The Crossover: Sofokils Schortsanitis - Ep 11

Greek center Sofoklis Schortsanitis enjoyed a storied Turkish Airlines EuroLeague career, during which he played for four clubs over 10 seasons. In this episode of The Crossover, Joe Arlauckas talks with Big Sofo about all of it, starting with his birth in Cameroon to life after retirement. 00:00 Intro 05:00 Basketball beginnings 12:45 Playing in Italy as a teenager 18:45 Coming to Olympiacos 28:30 The Baby Shaq nickname 34:15 Back-to-back Final Fours 37:15 Playing in the social media era 39:00 The move to Maccabi Tel Aviv 49:00 Back to Greece with Panathinaikos 51:30 Playing for David Blatt 55:00 2014 Final Four in Milan 1:11:00 Torn Achilles tendon injury 1:17:00 Depression in basketball 1:23:27 One On One 1:31:48 The Crossover Test Subscribe to EuroLeague ► Watch more Highlights from Turkish Airlines EuroLeague here ► Watch more Top 10 Plays from Turkish Airlines EuroLeague here ►