The Euro Step Brit Podcast

European basketball, British perspective. Long-time journalist and play-by-play commentator Niall Gray with a new podcast, featuring guests each episode.

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Episodes

7 days ago

We speak to Josh Wilcher, who is best remembered in the BBL for his time with the Plymouth Raiders. We'll look back on his time with the Raiders, discuss why his season at Reading Rockets was important for his career and look at his other stops around the British Basketball League, Australia and Germany. And we'll find out what he's been up to since he retired.

Sunday Feb 16, 2025

Our guest is Anthony Rowe, the former Raider turned Rider who came to the sport late but was able to enjoy a successful career before injuries brought his playing days to an end. We look back what it meant for Ant to play and captain his home-town club, and why Leicestershire is now home, and of course we delve into his commentating as well.

Friday Feb 07, 2025

We catch up with former Bristol Flyers fan favourite Mike Vigor, who spent 4 seasons in total in the former British Basketball League, playing over 100 games and amassing over 1100 points during his time with the Flyers and Plymouth Raiders. We look back over his career - including representing Scotland at the Commonwealth games - and also get his insights into the growth of basketball in Australia.
During the interview, Mike mentions where his games can be watched next season and here's the link to the league website.https://nbl1.com.au/watch/west

Friday Jan 31, 2025

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?!)

Friday Jan 24, 2025

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. 

Thursday Dec 26, 2024

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.

Monday Dec 09, 2024

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.

Monday Nov 25, 2024

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

Thursday Nov 21, 2024

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.

Monday Oct 07, 2024

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.

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The Euro Step Brit Podcast

A brand new podcast from long-time basketball journalist and commentator, Niall Gray. 

European basketball, British Perspective.

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