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Bryant, Curry, Jordan, Olajuwon: Jeremy Sochan picks his all-time NBA dream team - no LeBron James

Jeremy Sochan always knew he would end up playing basketball for a living.

The versatile Sochan was the ninth overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft after being selected by the San Antonio Spurs, a feat which saw him follow in the footsteps of Luol Deng and become the first British player to be drafted in the NBA since 2010.

Sochan, 19, has been compared to NBA legend Dennis Rodman, who terrorised teams and entertained crowds for the best part of two decades before retiring in 2006.

GiveMeSport’s Tom Ward caught up with the teenage star ahead of his rookie bow to recap his whirlwind rise to the top and to preview the upcoming regular season which gets underway in a few weeks’ time.

TOM WARD: When did you realise this is something that you could do and succeed at and would you say you’ve almost got more pressure on your shoulders because it’s quite rare that people have done that before you?

JEREMY SOCHAN: “Yeah, I think so. I used to play football as well and around like 12, 13, I decided to only play basketball because it was conflicting.

“That’s when I decided like this is really what I want to do and it was difficult because some people didn’t see it because like you said how difficult it is to get out of the UK and get to the NBA.

“But I always had that mentality that if I really want it I can do it and I think that’s when I realised I could do something like this.

“I think there’s always going to be pressure but I think for me that pressure excites me and I think it keeps me going to do even more for UK basketball and for myself so I think it’s more excitement than pressure.”

TW: Do you have any particular goals or targets in mind for your season with the Spurs?

JS: “I think my goal personally is to just grow – it’s a

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