Ivars, together with Ark Przybylski, you overmastered in the Prague International Streetball Cup in 2017 the
smash competition. How did you enjoy your triumph and duel with Arek?
Arek is great dunker. I loved going against him. But this wasnt the first time we had a duel. We both took part
at qualification for Ghetto Kings of Air in Riga and we both got there.
Your contest was extremely attractive for the fans. Did you reliaze that you made the fans absolutely crazy
about that? Did you enjoy this?
I absolutely enjoy that. I love to involve fans in my performance. That gives me great energy.
Were you satisfied with your dunks? Did you do them exactly the way you wanted? Or did you improvise somewhere
and added some extras?
There was some things I wanted to do differently. But I won´t give away my secrets.
How did you like the place in the heart of the capital city of the Czech Republic, where was the Slam Dunk
Battle for Europe and the tournament itself performed? Did you love it?
Prague is very a beautiful city. I absolutely loved my time there. I’m looking to visit this city in the
future.
Do you have a long-term goal in smaching competitions that you would like to win?
One day I would like to be one of the best dunkers in the world. But you have to put a lot of time to acheave
that. Right now being a professional basket player it´s hard to find time just for dunking.
Let’s go to the tournament inself. You didn´t manage to go through the quarterfinals when you were
eliminated by a later overall winner, Extra Auto Vrbas from Serbia. What were in your opinion the causes
of this defeat?
The cause of the loss was that we didn´t played defense as we should. Also the luck wasn´t on our
side.
The early elimination is always sad, but still. Did you enjoy the tournament for maximum? And if you should
compare it to the other tournaments, what was it specific in, different and interesting?
I didn´t enjoy the tournament for maximum, because we lost. But that is our fault. The organization was
great, we got to live and play in the city centre. There were a lot of fans. I would love to participate in this
tournament next year.
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