Poland’s LeBron

by Brendan Bowers / @StepienRules Before Phil Jackson started tripping over Mark Twain quotes, he once said that if you “approach the game of basketball with no preset agendas, you’ll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts.” Whether Qyntel Woods ever heard him say that or not, that’s the way he approached this past season for his Poland based Asseco Prokom Gdynia team. In doing so, he led his team further than any Polish team’s ever gone in Euroleague competition, and to the surprise of some, he may have very well just played himself right back into that league Jackson’s coached in for the last 20 years. Over the weekend I had a chance to talk with Qyntel about that recent run, as well the season he’s had in Poland so far this year. “Playing in the Euroleague, that’s the closest you’re going to get to NBA competition [outside the League], so you know it’s tough. But my teammates and I just came together this season, and we just did everything we could do possible to pl...