MVP CAST: PAT BURKE

By Mark Woods on May 28, 2020

In this edition of the MVP Cast, we talk to Pat Burke about the significance of being the first and only Irishman to make the NBA.

He tells us about the difference with even the biggest clubs in European basketball and his journey between the two sides of the Atlantic, the power dynamic between stars like Michael Jordan and the role players on their teams, the curious disappointment of being part of the Phoenix Suns’ Seven Seconds or Less squad and the mentality of NBAers as the league plots an abnormal return to action.

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