figuring out the team chemistry. Some of the guys have been together for two weeks, some of them for a week. Finally Rayvonte Rice joined us only 2 days ago. So it’s still some adjustments, learning each other’s strengths and weaknesses. We are coming together as a team. You see in spurts that we can be good but 2-3 minutes here and there aren’t 40 minutes. If we can extend those 2-3 minutes to 5-7 minutes and continue to grow, we will succeed. Our coach believes a lot in us and trusts us to make the right plays offensively and defensively. We need to communicate more defensively and we will get more deflections and force teams to take difficult shots. But it have only been two games. Now we should take the positives and the negatives and continue to improve.”