The Barça center has given an interview to the club’s media reviewing his career with the Barça team
“I would love to win the Euroleague, but my dream is to play in the NBA”
Barca basketball has a template diamante more and more polished. James Nnaji (Makurdi, NIgeria 2004) progresses and burns stages at a dizzying pace, and its consolidation in the Barça first team it is already a fact.
renewed last September until 2027 In a clear bet by the Barça club for the player, the Barça ’46’ has reviewed his short but intense career since he arrived at Barça through an interview with the club’s media.
He arrives at Barça after standing out in Hungary
Nnaji, who arrived in Barcelona after standing out in the Ratgeber Academy in Hungary, He has revealed how his arrival at the Barça team took place: “My agent wrote to me and told me that he had a surprise for me. There were three teams in Spain interested in signing me, but I gave priority to Barça”.
“It’s a dream to play for the best team in Europe”
About playing in the Catalan club, Nnaji has only been able to praise the club that has allowed him to debut in the European basketball elite: “It’s a dream to play for Barça, it’s the best team in Europe. I have to take advantage of the moment, I know there are many young people with my physique, but you have to correspond to the opportunity I have”.
“My father is three times more aggressive than Jasikevicius”
Nnaji, who has admitted that in his debuts in both Endesa League like in Euroleague had some nervousness, he has also talked about his current coach, a Saruns Jasikevicius with whom the Nigerian center feels at home. “Jasikevicius is a very intelligent coach, I feel very comfortable with the plays he prepares for me. It has taught me to see the track, to be in the right position. Nothing happens with his fights, my father is three times more aggressive than him, then for me his treatment is normal”, he has admitted.
Joel Embiid, the idol of Nnaji
The Barcelona interior also revealed that Joel Embiid is his favorite player and that he would like to look like his former teammate Brandon Davies: “I really like his game, I would like to reach his level. When I played against him I wanted to show people that I deserve to play for Barça”.
Vesely, a “master” on the track
Nnaji has also had praise for Marc Gasol y Jan Vesely: about the Básquet Girona pivot, the Nigerian has revealed that “he had a great opportunity to learn things from him in the ACB match, while his Czech teammate highlighted his great defensive ability: “He is a teacher to me.”
The NBA Dream
Finally, when asked about his aspirations, Nnaji has not hidden his maximum ambition for get all the titles that Barça disputes, but he also warns: “I would love to win the Euroleague but my dream is to play in the NBA one day.”
