Hi again, everyone. I am Jamon Lucas of Galatasaray Medical Park, and a lot has happened since we last talked. Most importantly for our team, three wins happened to us. Although they didn't just happen. We've been coming together all season and played our cards right throughout the Top 16. Now, going into our last game on the road against Olympiacos, my old team, we have a chance to go all the way to the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Playoffs. That's further than anyone expected of us before the season, when we had to come through the qualifying rounds just to play in the Euroleague. It's been a long road since then, but we've proven beyond a doubt that we belong. Now, let's see if we can prove we deserve a shot at the Final Four in Istanbul.

It was against the same Olympiacos team that our run got started last month, and if you think about it, the way we won showed the kind of strength that has made the rest of it happen. We were winning by 10 points going into the fourth quarter and by 3 with 11 seconds left. There were 8 free throws after that, all good, and then Kostas Sloukas hit the shot of the year for Olympiacos, from way on the other side of halfcourt, to send it to overtime. That's the kind of shot that swings momentum, and it could have changed... more

Hi everyone, I am Jamon Lucas, talking to you from Istanbul, where playing for Galatasaray Medical Park this season is reminding me of a lot of things that happened previously in my career. In fact, I played my first season as a pro in Turkey, for Antalya, so I knew what to expect a bit when I got the call to join Galatasaray. Now, I am loving Istanbul, a great city with a lot of things to do, and of course, great basketball, too. The only thing is the traffic is bad: I'll tell you, you don't want to get caught up in that! But apart from that, everything else is great! My coaches and teammates are great guys and I am really enjoying our club, our team and what we are trying to accomplish together in the Euroleague.

The other similarity I am feeling with Galatasaray is to my first Euroleague season, three years ago. With Maroussi of Greece that year, we had the same situation, having to qualify to reach the Euroleague. We came together to do that, make the Top 16 and come within one win of making the playoffs! I started recognizing the similarities between Galatasaray and Maroussi way back in pre-season. With Maroussi, we lost only one game in the preseason, and here we kind of did the exact same thing. Then both teams went to qualifying and won, although this year I think doing it against Lietuvos Rytas on its... more