section: | slug: the-wonderful-world-of-jeremy-sochan-inside-the-well-traveled-draft-picks-unique-path-to-the-spurs | sport: basketball | route: article_single.us | Before she was known as Paolo Bancheros mother, Rhonda Smith-Banchero was the pre-incarnation of Kelsey Plum at Washington. I tried to put him in all kinds of sports, but he just gravitated to basketball. [1] Sochan comes from a family with rich sporting traditions. While there, she met Sochan's father, Ryan Williams who played for the men's basketball team. He has already had to assimilate into a veteran team; last year he became the youngest player ever on the Polish national team at just 17. Videos Tagged. "Just know your capabilities, your abilities, and then one day, whether it's tomorrow, today, in 20 days, people will start finding out, starting to get to know you," he says. So you'd have to text a bunch of people: 'OK, we're going in, we want to play some 5-on-5' or something. He has not yet had a moment to stop and reflect. The postseason has started early for the Indiana Pacers, who are bringing a sense of urgency into their final 19 games of the regular season. Spurs rookie Jeremy Sochan is building a rep as an NBA pest. He lived in Milton Keynes, a mid-sized city northwest of London, until he was 15, with his mom, Aneta, and stepfather, Wiktor Lipiecki, and spent his summers in Poland. Got different hair this time pic.twitter.com/djSpmIXlA1, Jeremy Sochan (@JeremySochan) May 21, 2022. He models his game after players of a similar sort. He shaved his head for the first time last season while on the team plane on a trip to Kansas State. If I had 10 rebounds, shed get 15. And though Jaden Ivey got good genes from both parents his father is former Notre Dame and NFL wide receiver Javin Hunter his hoops education was all mom. For these stories and more, find the Boerne Radio Sports Blog at BoerneRadio.com, and follow Boerne Radio Sports on Twitter. Nineteen years later, Jeremy Sochan is a projected lottery pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, which starts at 7 p.m. Thursday from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. It should be no surprise that Sochan is spending time working on his shot, as it was his biggest, and perhaps only, weakness in his game. They named him Jeremy. They are the outlet for self-expression he had been seeking. Hed say, Mom, are you gonna go see Skylar? When someone asks him what position he plays, it feels the same as when someone asks where he comes from. "I just feel like we're all connected in some way," he said. Luka Doncic scored 28 points, Kyrie Irving added 23 and the All-Star pair won for the first time together in Dallas, leading a 142-116 victory over the woeful San Antonio Spurs. "I think all that travel has just made me have a broader perspective on life and on basketball." He likes to needle opponents. Despite all the time these four women spent developing their sons on and off the basketball court, on Thursday, all they can do is wait for Silver to announce where their sons will play next. Jeremy is a star player at the Spurs and is not married or engaged to anyone yet. Niele Ivey had a secret in the summer of 2001. (Courtesy of Wiktor Lipiecki). Sochan led the Spurs with 22 points in the contest, his fourth time breaking the 20-point mark this season, though he's still shooting just 36.1 percent from the field in February. Theres examples: Draymond (Green), Patrick (Beverley), Jrue (Holiday), so theres so many. His mental toughness, too, which served him well at Kentucky whenever John Calipari started barking. Felicia believes her son got his poise and jump shot from her. She played one through four, so she knew if she had someone smaller on her how to go to the post use footwork and stuff or somebody big on her, take them to the perimeter. His third-season salary is $7,096,231. ", There is no time to answer the rhetorical question because the plaudits are coming faster and faster. Im going to be a rookie, Im going to go to the team (that) has some established players already in that organization and coaches. READ ALSO: Who is Sauce Walka wife Bambi? Sochan's Athlete family They let him go to sleep early so he could wake up in the middle of the night to watch NBA playoff games. ", "Baylor has a great record of developing players, making them better every day. I would always bring him with me to my point guard dinners. Each of the four moms sees some of her game in her son. SALT LAKE CITY (AP)Keldon Johnson scored 25 points and the San Antonio Spurs snapped a 16-game losing streak, beating the Utah Jazz 102-94 on Tuesday night. Jeremy is under contract with the Spurs for $5,063,520. ", There is laughter, and then Sochan tells his new coach that he and his family can't wait go to San Antonio: "It was meant to be." Indiana looks to continue its upward trend when it visits the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday. He covers the intersection of money and basketball and covers the sport at every level. But it is his story, too. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. Jeremy Sochan is a young NBA Polish-American college basketball player. Still, he remembers this fondly. From his wingspan to his physicality, Sochan projects to be a force at that end and certainly fits into the multi-positional and switchable defender that todays NBA favors. In a Times Square hotel lobby on Wednesday morning, Sochan laughs as I run down my own history of continent-hopping. From Archynetys, we also find that his father Ryan died in a car accident in 2017. He was born to an American father and a Polish mother, who met at a Division II school in Oklahoma, and grew up in the United Kingdom. I told my son, Were not going home. Same thing with a jump shot. And that's why the Spurs and [Gregg] Popovich obviously love him. He remembers being 10 years old at that exhibition game, stoked to watch Durant, his favorite player, go up against the Sixers, who were so early in The Process that no one was calling it that yet. One day, he and a few friends bought tickets to Barcelona and rented an AirBnb. She played 32 games as a rookie for the Indiana Fever while carrying her son, who was born in February 2002. Rhonda worked out with her son through middle school, but around the time he got to high school, she realized he had started to outgrow their games. So heres mom talking to him as a young kid about being a point guard and moving the ball and doing the little things to win.. If anything, the growth of the womens game is starting to show its impact on the mens side a generation later. Half an hour after the hugs and the hat and the handshake, Sochan is grinning ear to ear on the phone. Theres a saying that mothers always know best and though the phrase was meant to have a universal application, it will carry a different level of meaning during the 2022 NBA Draft on Thursday. There are many incredible NBA players who have been playing basketball and made these sports well known all over the world and today we are going to talk about an incredible NBA player who is no other than Jeremy Sochan.. "My mum always told me that. ", Sochan says he needs to finish reading "Be Water, My Friend," a book about the philosophies of Bruce Lee, by Lee's daughter, Shannon. We use cookies to improve your experience. There is a look that people give you when they learn that you have lived somewhere far away. How old is Jeremy Sochan? Jakus thinks Sochan can grow into a Diaw-type, who can create offense from the elbow, or follow Pascal Siakams trajectory from New Mexico State. The four future pros are far from the first of their kind. Have a good night. That came from his mother, what she put in his belief system when he was young. At Panhandle, her coach preached defense first. Follow. Reels. More accurately, she gave up playing and started teaching. "The coaches spent a long time talking to me about my role and how they see me fit into their team and roster," Sochan said. But just over the course of last season, Sochan sported long, curly golden hair, a closely-shorn blue look and even shaved his head bald for a stretch. That, Spurs rookie Jeremy Sochan said, has been the biggest surprise. "So I can't wait to see how Coach Popovich coaches me. Leslie Plumlee mother of Miles, Mason and Marshall Plumlee played basketball at Purdue. The teams square off for the third time this season. Jeremy is currently playing as a power forward with the San Antonio Spurs and wears jersey number 10 with them. After the draftee meeting and lunch, Sochan had an hour or two to get ready to go to Brooklyn. When he dyed it blue and yellow in March, he did so as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine. "No-ego guy," Drew says. He didn't want to get in his own way. After Sochan has put on his Spurs hat, shaken the commissioner's hand and made the first couple of stops on his media circuit, Baylor coach Scott Drew says he's looking forward to going to dinner with Sochan and his family. During practice, he was only allowed to call her Coach. If he called her Mom, he was penalized with push-ups and forced to run. There are various types and many people can be seen engaging in it. He added another nine points in the second half, seven of which came in the fourth quarter as San Antonio suffered its 16th consecutive loss at the hands of the Jazz. Long-term, as he gets deeper into his career and the money comes, people will discover its much deeper than the hair color.. Sochan produced 23 points, nine. [17], Sochan has been a member of the Polish national basketball team. He embraces that, too, and its why even at his height, he also has a point guards mentality. Making Sense Of Spurs' Forward Jeremy Sochan The San Antonio Spurs rookie is more than he appears to be. Lets start with the hair. Show More Posts from jeremysochan. Jeremy Sochan embraces his mom, Aneta Sochan, and companions after the San Antonio Spurs picked him 10th by and large in the NBA draft on Thursday, June 23, 2022, in New York. There were, however, logistical challenges. The hair has become an identifying trait for him. (Courtesy of Wiktor Lipiecki) Sochan's game is an outgrowth of his. Sochan led the Spurs with 22 points in the contest, his fourth time breaking the 20-point mark this season, though he's still shooting just 36.1 percent from the field in February. Born to an American father and Polish mother in Oklahoma, Sochan moved to England at a young age, where he spent the majority of his life. Jeremy was born on 20 May 2003 in Guymon, Oklahoma, United States to parents Ryan Williams and Aneta. He chats with the kids, Ds them up and distributes high fives generously. The call with Pop lasts only a minute. His jumper needs work he was a 30 percent 3-point shooter in college and shot 59 percent from the free throw line and there are concerns about how he could impact spacing. Aneta said throughout her own career, she always thought of herself as a good defender and a high-IQ player, but she doesnt look at her sons game as a mirror image of her own. She met Ryan Williams, the father of Sochan, a basketball player on the men's team, there. At 6-foot-8 and 220 pounds with a 7-foot wingspan, Sochan led the U16 Bs in Player Efficiency Rating by averaging 16.1 points, 9.6 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 3.1 steals and 1.5 blocks in 27 minutes per game playing for Poland. His coaches and parents prod to ask about his fashion sense, though no one can quite define it. Nicknamed "The Destroyer", he is also a member of Poland men's national basketball team.He played college basketball for the Baylor Bears.He played in England for a number of years as a youth. He chose it because lavender is one of his favorite colors, and because it stands out. If hes in play, hes easy to envision as a plug-and-play defender because of his size, tenacity and ability to guard multiple positions. He sees the value of shapeshifting everywhere, "in the stuff you do in daily life.". SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 Sports) - Keldon Johnson scored 25 points and the San Antonio Spurs snapped a 16-game losing streak, beating the Utah Jazz 102-94 on Tuesday night. Yessir.". FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) North Carolina's Brady Manek was ejected for elbowing Baylor's Jeremy Sochan in the face in their NCAA Tournament second-round game on Saturday. Sochan did not find this tiresome; if anything, it was clarifying. He is thoroughly used to the faces that Americans make when they hear his voice for the first time. Listen below andsubscribe to the Eye on College Basketball podcast. While she was there, she met Ryan Williams, who is American. Aneta ingrained in Sochan that defense comes first. Jeremy Sochan weighs 230 lbs (104 kg). He got a chance to listen in on practices, watch me watch film, see how we responded to adversity, was at every Final Four and ran on the court when (Notre Dame) won the national championship. The previous day, a few minutes after horsing around with the kids at the clinic, Sochan said that he's always trying "to make someone else's day happy and fun." "Everyone starts thinking, 'OK, what kind of accent is it?'" Sochan left the States for France when he was 2, moved to Southampton, England about a year later and grew up primarily in Milton Keynes, where his mother, Aneta, and stepfather, Wiktor Lipiecki, and younger brother still live. 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