Virtus Bologna, Holiday presented: “Approach, energy and team play”

Bologna, 10 February 2025 - Three months to convince the Virtus and the general European basketball still has a lot to give. After yesterday's training, the new black and white purchase Justin Holiday was presented to the press, at the Porelli gym. Already on the field with Partizan e Paris in Euroleague, Holiday was among the protagonists of yesterday's victory at Casale Monferrato with Tortona. The 35 year old Mission Hills native he arrived at the court of Dusko Ivanovic to replace theWill Clyburn injured.

“I definitely need more games to understand my game better. new team and european basketball in general, now I've been asked to be consistent on the field, defensively present covering multiple roles and offensively take those shots that I usually take. I have to be myself, play as I know how, especially in the defensive half – Holiday admits –. I already know some my teammate, both European and American, obviously I haven't played in Europe for quite some time, but I had already met some of them, both my teammates and other players who are currently in Europe". Then the words on the next challenge with Milan: “The Italian Cup is a competition in which the loser goes out. Very simple, they are also the competitions that stimulate the most and that we all want to play. Approach, energy, team play, they are all determining factors. Not only against Milan but in this kind of one-off competition, if you lose you go home, we have to take the field in a tough manner, ready from the tip-off and I think this is a team ready to face this kind of competition. The race with Milan? It must be approached like all other games, the next match is always the same more important, that is faced Milan or another team. My teammates explained to me the importance of this match."