By George Adamopoulos / info@eurohoops.net
Every “right here, right now” for him was demanding. The first image of his father, confined to a wheelchair, looked like a… clock. An alarm clock, actually.
A reminder that what matters is the present. After all, Marcin Balcherowski, a current player on Panathinaikos‘ wheelchair basketball team, was constantly telling his youngster that “what matters is now.” Olek Balcherowski‘s moves, however, also peeked into the future.
The 22-year-old Polish Panathinaikos center was asked at the age of 13 to leave his homeland and his parents for the youtth team of Gran Canaria. He was a teenager who came of age prematurely. Nine years later, his new challenge is titled “Panathinaikos” and captioned: “Athens, Euroleague, Ergin Ataman”.
He pointed out to Eurohoops that “I don’t expect to be easy, it’s a hard challenge for me but I you don’t have challenges for yourself, you stay in the same spot”. Balcherowski also makes it clear that expectations are not a burden, refers to his father’s lessons, explains why he is always optimistic and, looking ahead, is confident that the “Greens” will succeed.