Raheem May-Thompson is going all out this season to prove his worth to the Cheshire Phoenix.
Re-signing him was one of the first off-season moves made by new head coach Ben Thomas, after he averaged 13 points and 6 rebounds for the side last season. Despite a disappointing season last year and a roster overhaul prior to the start of the season, Jordan Rowe sat down with Raheem to discuss his role as a consistent and contributing factor for the Phoenix moving forward.
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d say my dad is my biggest influence nice as he played professional basketball and I knew I wanted to follow in his footsteps doing the same.
Haha no handshakes yet but itâ€
s still early and some could be pending. In terms of pre-game rituals I donâ€
t have any either.
What’s your best memory of your BBL career to date?Ahh I have a few. Last year was a bit stressful at times with the amount of games we were losing but winning up at Glasgow on TV was a great experience as well as being part of the Riders two seasons ago winning the league and the trophy.
No not at all. With how much our team changed last year I certainly am used to new faces. This time I imagine weâ€
ll be more together than last yearâ€
s team already. I always played on so many teams growing up to the point so Iâ€
m used to gelling with new players. With the personalities we have on the team everyone is getting along great too. Weâ€
ve been together a few weeks and while Iâ€
d always wish it was longer weâ€
ve got a whole season to go through and weâ€
ll only continue to get tighter as a unit.
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d say as a team player. Someoneâ€
s who is easy to play with on the court and that will get them open and reward them for working hard.
What area of you game do you want to improve most as we head into the new season?
I always think I should be doing more. No matter what happens I know thereâ€
s always a few things that I couldâ€
ve done better while playing. I think Iâ€
m pretty critical of myself after every performance. More specifically though I think I can shoot the ball better this year than I did last year.
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d just say bringing energy and hustling. Iâ€
m pretty athletic so I let that energy go and make sure Iâ€
m usually giving more effort than whoever weâ€
re playing.
Has the team set goals for this season? How do you expect to fulfil them?Yeah we have a few team goals the main one being to make a playoff spot and hopefully make a deep run in the cup/trophy. We expect to do this by just winning games early and trying to gain momentum. Last year we had too many early losses in the season and really shot ourselves in the foot as we made a push at the end of the season but it was just too little too late.
Pic: RMT
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