6. LUGGAGE BALL. Best roadies? Has to be Greece or Spain. Fans are very passionate about basketball. Food is great and weather is always nice.

7. SAFETY. The scariest, Detroit Piston's Palace at Auburn Hills crowd-type experience? Playing in Athens, Greece, in front of 20,000 Greek fans. They threw batteries, full water bottles, flares and firecrackers.

8. EATS. Best food in Euro hoops? Greece or Spain — by far the best food.

Seafood in Greece. Salads, jamon and restaurants in Spain are outstanding.

9. SCRAPBOOK. Most memorable moment? Playing in two Euroleague Final Fours, three Domestic Championships, playing with great players like Luis Scola, Jose Calderon, Andres Nocioni, and Bostjan Nachbar.

10. LIVING IT. The lifestyle is top-drawer, big-time awesome. You have two games per week, one domestic game and one international per week. It's less travel than the NBA. You have more practices, which are far more intense than the NBA, but you have more family time and the top teams have their own private planes.

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