Elijah Bryant returns to Anadolu Efes after suspension and helps beat Olympiacos. The video cuts between game footage and his family's Thanksgiving, where he talks about shifting from chasing results to building habits, and the toll of EuroLeague travel compared to the NBA.
Welcome back Elijah Bryant after a suspension.
Tells his shooters to spot up. The man who spots up is Elijah Bryant who delivers the 3.
He has a mismatch with Moore.
Bryant converts the layup and the building erupts. Let's see how much that means to him.
Alright, so mom made pumpkin seeds and she said they're good for anti-inflammatories, so that's good. She also made vegan mac and cheese. What's in it?
100% buckwheat noodles. And then the sauce is cashews and butternut squash. For the win!
We're finally eating.
What?
The only problem with Thanksgiving is how many blessings we thank for during travel and safety. Much grateful for our opportunity to be here and for everyone to be healthy. Please bless Scotty that he may heal 100%.
Please allow family to be watched over and protected.
Be guided by the Spirit in our decisions.
And we say this in the name of Christ, amen. My tummy hurt, my tummy hurt.
Chicken wing bandit. Chicken barbecue bandit. She got some good eats on that plate.
Well, my appeal wasn't granted, so I'm in Belgrade and I can't even play in the game. I will say this, this is an interesting point of events or context to this event. In this specific hotel, I have got some of the best news or have won some of the best things in my life, a EuroLeague championship. And in the same hotel, I I have received some of the worst news in terms of, of this situation that's going on.
FS will definitely have to change their starting lineup tonight with no Elijah Bryant.
But this one is slow, slow as you can.
Slow, slow, slow, slow, slow. And the other one is working. This one try to do it stable. Pumpkin bread with 100% chocolate, kefir, and Oat flour made by jelly beans. What do we have here? Little dates with peanut butter, salt. Dates are good because they don't spike your blood sugar as much. And in this household, we like desserts, but we like healthy desserts. I'm allowing stuff that doesn't matter to You know, get to me, you know what I mean? Yeah, getting this college thing figured out, um, you got to make sure you're focused on intention. And like, it's easy for me to gamify and understand that, like, when I'm watching NBA. And for me personally, I like watching the NBA too, just because it makes me feel like I'm at home, and it makes it more like, oh, I want to try that move, or I want to do this, you know. So when I go to practice, like, even shootaround, I have intention in my shootaround. And shootaround, I want to make sure I'm finishing my wrist and I'm not worried about the make at all. Make is irrelevant. I'm trying to build good habits, you see what I'm saying? Yeah. And that's what people don't understand, and that's what I didn't understand. Like, I always thought it was result-based. Now it's like habit-based. When you build good habits and do that on a consistent basis, then it's so much more like steady climb than like, like, oh, I played good today, I feel great, or I play bad, I feel horrible, I hate basketball, I feel horrible about myself, you know what I mean? Like, that's the one thing I hate about basketball when I was younger is like I'm feeling my self-worth based on the game. Yeah, I have that problem sometimes too. But if you don't have an intention and progression and a goal and a system that is pushing you to your goal every single day and everything you do, then you're just like kind of out there floating. And then just be consistent in the systems. This vegan cashew queso, I will insert the recipe somewhere around here, but it is fire. Dairy-free. All right, so I'm going to practice. Tomorrow we have the game against Olympiacos. Yesterday we had practice at 4. I got to my house at like 5 in the morning. So I'm just trying to get— I'm not complaining. I'm just trying to give you a context of like what the season looks like. You know, this is a double week in EuroLeague, so it gives you kind of context. We left right after the game. We get back, get home. People who have kids, you know, it's a, it's a long season, and I hate when I hear NBA players complain about the season because they fly on private jets. They do. I know you saw LeBron was like, oh, we have to fly to Milwaukee for one preseason game. Dude, I get it, you're LeBron, but like, you're flying too on a private jet. Like, everything's catered, so count your blessings.
Who's winning? Seller.
Hey.
Everything. Thank you. Thank you.
Joe went crazy for the game day breakfast. Oatmeal pancakes, so it's basically just like eating oatmeal but fire. About to head to shootaround for Olympiacos game around my teammate Darius. So my wife can drive the car to the game.
So let's go. I love you. Love you, booey.
Hey, remember, when I see you, look, heart.
Hi, Roxy.
I love you.
They welcome back Elijah Bryant after a suspension meted out to him for an incident that happened in round 2.
Now it's time to get down to the serious business of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.
It is time to get it on. He's back playing in Europe. What a pickup he was. FS first shot of the game is off the mark. Elijah Bryant Papanikolaou comes in and pokes the ball free, and then I have to say, a mistake there by Elijah Bryant. Olympiacos in control early in this one. Bryant working against Dorsey. Schmitz, catch, shot, makes the 3! Roland Schmitz, lead scorer on his team. Warren, shot clock running down. Oh, tough bucket, Jordan Warren. Bryant going to have to make some buckets.
Poirier definitely makes buckets.
Trying to get more physical defensively. Shane Larkin gets the 3. Thompson, very physical defense from Olympiacos, but Bryant gets the opening. Best performer of the third period, Elijah Bryant. Osmani, nice footwork. That's a good move, uh, Chen Osmani.
And Coach Bozokas says, "We gotta talk this one over." Tells his shooters to spot up. The man who spots up is Elijah Bryant, who delivers the 3.
He has a mismatch with Nora.
Bryant converts the layup, and the building erupts. Has he hit the game winner? Bryant had no intention of moving that on, and the softest of touches coaxes the ball through the net. And see how much that means to him. And 10,000 Anadolu Efes fans in the Basketball Development Center as Anadolu Efes get their first taste of victory at home this season.
Hey, what's up guys? I'm out here in Madrid spraying, getting ready to play our next game. And if you're watching the season in real time, I appreciate you guys, each and every single one of you guys. And comment below if there's something specific that you want to see on the channel. And remember, it's consistency over intensity.
Love.
