Before Christmas, BC Kalev/Cramo quarterback Stefan Vaaks, who has been playing himself into one of the hottest Estonian talents for the past year and a half, appeared on Õhtuleht's podcast "Five Quarter". This has also attracted the attention of the legendary Andres Sõber, who has tried to work Vaaks with pleasure. "Guys, this Kalev/Cramo is the cherry on the cake for me. I would like to see how Vaaks is going to score for us," Sõber introduced the topic in last week's Betsafe podcast. The title of the show "Sõber vs Vaaks new confrontation" was also telling. Then, a bet was agreed upon with the host Kalev Kruus on Coca-Cola - if Vaaks scores 20 or more, Sõber will take the bottle to Kruus, and if less, vice versa." "I can bring two pieces, he won't score more than ten points for us," Sõber promised. “Not just any young schoolboy can start … He’s a talented guy, but on Saturday we’ll talk about him differently.” It so happened that Vaaks scored 17 points against Keila in the opening half and ended up with 25. Kalev/Cramo beat Keila by a whopping 74 points. Vaaks himself doesn’t pay much attention to Sõbra’s words anymore. When the legendary coach started to treat him in a similar way in the spring, it threw the young man off balance a bit. “He imagines some kind of confrontation for himself. I don’t know what’s behind it. Andres Sõbra likes to talk, and he also said that [Thiago] Splitter is no coach. A guy who has won ten games in a row in the Euroleague is no coach? Or that Andrea Trinchieri should go to Rae Kossu to become the coach.” “I don’t know how seriously you can take this talk. It kind of started in the spring, when he unexpectedly brought me up. He started saying that in the U19 series – I don't mean to be rude – but people I didn't even know at the time would arrest me. Or that Vaaks would only score 15 points against Tallinna Kalev. I was a little younger then, a little dumber and took it very personally, but now I take it more calmly. I try not to overthink it.” The 19-year-old basketball player said that he actually likes trashtalking with players on the court and that his best experience came from last season, when Prometei's Ukrainian national team guard Issuf Sanon came to play with pistols on the court in front of him. Vaaks also recalled playing in Spain, which turned out to be more like literal starvation. About returning to Viimsi, not making the U20 national team, moving to Kalev/Cram, the A-team, the USA and much more. At the end of the show, we'll find out what symbolic souvenir Vaaks brought to the studio with us? Happy Christmas listening!