The veteran guard has big expectations for his squad this season
Derek Needham, Besiktas have some unfinished business to take care off
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Derek Needham has been close multiple times before. Now he wants to finally reach the mountaintop.
“Winning the BKT EuroCup is the dream,” Needham tells Eurohoops. “That would be the kind of closure to the EuroCup runs we’ve been on.”
When he joined Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul in 2023, Needham had established himself as one of the most prominent guards in the EuroCup. He was named to the competition’s All-EuroCup Second Team in 2022, having helped Bursaspor make a shock run to the EuroCup Final, and then took his talents to Istanbul and the Black Eagles.
“I’ve been to the final four two times now,” Needham adds. “Once, I made the final. Last year we were really close. To hold that trophy will mean everything. I won’t stop until I get it. I’ve been hunting for it.”
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