Who Am I?
I’m Can Peker Pekcan. I’m 20 years old and addicted to basketball. I have been a writer on several sites and currently appear in videos about Türkiye’s youth league on the Stop Press Medya YouTube channel. I share articles on my Twitter and Medium accounts. I want to be professional scout.
You can reach me on Twitter (X) or LinkedIn.
Twitter (X): canpekerpekcan
LinkedIn: Can Peker Pekcan
I talked with Anadolu Efes forward Derek Willis 2 weeks ago. We talked about this season, his goals and İstanbul. After his clutch three-pointer against Real Madrid, I thought it is the right time to share the interview 🙂
INTERVIEW
What do you think about the season so far?
So far, it’s been, I would say, good. I think we had a bad loss against Maccabi. Also the Fenerbahçe was a bad loss for us, but I still think that we’re trying to find some of our identity a little bit. I think as a team, we need to improve our team defense because, clearly our offense isn’t the problem. We score, I think, in EuroLeague every night, it’s like almost 87, 88 points. So, you know, I think our offense is no problem and we have so much talent. But as a team defensively, we need to improve if we want to go farther than last year and actually compete for the championship. That’s where it’s going to win us the games.
What are your goals for this season and your career?
For this season, I mean, just to be better than last year, that’s always my goal. For sure to be a guaranteed playoff contender team. And then also in the Turkish League to win the Turkish Cup since we did it last year. And then in playoffs, whoever we play in the championship game, win the championship. So, that’s my goals and we do those things, I’ll be happy.
This is your second year in İstanbul. What are your thoughts about the city?
I mean, I love playing for Efes. The city, I really do enjoy. As an American being over here, it’s nice, you see a lot of things from back in America and you also have great Turkish options. This year I’m looking to finding more like restaurants and places to go and see. Definitely get out and do that. Turkey is great. I like the culture here. Seeing all the mosques and everything is really cool. So, yeah, I really love it.
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