{"id":46442,"date":"2022-09-02T19:19:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T17:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.demo.olimpia.iquii.info\/?p=46442"},"modified":"2022-09-02T19:19:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T17:19:09","slug":"brandon-davies-tells-everything-his-euroleague-dream-and-his-working-mindset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olimpiamilano.com\/en\/brandon-davies-tells-everything-his-euroleague-dream-and-his-working-mindset\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Davies tells everything: his EuroLeague dream and his working mindset"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is nothing usual in Brandon Davies\u2019 story.<\/strong> When he signed with the Philadelphia 76ers early in his career, many talked about a homecoming, but it wasn’t. The ID says Davies was born in Philadelphia, but was quickly adopted and moved to Provo, Utah. It is the fourth city in the state, about 40 miles from Salt Lake City, but it is elegant, they call it the Garden City, it is a nice place to live in and mostly known for being home to the Brigham Young University, operated by the Mormon Church, a school with a high-level reputation for price \/ quality ratio. Davies grew up in a Mormon atmosphere but did not play for the Brigham Young’s Cougars for religious reasons. Nor for the excellent basketball tradition that has its roots in the good days of Danny Ainge, the great Celtics guard of the 80s. No, Brandon had only one idea in mind and that was to help his Mom Linda. \u201cI grew up in Utah, but the main reason to stay in Utah, to stay local was to help my mom. She was a single parent, I wanted to help out any way I could and the easiest way to do that was to stay home, in Utah.\u201d He could have gone to a number of schools. \u201cIn high school I wasn\u2019t ranked very high, but I played on a travelling team called the Utah Pump and Run. We went to tournaments in Las Vegas, in California, I think me playing there helped got some exposure. But also winning state championships with Provo High, being on a winning team gets you noticed.\u201d And he never looked back. \u201cI don\u2019t take any those years for granted or look back and wish I had done anything differently. I learned a lot there, had to grow a lot, as a person, and most importantly I was there for my family, had a pretty good career there and because that career I\u2019m here today.\u201d<\/p>\n

The story is well-known because back in the day it was headline news in Utah. BYU had the best team in many years, led by the immense talent of Jimmer Fredette. The younger Davies was his perfect complement. Brigham Young could make it to the Final Four, do something historic, that was the feeling. But Brandon was suspended for violating the college’s code of ethics, which prohibits sexual intercourse before marriage. There was no resentment, no accusations. They acknowledged that it had happened, Brandon had no problem telling everything, he was very straightforward but was suspended. The following year he would return to the team, fully rehabilitated, but Fredette was in the NBA. It wasn’t the same team. \u201cMe, when I wasn\u2019t allowed to participate there was part of the year when I learned a lot, I grew the most on and off the court. Looking back at it, there have been essential lessons that I needed to learn to be the man I am now,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n\n\n