Taking The Charge

Taking The Charge


Latest Episodes

Taking The Charge Podcast 180: Marco Baldi, Freudenberg, Zipser, Greivis Vasquez, Pau Gasol, Drummond
February 24, 2016

Taking The Charge Podcast Episode 180: We look a bit at German basketball with Alba Berlin GM Marco Baldi as well as Richard Freudenberg and Paul Zipser from Bayern Munich. To finish off there are a couple of interviews from the NBA All Star weekend wi...

Taking The Charge Podcast 179: NBA All Star Weekend: Carmelo, LeBron, Silver, Jokic, Brooks Meek, Yurtseven
February 16, 2016

Taking The Charge Podcast Episode 179: We’re still in Toronto and had our fill of NBA All Star festivities as well as the Basketball Without Borders Global Camp. There was also two more games featuring Canadian high school teams.

Taking The Charge Podcast 178: Matur Maker, Edward Smith, Sonny Barios, Stefan Smith and Rolf Beyer
February 10, 2016

Taking The Charge Podcast Episode 178: We’re in Toronto for the NBA All-Star festivities and we caught some Canadian hoops to highlight the show this week. We talk first to Brose Baskets Bamberg CEO Rolf Beyer after the team’s big Euroleague victory ov...

Taking The Charge Podcast 177: Stellazzurra sports director Giacomo Rossi
February 03, 2016

Taking The Charge Podcast Episode 177: We take a look at the history and success of the Italian club/academy Stellazzurra Basketball Academy Rome with sports director and chief recruiter Giacomo Rossi. We also get updates on 2001-born Indian talent Har...

Taking The Charge Podcast 176: Referee Moritz Reiter, Beko BBL CEO Stefan Holz, Joe Voigtmann, Aaron White
January 27, 2016

Taking The Charge Podcast Episode 176: What a packed show! FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament draw, EuroBasket 2017 qualifying draw, David Blatt gets fired by the Cleveland Cavaliers, news about the FIBA Champions League format.

Taking The Charge Podcast 175: Simon Jatsch about ANGT Kaunas
January 20, 2016

Taking The Charge Podcast Episode 175: It’s more fun for youth hoops geeks as we go in depth (!) about the Adidas Next Generation Tournament in Kaunas with Simon Jatsch – and we finally complete the Euroleague Adventure quartet as Simon is fourth membe...

Taking The Charge Podcast 174: German NBBL Bonga, Da Silva, Lagerpusch, Blumbergs and Zykla
January 13, 2016

Taking The Charge Podcast Episode 174: A lot of talk about youngsters playing in Germany as we look back on the NBBL All-Star Game as well as the Adidas Next Generation Tournament in L’Hospitalet and look forward to the ANGT Kaunas.

Taking The Charge Podcast 173: Nicolo Melli and Aaron Doornekamp
January 06, 2016

Taking The Charge Podcast Episode 173: The Adidas Next Generation Tournament in L’Hospitalet is still going on but we talk about the first two days of the competition. And a double interview with Nicolo Melli of Brose Baskets Bamberg and Aaron Doorneka...

Taking The Charge Podcast 172: eurohopes’ Francesco Cavalli about ANGT Rome
December 30, 2015

Taking The Charge Podcast Episode 172: The time between Christmas and New Year’s is Adidas Next Generation Tournament time and we devoted the show this week to the ANGT Rome, chatting with Francesco Cavalli, collaborator with eurohopes.com.

Taking The Charge Podcast 171: Beo Basket founder Misko Ražnatović
December 23, 2015

Taking The Charge Podcast Episode 171: Merry Christmas to those who celebrate and those who don’t hope you’re having a great week. This week we look at some of the leading stories from Euroleague, ANGT and NBA.