{"id":35953,"date":"2021-08-27T06:22:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T04:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.demo.olimpia.iquii.info\/devon-hall-im-not-one-to-back-down-from-a-challenge-my-versatility-here-will-help\/"},"modified":"2021-08-27T06:22:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T04:22:31","slug":"devon-hall-im-not-one-to-back-down-from-a-challenge-my-versatility-here-will-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/devon-hall-im-not-one-to-back-down-from-a-challenge-my-versatility-here-will-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Devon Hall: &#8220;I&#8217;m not one to back down from a challenge, my versatility here will help&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;<\/strong><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\"><strong>Devon Hall is another young player that we wanted convinced that he will prove us right,&#8221;<\/strong> said Olimpia&#8217;s general manager, Christos Stavropoulos, introducing the guard who comes from Virginia and also played in the NBA for a while before coming to Europe. \u201cThis is the great opportunity that I was looking for, to compete at the highest level, to play for great goals. I am happy and excited to be here,\u201d says Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\"><strong>The EuroLeague debut<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;It is the most competitive league that exists in Europe, in some things that I do, I think I am ready. I mean my versatility, the ability to shoot at a high level, to make plays for my teammates, to compete at the defensive end of the floor, switch defensively. I will probably have to work on to be able to slow down a little, to read plays better. Fortunately, I have teammates who will help me speed up the process. Chacho, Delaney. This is what I wanted, you have to accept challenges to improve as a player and as a person\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\"><strong>The level of the EuroLeague guards &#8211;<\/strong> \u201cEvery time there will be someone very good, it is a League where you can never sleep on anybody. There is not a particular opponent I can&#8217;t wait to play against, simply because everyone is good, starting with the guards I meet every day in practice. To say that I&#8217;m looking forward to a specific match-up would be disrespectful to the others and everybody is so goog, American guards, guards from other countries. But I&#8217;m not one to back down from a challenge.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Shavon Shields comparisons<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;It&#8217;s encouraging, because the success that Shavon had. I have a lot of respect for him, and this gives me confidence to go in and play multiple positions at a high level, like Shavon did. And Coach Messina&#8217;s words, I appreciated those words obviously.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eOlWe8wJRek\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\"><strong>His versatility &#8211;<\/strong> \u201cIt might be that from an NBA perspective it has affected me negatively, because that is a league in which everyone must have a role, a position, stuck to be a point-guard, a shooting guard, a lead guard etc. But here in Europe I do understand that my versatility is a strength and talking with Coach Messina I believe that being able to do more things and play multiple positions, guard multiple positions helps you here. 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