“That was kind of like the wake-up call for me, but …

On Feb. 25, 2021, Hezonja received a call from Panathinaikos BC, the Greek club he had long considered his favorite team in Europe. The call offered something he hadn’t realized he needed: reassurance that basketball still had a place for him, and that he still had a place in basketball. He was on a plane to Greece shortly afterward. “That was kind of like the wake-up call for me, but not the wake-up call that I have to start doing something extra,” Hezonja said in an exclusive interview with cleveland.com.

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On Feb. 25, 2021, Hezonja received a call from Panathinaikos BC, the Greek club he had long considered his favorite team in Europe. The call offered something he hadn’t realized he needed: reassurance that basketball still had a place for him, and that he still had a place in basketball. He was on a plane to Greece shortly afterward. “That was kind of like the wake-up call for me, but not the wake-up call that I have to start doing something extra,” Hezonja said in an exclusive interview with cleveland.com.

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