Obi Kyei Center/Forward from the NBL’s Adelaide 36ers, Player in Focus (Ep3) - Shooters’ Roll Ep31

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Obi Kyei (born 3 December 1994) is an Australian-British professional basketball player for the Adelaide 36ers of the National Basketball League currently. Obi Kyei played college basketball for NCAA Division II schools Metro State in Denver and Eckerd College in Florida. He has played professionally in Great Britain, Germany and Spain. On 21 May 2019, Kyei signed a two-year deal with the 36ers. He joins LLoyd and Tee on Shooters’ Roll Ep31 . Obi Kyei played his junior representative career with Sydney Comets in Alexandria, Sydney AU. His determination and drive saw him lead his Division 1 Under 18s representative team in 2011 to a semi-final in the Melbourne Classic Tournament and dropping a game to the Andrew Gaze led Melbourne Tigers team. Tune in to the episode to hear about: Obi's college experience (0:49); differences between Florida and Denver (1:51); dorm/living situation (4:20); European experiences (7:10); Obi talks about jump shooting in Europe (8:48); Obi's experience back home in Adelaide (11:13); What is a ‘36er’ according to Obi (12:18); Travel, practice & recovery (15:08); Obi's rookie experience (17:28); what Obi will carry on next year from this year (18:46); Special seating arrangements for the bigs on the team (21:46); playing against Andrew Bogut (22:30); Obi's thoughts on NBL expansion in Tasmania (24:10); Obi’s thoughts on his new head coach (26:42); who would Obi have dinner with dead or alive? (28:05). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shootersroll/message