The Benas Podcast

NEW EPISODE! (EP#93) If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!): Support: https://www.patreon.com/c/bmatke   Homepage: www.bmatke.com Sponsor: www.proballers.com "Nico": Nicolej Krickau is a Danish handball coach whose playing career ended early due to injury, leading him into coaching at a young age. He rose to prominence with GOG, where he developed several world-class players and le...

NEW EPISODE! (EP#92) If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!): Support: https://www.patreon.com/c/bmatke   Homepage: www.bmatke.com Sponsor: www.proballers.com "Tutis": Tuti grew up playing basketball in a basketball family and eventually transitioned to coaching. He accepted an assistant coach position within the Zalgiris junior program before eventually transitioning to the pro tea...

NEW EPISODE! (EP#91) If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!): Support: https://www.patreon.com/c/bmatke   Homepage: www.bmatke.com Sponsor: www.proballers.com "Dražen": Dražen Orešković’s coaching career has mostly been built as a high-level assistant coach in Croatian and European basketball, with a focus on player development, tactics, and national-team work rather than long-term head-coach...

NAUJAS EPIZODAS! (EP#90) Jeigu norite palaikiti ši podkasta (Ačiū!!): Support: https://www.patreon.com/c/bmatke   Svetaine: www.bmatke.com Remejas: www.proballers.com "Sonko": Darius Songaila – vienas ryškiausių savo kartos Lietuvos krepšininkų, daugiau nei dešimtmetį rungtyniavęs NBA ir Europos krepšinio elite. Su Lietuvos rinktine jis iškovojo 2003 metų Europos čempionato auksą bei Sidnėjaus oli...

NEW EPISODE! (EP#89) If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!): Support: https://www.patreon.com/c/bmatke   Homepage: www.bmatke.com Sponsor: www.proballers.com "Luka": Luka Bassin is a Slovenian basketball coach, player-development specialist, and scout known in regional European basketball circles. He has coached at youth and senior club levels, including currently as an Assistant coach of KK...

NEW EPISODE! (EP#88) If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!): Support: https://www.patreon.com/c/bmatke   Homepage: www.bmatke.com Sponsor: www.proballers.com "Vlado": Vlado Micov is a former Euroleague player and current Sports Director for Galatasaray basketball. He has played in several high level clubs around Europe, most notably CSKA, Armani Milano as well as Galatasaray where...

NEW EPISODE! (EP#87) If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!): Support: https://www.patreon.com/c/bmatke   Homepage: www.bmatke.com Sponsor: www.proballers.com "Rajko": Rajko has Serbian roots but is born and raised in Vienna, Austria and is not your typical basketball guest. He's a speech-pathologist and works independently to help young people as well as actors and other profes...

NAUJAS EPIZODAS! (EP#86) Jeigu norite palaikiti ši podkasta (Ačiū!!): Support: https://www.patreon.com/c/bmatke   Svetaine: www.bmatke.com Remejas: www.proballers.com "Kuze": Mindaugas Kuzminskas – vienas universaliausių savo kartos Lietuvos krepšininkų, galintis žaisti tiek lengvojo, tiek sunkiojo krašto puolėjo pozicijose. Profesionalo karjerą pradėjo Lietuvoje, vėliau ryškiai atsiskle...

Former EuroLeague standout James Gist joins The Benas Podcast to talk honestly about life after pro basketball , chasing the NBA dream, and preparing for basketball retirement . Drafted by the San Antonio Spurs and stashed in Europe, James built a high-level career with elite clubs like Partizan and Panathinaikos , winning titles across Europe. He shares what it was like balancing NBA aspirations...

In this episode of The Benas Podcast, I sit down with Tomas Balčėtis — former Denver Nuggets front office member, 2023 NBA Champion, Harvard University graduate, and CEO of Confluence Valley (Tesonet Group). Tomas spent 20 years in the United States, worked inside the NBA, and now connects Žalgiris Kaunas and London Lions, leading AI, analytics, and technology integration in professional basketbal...

Šiame epizode – pokalbis su Tomu Balčėčiu , kuris praleido 20 metų JAV , studijavo Harvarde , dirbo Denver Nuggets organizacijoje ir tapo NBA čempionu (2023) . Šiuo metu Tomas yra CEO of Confluence Valley („Tesonet“ grupė) ir dirba su „Žalgirio“ bei „London Lions“ klubais , vystydamas duomenų analitiką, AI sprendimus ir technologijų integraciją . Kalbame apie: NBA organizacijų vidų „Draft“ ir „tra...

NEW EPISODE! (EP#82) If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!): Support: https://www.patreon.com/c/bmatke   Homepage: www.bmatke.com Sponsor: www.proballers.com "Reggie": Reggie is currently the strength&conditioning coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv. After his playing career came to an end he became the athletic trainer at Bnei Hertzliya in 2009 and has been with Maccabi since 2013. He became the...

NEW EPISODE!   (EP#81) If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!): Support: https://www.patreon.com/c/bmatke   Homepage: www.bmatke.com Sponsor: www.proballers.com "Mario": Mario Fioretti is a first time Head Coach after spending 22years at Milano as an Assistant coach under various Head Coaches, most notably Ettore Messina the last 8years. He also spent one season as an Assistant Coach under Bo...

NEW EPISODE! (EP#80) If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!): Support: https://www.patreon.com/c/bmatke   Homepage: www.bmatke.com Sponsor: www.proballers.com "Dan": Dan Shamir always grew up wanting to be a coach until he became one working his way up from being an Assistant Coach with the arguably the best Euroleague team of all time at Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2003-2006. He successfully became...

NEW EPISODE! (EP#79) If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!): Support: https://www.patreon.com/c/bmatke   Homepage: www.bmatke.com Sponsor: www.proballers.com "Alan": Alan Ibrahimagic, the interim Head Coach of Germany's basketball National Team who took over the team during Eurobasket 2025 while Coach Mumbru was battling unique health issues and lead the team to a gold medal. Alan is a house...

Support 👉 https://www.patreon.com/bmatke www.b8summit.com Šis epizodas – paskutinis B8 Summit 2025 renginio pokalbis, suvedęs Lietuvos sporto lyderius! Per visą round-table diskusiją buvo paliesta daugybė temų, kurias aptarė Tomas Okmanas , Jonas Valančiūnas , Paulius Motiejūnas ir Rimantas Kaukėnas , taip pat pasidalijo savo įžvalgomis. Išgirdome daug įdomių minčių apie komunikaciją ir žinučių v...

B8 Summit Website: www.b8summit.com   If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!): https://www.patreon.com/bmatke Sponsors: www.creapure.com   www.proballers.com "Giannis": Giannis is a highly accomplished Head Coach in the Euroleague who was at the helm of Olympiacos Piraeus & Maccabi Tel Aviv and currently is the head coach of Red Star Belgrade. He has won numerous domestic titles...

B8 Summit Website: www.b8summit.com   If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!): https://www.patreon.com/bmatke Sponsors: www.proballers.com "Baio": Daniele is a long-time friend of mine and a highly successful basketball front office executive in Europe. Daniele started his career as a journalist and worked his way up to become widely known as the best expert in his field as the spor...

Vincent Collet is a house-hold name in the world of European Basketball...especially when it comes to FIBA competitions. Vincent's achievements with the French National Team are second to none! His teams won 4 Eurobasket medals, 2 world cup medals & 2 Olympic medals between 2011 - 2024. His success with the national team is as unique as it gets and rich of experiences of working with stars...

Kostas is a long time friend of mine and a 3x Euroleague champion in his own right and currently the Head of Performance at Olimpia Milano. He last worked at Fenerbahce since 2022 under Dimitris Itoudis and later Sarunas Jasikevicus and recently signed with Ettore Messina's team in Milano! He started his career in Europe at Olympiacos in 2006 and has been rolling through Europe ever since! Kos...

Ibon Navarro: Ibon Navarro is a highly accomplished Head Coach in Europe and today he came to our summit in Vilnius to talk about the culture he created in Malaga, Spain! The two time King's Cup & back to back BCL championship coach has a lot of experience already and today we spoke about his practice habits as well as the habits he expects from his players. How the team culture is supposed to...

If you want to support my podcast (Ačiū!!):   https://www.patreon.com/bmatke Sponsor:   www.proballers.com "Sani Boy": Sani is a well-known former player as well as highly respected personality because of his positive attitude and mindset. Sani was drafted by the Denver Nuggets and played an incredible 20years as a professional, winning his first Euroleague title in 2007 with Panathinaik...

If you want to support my podcast (Ačiū!!):   https://www.patreon.com/bmatke Sponsor:   www.proballers.com "Guillaume": Guillaume is making a name for himself in France and this is just the beginning. After being the Head Coach at Vichy for numerous years he won the Leader's Cup of the ProB in 2024 and was appointed the head coach of LeMans the following season where he also managed to the Leader'...

Bilietai į B8 Summit 2025 Vilnius renginį: www.b8summit.com Mano podcasto palaikymas (Ačiū!!):   https://www.patreon.com/bmatke Rėmėjas:   www.proballers.com Svetainė: www.bmatke.com "Linse": Šio epizodo svečias yra Linas Kleiza - jo ilgai pristatinėti nereikia. Be šešių sezonų, praleistų NBA, Linas gali pasigirti medaliais, iškovotais su Lietuvos vyrų rinktine 2007ais, 2010ais ir 2013ais metais!...

If you want to support my podcast (Ačiū!!):   https://www.patreon.com/bmatke Sponsor:   www.proballers.com "Petteri": Petteri is a well-known basketball player who was drafted in 2007 by Philadelphia but his rights ended up being traded several times during his career and he never made the final jump. On the contrary, Petteri had an illustrious career in Europe where he played for severa...