Shaquielle McKissic praises Olympiacos' frontcourt, prefers OAKA to Monaco / News - Basketnews.com

Shaquielle McKissic explains to BasketNews why he thinks Olympiacos and Panathinaikos can be better than last season and how the Reds approach the coming EuroLeague derby. He also addresses his struggles when playing at Monaco's home court.

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Even though Moustapha Fall recentlyassured that he doesn't want to learn Greekin order not to get caught up in a frenzy surrounding the derbies between the country's main rivals,Shaquielle McKissiccan't help but learn everything that's written about him on the internet.

"My wife. She misses nothing -- not a tweet, not a full stop. It's crazy," the American forward told BasketNews last Saturday night while his wife, Beril, was waiting for him to come out of the locker room.

A few minutes earlier,Olympiacos Piraeushad recorded an emphatic triumph (75-51) over Panathinaikos Athens in the Greek Super Cup final held in Rhodes.

What looked like an even game on paper turned out to be another one-sided contest, as Olympiacos forced the Greens to an all-time offensive low 11 points at half-time on the back of a jaw-dropping 27-0 run that left Ergin Ataman's squad scoreless for more than 14 minutes.

McKissic said his team's goals are much bigger than a pre-season tournament.

"I wouldn't like to play against us either. I sleep peacefully at night, knowing that we have Pap [Kostas Papanikolaou], Isaiah [Canaan], [Thomas] Walkup, [Nikola] Milutinov or [Moustapha] Fall. We have an unbelievable roster, unselfish guys."

However, he also expects PAO to be better. Not only because they can hardly do any worse than last season

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