Two Brits, One Orange Ball Podcast

26/10/2021

23/05/2021

Episode 19 is now live! We catch up with The BBL Show co-host, Jay Marriott to discuss:

◽️May Madness
◽️Season reflections for BBL - British Basketball League& his Plymouth Raiders Basketball Club
◽️The 1st year of The BBL Show
◽️NBA Playoffs

Listen to the full podcast on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/QI9yQuClNY8

Or on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2U3M7ekLK6gnVnVrb69teM?si=plKWjEOGSRSMnlvfhsUO_g

In this snippet he reveals some of what his new Gloucester-based Basketball role will entail!

20/05/2021

Coming up in episode 19, we sit down with The BBL Show co-host Jay Marriott!

We cover:
- May Madness
- Reflections for the league & his Plymouth Raiders Basketball Club
- The first year of the The BBL Show
- His mystery Gloucestershire coaching gig
- The NBA Playoffs & his Utah Jazz fandom

21/04/2021

Episode 18 is now live! We catch up with BBL MVP candidate Geno Crandall of the Leicester Riders to discuss:

▫️Returning from his wrist injury
▫️The league, playoff and MVP race in the BBL - British Basketball League

And much more!

Spotify: spoti.fi/3ejEClr
YouTube: bit.ly/3dDqg0h

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20/04/2021

“Essentially it’s the league championship game. It almost has a March Madness feel where everything is riding on it”.

BBL - British Basketball League MVP candidate Geno Crandall shares his thoughts on the potentially league deciding game tomorrow for Leicester Riders & London Lions.

Full podcast coming soon!

05/04/2021

Coming up in episode 18, we’ll sit down with Leicester Riders star point guard Geno Crandall to discuss...

▫️Returning from his wrist injury
▫️The league, playoff and MVP race in the BBL - British Basketball League
▫️His ’s run in

And much more!

14/03/2021

Part two of episode 17 with NBC Sports Chicago's K.C. Johnson is now live!

In this second part of the episode, we’ll cover Derrick Rose’s tenure with the Chicago Bulls, including going into detail about what it was like to cover his many injuries and the split of public opinion about whether he should play or not after being out for nearly a year having torn his ACL in the 2012 playoff match-up against the Sixers.

We’ll cover Jimmy Butler’s fall out with the Chicago Bulls, Luol Deng and what he meant to the Bulls organisation - as well as going deeper into K.C.’s London 2012 experience where he met the late Jimmy Rogers after turning up at Brixton Rec.

And finally, we’ll speak with K.C. about covering the second Bulls three peat and how reporting on the ground at the time differed from what we were shown in the Last Dance documentary.

Here, K.C talks about the portrayal of Jerry Krause.

Watch on Youtube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JfDIfpgK8Jw…
Watch on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2U3M7ekLK6gnVnVrb69teM?si=koeP1H54TqORfXdwymRTiA

03/03/2021

Part one of episode 17 with K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago is now live!

We discuss:

◽️D Rose and Tom Thibodeau reuniting
◽️The Bulls modern era

And much more!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-Rf35-J3-N8&t=2547s

In this episode, we’ll be speaking to K.C Johnson, someone I very much look up to who has spent 19 years reporting on the Bulls for the Chicago Tribune befor...

15/02/2021

Coming up in episode 17! We sit down with K.C. Johnson, Chicago Bulls Insider for NBC Sports Chicago.

If you have any Chicago Bulls questions for us or K.C. let us know!

08/02/2021

Episode 16 with London Lions owner & head coach
Vince Macaulay is now live!

◽️The BBL - British Basketball League Cup Final vs Newcastle Eagles
◽️The ramifications of the six covid-19 infections
◽️The possibility of Liangelo Ball becoming a Lion

https://youtu.be/opEJ0OAd84M

We finally took Alex Owumi’s advice and we’re very excited to welcome owner and head coach of the London Lions, Vince Macaulay onto the podcast today.In the ...

01/02/2021

Coming up in episode 16, we sit down with London Lions owner and head coach, Vince Macaulay! 🏀

If you have any questions you'd like us to ask, drop us a message!

Photo credit:
Caroljmoir photography

24/01/2021

Just a few moments until tip off for the BBL - British Basketball League Cup Final, free on Sky Sports Youtube 🏀🏀

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch5jZTlKYtQ

►SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/SkySportsSubWatch live action from the BBL Cup final as the London Lions take on the Newcastle Eagles! ►SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL: http:/...

10/01/2021

We may be biased but this will be worth a watch. Available on YouTube, free 🏀🙏🏼

https://youtu.be/4LX30ju3rPU

►SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/SkySportsSubWatch live as Jaydee Dyer is joined by Ovie Soko, BJ Armstrong and Mo Mooncey to watch and assess Chicago Bulls @ LA Cl...

03/01/2021

Episode 15 is now live!

In this podcast, we catch up with Mikey Murphy, Beat Writer for empiresportsmedia.

We discuss:
- The Knicks strong start to the season
- The additionals of coach Thibs, draft picks Obi Toppin & Quickley and President Leon Rose

And much more!

Listen via:

Youtube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cFHgOc0AIhg&feature=youtu.be…
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6u7zF54QmPDtseRcQo7GLn?si=cSrr5mJATNCDkaWO5InKxg…
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-brits-one-orange-ball-podcast/id1507976530…

Mikey Murphy is the New York Knicks Beat Writer for Empire Sports Media, a New York based media outlet. When Empire Sports Media was first created in 2017, i...

29/12/2020

Coming up in episode 15! After an extended Christmas break, we'll be catching up with Mikey Murphy, New York Knicks Beat Writer for empiresportsmedia.

We'll discuss THAT win against the Milwaukee Bucks, selecting Obi Toppin in the draft, bringing in coach Tom Thibodeau and more!

25/12/2020

Merry Christmas everyone 🏀😀

10/12/2020

Tune in tomorrow for free on YouTube 🏀🔥👀

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ3FwrLqZSs

►SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/SkySportsSubLive coverage from the BBL game between London Lions and Plymouth Raiders.►SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL: http://bit.ly/SSFootbal...

27/11/2020

What’re your thoughts on the new BBL Player? 🤔

There's a new way to watch your favourite club this season as we introduce BBL Player!

Watch your team's games live and on-demand for £19.99 a month. Not ready to commit? Single game passes are just £4.99.

All the info you need is right here: http://www.bbl.org.uk/watch/

26/11/2020

Episode 14 with coach Macleod of the Newcastle Eagles is out now!

- Building a team in the BBL - British Basketball League, a league renowned for 1 year contracts
- Coming up with BBL legend Fab Flournoy
- Newcastle's strong start in the BBL Cup

Listen here:
Youtube: https://youtu.be/JpX7CpKXFXA
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2U3M7ekLK6gnVnVrb69teM?si=OQyG2IqfRsSYQsWDaJEXwQ

And much more!

23/11/2020

Coming up in episode 14, we'll be joined by Coach Macleod, head coach of the Newcastle Eagles.

We'll discuss what it’s like to build a team in the BBL - British Basketball League, his successful first-year campaign, the Eagles strong start in the BBL Cup and much more!

13/11/2020

This is so great to see with so much talent in the league this season. Great work BBL - British Basketball League 🔥🏀👏🏼

British basketball is returning to Sky Sports! We're delighted to announce a two year deal bringing 30 live games a season to your screens starting Thursday 3 December with Sheffield Sharks v Cheshire Phoenix Basketball and Newcastle Eagles v London Lions
Find out more: https://bit.ly/2IwPCzA

10/11/2020

🚨WORCESTER WOLVES GO FREE TO VIEW🚨

for the 2020/21 BBL - British Basketball League season, all our home games will be FREE TO VIEW via our YouTube channel! 🎥📺

Read the full announcement on our website! ⬇️

https://worcesterwolves.org/2020/11/10/worcester-wolves-announce-free-to-view-platform-for-the-2020-2021-season/

Make sure you subscribe to our channel and never miss a game! ⬇️

www.youtube.com/worcesterwolvesofficial

06/11/2020

All eyes on Kevin Ware for this one 👀🏀

🏆 Gameday LETS GO LIONS

🕕 6pm
🆚 Sheffield 🦈
📺 https://bit.ly/32AFrS7
📊 https://bit.ly/2Ud6put

27/10/2020

Episode 13 is now live!

In this snippet, Roy Owen, formerly of the Bristol Flyers tells us his thoughts on the team promoting five SGS College players to its BBL - British Basketball League team.

Listen to the full podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6u7zF54QmPDtseRcQo7GLn
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSeohGynKf8

21/10/2020

Coming up in episode 13, we'll be speaking with Roy Owen, former Bristol Flyers guard about his journey as a British player in the BBL - British Basketball League.

We'll discuss what it was like moving from National Basketball League D1 to the BBL, the Lakers championship and much more!

04/10/2020

If you haven't already, please do us and the British Basketball community a favour and sign this: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/324801

British Basketball has been underfunded for years, leaving the professional league in the UK at an extremely precarious position during the current pandemic. I would like the government to give the BBL the requested 1 million pounds asked for by Sir Rodney Walker to survive the current situation.

30/09/2020

24/09/2020

Legend 😂🏀

Jimmy Butler wore Tyler Herro’s high school jersey to practice after the rookie’s historic Game 4.

22/09/2020

🇬🇧 Best of luck to London Lions in their Basketball Champions League qualifier this afternoon!

Tune in here from 2.30pm » https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/basketball/54234441

15/09/2020

Episode 12 is now live!

Before he left for Chicago, Joe was well-known as one of the leaders in digital content production in the BBL - British Basketball League during his seven+ years at the Leicester Riders - producing everything from graphics to photography and videography.

Earlier this year, he left the UK to join one of the most widely renowned organisations in sports in the Chicago Bulls as Manager of Digital Content.

Joe’s journey in basketball started as a player, where he progressed to a point where he was playing for the Loughborough University 1st team and exploring scholarship options in the United States. At this point he was very self aware of his ability and prospects and felt that a full-time career as a player was not the direction he wanted to pursue - instead deciding to work in operations for the Leicester Riders.

We pick up with Joe to see how his year has been in what must have been a whirlwind; working on the All-Star game in Chicago in his second week on the job with the Bulls, dealing with the fallout of the league shutting down in the mist of the coronavirus outbreak and what his work life has morphed into under these new and unique conditions.

We get his thoughts on everything from the player movement in the BBL to the London Lions chances in the Basketball Champions League, how he balanced roles with Loughborough University, DENG Camp, FIBA 3x3 and his goals for his role in digital content for the Chicago Bulls.

Listen here to the full podcast on Youtube here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4vQkKCZsmg4…

On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6u7zF54QmPDtseRcQo7GLn

On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-brits-one-orange-ball-podcast/id1507976530?uo=4

09/09/2020

Coming up in episode 12, we sit down with Manager of Digital Content at the Chicago Bulls and former Leicester Riders media man - Joe Pinchin.

Tune in later this week and let us know if you have any questions! 🏀

21/08/2020

Leading the way. Impacting change.

20/08/2020

Episode 11 part two is now live!

In the second part of episode 11 with Alex Owumi, we talk about how Alex narrowly lost out on being drafted by the Boston Celtics and delve further into to his decision to leave Georgetown, a move which almost led him to playing with GB great - Pops Mensah Bonsu at GW.

Alex talks to us about how his experience of horrific racial discrimination with his team in Macedonia led him to signing with Al-Nasr a team owned by Colonel Gaddafi. He speaks candidly about extremely harrowing experiences in Libya, when the Libyan Civil War broke out - which if you’re sensitive to traumatic events, I’d advise you give this episode a miss.

Finally Alex concludes the episode by speaking further about his tenure in the BBL and his plans to turn his book, Qaddafi’s Point Guard into a film.

And much, much more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=DD-kt3nniq0&feature=emb_logo

You can also listen on:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6u7zF54QmPDtseRcQo7GLn

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-brits-one-orange-ball-podcast/id1507976530?uo=4

In the second part of episode 11 with Alex Owumi, we talk about how Alex narrowly lost out on being drafted by the Boston Celtics and delve further into to h...

14/08/2020

Alex Owumi talks about his excitement about the recent moves from the
London Lions and Vince Macaulay in part of our latest podcast.

We're very much in agreement that it's going to be an exciting
Basketball Champions League campaign in the coming weeks 🏀

13/08/2020

In part one of our latest podcast with Alex Owumi, Alex discusses helping to nurture the talent of Cam Hildreth whilst playing with the Worthing Thunder this season and gives his thoughts on Cam's future development.

13/08/2020

Episode 11 is now live!

In this episode, we speak with Alex Owumi, a former professional basketball player who is most widely known as the author of Qaddafi’s Point Guard, a book he co-wrote chronicling his experiences in Libya, playing for a team owned by Colonel Gaddafi just before the outbreak of the Libyan Civil War in 2011.

In part one of this interview we speak with Alex about:

- His thoughts on the NBA bubble

- Why he decided to retire from playing the NBL Div 1 this year

- His thoughts on the prospects of young English talent, Cam Hildreth

- His plans to get Toronto Raptors coach, Nick Nurse to a coaching camp in the UK

And much more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlUKfd0WUlU

Also available on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6u7zF54QmPDtseRcQo7GLn

Apple Music: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-brits-one-orange-ball-podcast/id1507976530?uo=4

Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xZTU5ZGJmYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==

Alex Owumi is a former professional basketball player that is most widely known as the author of Qadaffi’s Point Guard, a book he co-wrote chronicling his ex...

06/08/2020

Coming up in Episode 11, we’re excited to welcome Alex Owumi. Known as the author of Gadaffi’s Point Guard and as a former Worcester Wolves Basketball Club, London Lions, Worthing Thunder and Surrey Scorchers guard.

After his recent retirement, Alex is now part of the ownership team at Worthing Thunder and is in the process of turning his book, Gadaffi’s Point Guard which details his jarring experiences in Libya playing for a team owned by Colonel Gadaffi, into a film.

Tune in next week and let us know if you have any questions! 🏀

12/07/2020

Episode 10, part 2 with Hoopsfix founder -
Sam Hoopsfix Neter is now live!

Listen here:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z9EQQVssfq4&feature=youtu.be… or on all podcast platforms.

Here, Sam reacts to POPS MENSAH-BONSU being turned down when applying for a board position with Basketball England

In this second part of episode 10 we delve further into Sam’s thoughts on the current status of the BBL, GB Basketball, his stand out moments since starting ...

12/07/2020

Coming soon in part two of our mini-series with Hoopsfix founder, Sam Neter.

Sam reveals his long-term aspiration to own a BBL - British Basketball League franchise and much, much more.

Tune in later today for the full podcast on Youtube and all podcast platforms.

06/07/2020

Episode 10 is now live!

In this first episode of a two part series, we catch up with Hoopsfix Founder, Sam Hoopsfix Neter - covering his playing years, early days of Hoopsfix.com and his expertise in basketball related marketing and communications.

- 00:00 - 13:00: Intro, NBA, Knicks and Bulls news
- 13:00 - 15.13: BBL News Update
- 15.13 - 16:57: Sam Neter Intro -
- 16:57 - 26:46: Sam Neter on how he's adjusted to life in quarantine and having left a job working for FIBA in Switzerland
- 26:46 - 29:27: Sam Neter on his working schedule starting at 4am
- 29:27 - 32:20: Sam's work at Cut The Net - Sports Marketing Agency
- 32:20 - 33:47: What his Saas platform - Mason does
- 33:47 - 35:32: Covid-19s impact on sport and basketball specifically
- 35:32 - 45:23 Sam's introduction to basketball - call with Sussex Storm
- 45:23 - 54:19 Starting Ball Don't Brawl & reminiscing about the Back British Basketball campaign to help generate support for the GB Basketball Teams for the London 2012 Olympics
- 54:19 - 55:35: Ben Gordon's GB tenure
- 55:35 - 58:49: Sam's Inspiration for starting Hoopsfix.com
- 58:49 - 1:03:07: Getting blowback from those on the wrong end of highlights
-1:03:07 - x :Hoopsfix and its efforts in building a basketball culture in the UK, contributions to Hoopsfix from Bradley Gains
- 1:x - 1:11:35: How Sam monetised Hoopsfix in the early years and how that compares to now
1:11:35 - 1:16:31: How he's attracted direct sponsors to support Hoopsfix
1:16:31 - 1:23:39: Sam's thoughts on how we could use data to support basketball in the UK
1:23:39 - 1:29:27: Basketball coverage in the UK and why TV and traditional media coverage, couple with a digital marketing plan is vital to growth. 1:29:27 - END What was the impact of Ovie and the exposure he brought to the game from his time on Love Island.

Part two will be released later this week, covering the founding of Hoopsfix, Sam's thoughts on:

- The current GB Basketball setup
- Reaction to his BBL Roundtable episode features various owners from British Basketball Clubs.
- How much it means to him to be embraced by the British Basketball community
- Sam's ambitions to become a BBL franchise owner
- Reacting to Vince Macaulay's valuation of a BBL club at £1.2m
- His thoughts on the Luol Deng and Pops Mensa Bonsu podcast series
- His reaction to the news that Basketball England rejected Pops' application to become a board member via email
- His highlight moments of working on Hoopsfix
- His highlight moments of the Hoopsfix All-Star Classic

And much more!

https://youtu.be/ccVdd9mWkXY

You can also find this podcast on:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6u7zF54QmPDtseRcQo7GLn

Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xZTU5ZGJmYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==

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In the first episode of a two part series, we catch up with Hoopsfix.com Founder, Sam Neter - covering his playing years, early days of Hoopsfix.com and his ...