The Lokomotiv guard is back in full-time training. His recovery from injury is going well and according to schedule, and he will play against UNICS on December 1.
- How's your finger?
- It's doing good. I'm still not 100% but I've been recovering very well. I have to play with a little protection but I feel good.
- Are you allowed to play?
- Yeah, I'm ready to play. I've been practicing for 7 or 8 days now. So I'm getting back in the rhythm, getting back competing with the guys. I missed it. I missed it a lot.
- How hard is it to watch how they play without you?
- Well, luckily we have a very good team. So it hasn't been so hard because we're still able to win games and able to compete. But in a lot of the difficult moments, even in the good moments, I see where maybe there are ways where I wish I could help. I think they are very good without me. But there are some situations where it's difficult to watch your brothers fight and go to war. I just want to be out there with them, trying to be a part of the team.
- Loko is going for a long journey, 4 games away. How hard will it be?
- It will be very hard. First of all because I have my family here. I have my wife and my son. For Americans, it's the holiday period. We have American Thanksgiving tomorrow. And then we have Christmas coming up. So for this reason first, it will be hard being away from my family. And then just basketball wise, these trips are always difficult for us. One of the hardest things for Loko is traveling. But our team, our head coach, our doctors, our strength and conditioning coach, they do a great job of giving us the best situations possible, even though it's not easy.
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