Inside The Game with GKT

For this episode we are switching to English, as my guest is Nicola Alberani. Nicola is the Sports Director at French ProA club SIG Strasbourg. We dive into his career, what he values in recruiting, building teams and much more. I hope that you will enjoy this episode and that you can take something useful from the insights that Nikola shares. We will be hosting the Basketball Performance Summit i...

Heute zu Gast im „Inside The Game“-Podcast: Marcus Lindner. Seit August 2025 ist er als Performance Coach bei RASTA Vechta tätig. Wir sprechen über seinen persönlichen Karriereweg, seine Motivation als Coach und die Prinzipien, die seine tägliche Arbeit prägen. Außerdem geht es um das Basketball Performance Summit ( Website zum BPS ), das Marcus vor einigen Jahren mitinitiiert hat – und das nun in...

Heute spreche ich mit Brandon Thomas (Sportdirektor der Artland Dragons). Wir sprechen über seine Transition vom Profi-Spieler auf die Management-Seite bei den Artland Dragons, seine Pläne und die Arbeit mit und bei den Dragons und natürlich ist auch die Kooperation zwischen RASTA Vechta und den Artland Dragons ein Thema geworden.

In this episode of the „Inside The Game“ podcast Gerrit Kersten-Thiele is joined by Danny Mills who was just named the GM of Basketball Operations for the Perth Wildcats in the NBL after working for the Philadelphia 76ers as their Director of Scouting for many years. Danny and Gerrit talk about Danny's journey from playing to coaching, working in the NBA and much more. --- Thank you for listening...

In this episode of the „Inside The Game“ podcast Gerrit Kersten-Thiele is joined by former Scorers 1st client Andrew Olson who is now the Shooting Coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA. Andrew and Gerrit catch up about his playing career going from NCAA3 Amherst to playing in Germany, building his own training business after playing professionally, the tough road to the NBA and much more! -...

In this episode of the „Inside The Game“ podcast Gerrit Kersten-Thiele is joined by former Scorers 1st client Matt Bauscher.  Matt and Gerrit talk about his journey in pro basketball, selecting an agent, his transition from pro basketball to the corporate world and much more!  --- Thank you for listening to the „Inside The Game“-podcast by Scorers 1st Sportmanagement hosted by Gerrit Ker...

In this episode of the „Inside The Game“ podcast Gerrit Kersten-Thiele is joined by Brose Bamberg Athletic Trainer Domenik Theodorou. Domenik and Gerrit talk about Dom's journey to Brose Bamberg, setting goals, differences between in-season training and during the off-season and much more. --- Thank you for listening to the „Inside The Game“-podcast by Scorers 1st Sportmanagement hosted by Gerrit...

In this episode of the „Inside The Game“ podcast Gerrit Kersten-Thiele is joined by Scorers 1st client Kazembe Abif. Kaz and Gerrit talk about the sudden stop of the 2019/20 basketball season, his journey from Germany to Denmark and Finland, his agent selection process and much more. --- Thank you for listening to the „Inside The Game“-podcast by Scorers 1st Sportmanagement hosted by Gerrit K...

In this episode of the „Inside The Game“ podcast Gerrit Kersten-Thiele is joined by Kari Korver who recently joined the WNBA team LA Sparks as the "Director of Basketball Operations".  Kari and Gerrit talk about her passion for basketball, growing up in a basketball family and taking her game from UCLA to overseas as a player. After playing Kari worked as a coach and now joined the LA Sparks...

In this episode of the „Inside The Game“ podcast Gerrit Kersten-Thiele is joined by Julian Meier who is currently the "Advanced Stats Scout" of German BBL team BG Göttingen. Julian and Gerrit talk about his passion for numbers and basketball, how he turned an internship into an opportunity to grow his passion,  the differences in scouting from a numbers perspective and much more. --- Thank yo...

In this episode of the „Inside The Game“ podcast Gerrit Kersten-Thiele is joined by Pete Strobl who is currently the Head-Coach of German BBL team Basketball Löwen Braunschweig. Pete takes us into his career from being a college and pro player, to founding "The Scoring Factory" in Pittsburgh and going on to coaching in professional basketball overseas. Pete and Gerrit go into the challenges of sco...

In this episode of the „Inside The Game“ podcast Gerrit Kersten-Thiele is joined by Boston Celtics International Scout Benas Matkevicius. Benas takes us into his basketball journey from playing in Germany and the US, to scouting and coaching with and for CSKA Moscow and the Lithuanian National Team and working his way into the highest levels of basketball from the Euroleague to the NBA. Benas shar...

In this episode of the „Inside The Game“ podcast Alexandra Shaw joins Gerrit Kersten-Thiele as they talk WNBA Draft, the pre-draft process and much more with Scorers 1st clients and 2020 WNBA draft picks Luisa Geiselsöder (Pick #21 - Dallas Wings) and Leonie Fiebich (Pick #22 - LA Sparks).  --- Thank you for listening to the „Inside The Game“-podcast by Scorers 1st Sportmanagement hosted by G...

In this episode of the „Inside The Game“ podcast we spoke with Rainer Meisterjahn of Courtex Performance about his work as a mental trainer and sport psychologist. Rainer and his team work with NBA players and teams, as well as several international pro basketball clubs and players. Do not hesitate to reach out to Rainer, if you want to #OwnYourMentalGame - you can reach him here https://www.court...

Get to know Scorers 1st Director of Women's Basketball Alexandra Shaw in our latest "Inside The Game" Podcast by Scorers 1st Sportmanagement. Alexandra and Gerrit talk about her pro career in Germany and what intrigued Alex about getting into the sports agent business. Seeing the need to fill a void in European female representation Alexandra has been leading our Women's Division since 2013 and we...

Thank you for listening to the „Inside The Game“-Podcast with Scorers 1st Sportmanagement hosted by Gerrit Kersten-Thiele. Today we have Carlon Brown on the show. Carlon founded Point Advising LLC several months ago and is now helping aspiring and current pro basketball players navigate their way into and through professional basketball. His experience as a pro player in the US and overseas put hi...