Jan Vesely on leadership example from Partizan, Zeljko’s surprise & Czech adventure

BasketNews’ Donatas Urbonas talks to Fenerbahce Istanbul center Jan Vesely about his Olympic adventure with the Czech national team, surprising Zeljko move and how they surprised the EuroLeague together in Fenerbahce, turning down the NBA offers, his second home in Istanbul and the example he wants to set in his beloved team.

Topics:

• Intro about the first Olympic adventure (00:00);
• The main thing behind Czech National Team success (3:02);
• Why Zeljko Obradovic surprised Jan Vesely (7:17);
• What is Istanbul for Jan Vesely and how they changed the EuroLeague (9:10);
• Why Vesely turned down the NBA offers (13:34);
• The exceptional leadership example which Vesely always turned back to (17:04);
• Fenerbahce rebuild and retiring his jersey in Ulker Sports Arena (23:48);