The Euro Step Brit Podcast

In this episode we catch up with Siobhán Prior, the former Nottingham Wildcats player who is now Director and WEABL Head Coach of their academy. We look back at the family connections to Nottingham basketball, discuss Siobhán's playing days and talk about her role at the Academy, and why it means so much to her.  (Apologies for my mic occasionally playing up. Technology, eh?!)

We catch up with Andy Thomson, who had a very successful career in the former British Basketball League, winning 20 titles before his retirement in 2020. We look back at his time in the BBL, as well as spells abroad in Spain and France, and find out what he's been up to since retiring. 

The topic of this episode is commentating. It feels odd not talking to Leicester Riders' head coach Rob Paternostro about his playing days and coaching career but don't worry, we'll get him back on again soon! Rob's had a great couple of years with broadcasting opportunities and he joins the podcast to talk about them. Also on this episode Caroline Bullock speaks about her new role doing SLB games for Manchester Basketball.

Our guest this week is Thorsten Leibenath, Sporting Director at ratiopharm Ulm of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), who first became a head coach in what was the British Basketball League (also called the BBL!). We look back at his time in Scotland, talk about the British game and then cover all things Ulm, from EuroCup to their amazing domestic championship win in 2023.

In this episode we catch up with esteemed commentator Daniel Routledge to talk about the past few years of broadcasting in the BBL (now SLB) and what it's like commentating from a studio compared to from the venue. We also discuss his popular basketball podcast, Sunday Night Breakdown, which he co-hosts with Dave Forrester and find out how it all came to be.  The original podcast mentioned in this episode can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSDqX4OMBzc

The podcast returns! In this episode we speak with Reading Rockets CEO Matt Johnson about non-SLB teams joining the SLB Cup, take a look at why the player pathway is so important and also look at players who made a name for themselves in the NBL before going on to play elsewhere in Europe.

In this episode we catch up with current General Manager and Head Coach of the Winnipeg Sea Bears, Mike Taylor, who has almost 3 decades of coaching experience from Germany to the UK, from the Polish national team to the G-League.

Niall Gray takes the Pod on the road to Guildford, catching up with 89ers coach Lloyd Gardner, along with players Cam Gooden and Dame Adelekun. We also hear from a couple of supporters John Lanning (Surrey) and Phil Groves (London) for a fan perspective on the summer's events.

A special bonus episode as we talk to Dan Clark (Surrey 89ers) and Paul Blake (Newcastle Eagles).  With the launch day of Super League Basketball, it was a chance to take one last look back at the BBL and look ahead to the new Super League, which begins this weekend.

This week we're talking to Marc Steutel, head coach of both the Newcastle Eagles and GB Men. In this episode we talk about life with the National Team, what it means to be part of the Eagles and also take a look at the ENBL.