Thomas Walkup talks lifelong friends in Kaunas, epic steal against Sloukas and playing with him now

Last year Thomas Walkup famously stole the ball from Kostas Sloukas and made a game-winning basket against Olympiacos. This year he is a teammate of Sloukas, as Walkup moved from Zalgiris Kaunas to Pireaus.

Walkup talks to BasketNews’ Jonas Miklovas about his decision to change teams and how he is adapting to different cultures in Europe.

Topics:

• Intro and Summer workouts (0:00);
• Finding lifelong friends in Zalgiris (4:05);
• The decision to leave Zalgiris and move to Olympiacos (9:48);
• Epic steal from Sloukas and how he accepted Walkup to the locker room
• (12:45);
• Getting used to Greek Alphabet (18:21).