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
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