In this episode we had the pleasure to speak with belgian coach Pascal Meurs. During the summer he moved to Spain to become the headcoach of the EuroProBasket International Academy in Valencia. We talk about his basketball journey and how he ended up in Valencia. His love for Spanish basketball is obvious and well-founded. Since Spain became World Champion again this year, one might say that they have the perfect basketball blueprint for sustainable success. Of course we also discussed if we can transfer some of the Spanish aspects into Belgian Basketball. Lots of interesting takes on this!

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Spain has the best basketball blueprint - Pascal Meurs

Former Antwerp Giants coach, player, icon,... Roel Moors made the transition to the big German Basketball League during last summer. He is the new head coach of Brose Bamberg.  We talked about his experience so far, the difference between belgian league and german basketball, and also a bit about how a player should prepare to make a dream come true and be a professional player. The video of this conversation is also available on our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/thisisbasketballworld

Coach Roel Moors - Brose Bamberg

Former belgian pro league player of the year Ismael Bako made the jump to ASVEL in France during the summer. It's a big move for the big man, since ASVEL is playing Euroleague and are reigning champs in France. We learn how he got this chance to play at the highest european level and what he expects from it. If he will ever play in the NBA and what teammates he would choose to play with. Enjoy! And dont forget to give us a like, a comment, a rating! Much appreciated!

Ismael Bako - ASVEL Basket

In this episode we talk with International Scout for Combine Basketball Academy in North Carolina, Adrian Moris. One of the players that went through the academy is belgian guard David Filbiche. Since then he started playing professional basketball in Serbia. We were glad he could also join in, live from Serbia.

Adrian Moris & David Filbiche

As a Belgian podcast, we will be following the domestic pro league closely. Every few weeks we will be adding an Actua episode to the TIB Playground podcast show, to talk about the news, games, events happening in the Belgian Professional Basketball League. In this first episode we talked with Belga Journalist, Maarten Weynants, about the new competition format, the new streaming platform and we do a small preview of each team competing in the League.

New Belgian EuroMillions Basketball League Season (ft. Maarten Weynants)

An honest talk about his transition from Limburg United to Spirou Charleroi and now back at Limburg United again.  We learn about his experience in a bigger club like Charleroi, what went wrong, what he learned from it.  Now back at his familiar environment, he talks about the future plans for himself and the club.

Coach Brian Lynch - Limburg United

This time we had 2 prospects from the Antwerp Giants at the mics, Vrenz Bleijenbergh aka the belgian Kevin Durant, and Bas Van den Eynde aka Bas Of course we talked about the tournament, but also about their current situation in Antwerp, the future plans and whether or not we will see them together in Barcelona.  

Vrenz Bleijenbergh & Bas Van Den Eynde

A dutch guy and a belgian guy walk into a room... A funny start of an equal funny podcast with BC Oostende youngsters Buysschaert and Van Der Vuurst De Vries. We talked about the tournament, the amazing year for Keye, the bad defense of Servaas and a crazy coach.

Servaas Buysschaert & Keye Van Der Vuurst De Vries

Each year we are present during the Coca-Cola International Xmas Tournament in Kortrijk, Belgium. Hundreds of MU19 international prospects competing during three long days. We made use of opportunity to interview some of the players.  In this episode we sit down with a living legend of belgian basketball, Mr. Barry Mitchell, and his son Ajay Mitchell.  We talk about the tournament, the level of basketball in belgium, Ajay's future, and some good advice for federations and youth players in general.

Barry & Ajay Mitchell - Xmas Tournament

A short interview with Belgian Guard Manu Lecomte, currently playing for the Agua Calliente Clippers in the NBA G-League. We catch up with Manu about his stay there and what his goals are for the coming future. Short but powerfull, it's always nice to hear how players abroad are performing.

Manu Lecomte - Agua Calliente Clippers (G-League)

We found the only NBA Scout in belgium, his name is Nico Van Den Bogaerd and we had an interesting talk about his job, the NBA and Belgian Basketball!

Miami Heat NBA Scout - Nico Van Den Bogaerd

A great conversation with Thomas Huyghe, Strength & Conditioning coach of Belgium topclub BC Oostende and former S&C Coach in the NBA. We talk about his incredible journey and also some info about the "Liftora" conferences he is hosting in Belgium. 0:33 - Current work at Oostende 8:15 - coaching in Belgium (youth) + playing 9:50 - American Dream, work night shift to get the money together to go to US 11:50 - College : Exercise Science / Strength Conditioning 15:40 - how to develop this in Belgium at HS 17:10 - NBA internship application 19:10 - The call - internship with Washington 22:10 - End of internship / New Project: Erie Bay Hawks (G-League) 27:50 - G-League: Lecomte/Obasohan 29:40 - Name Dropping, players he worked with 31:40 - Combination of Personal Coach/Team trainer/conditioner 34:10 - End G-League - back to Belgium, part-time with Oostende 37:10 - Liftora 40:10 - Conference 44:00 - Future Plans 

Former NBA Strength & Conditioning coach Thomas Huyghe

We sat down with coaches Matthew Morris of the Combine Academy in the US and Adrian Moris of the European Gladiators Basketball program. This is an interesting episode where we talk about scouting international players for the academy. Differences between all the levels of basketball in the US and how the Academy fits in to it. We ask how David Filbiche, who is leaving for the US this week, will fit in the Academies team. If you want to know more how recruiting works, you need to listen to this one. Big thanks to Matthew Morris for making the time to meet us. http://www.combineacademy.com/ https://www.facebook.com/europeangladiators    

Interview with USA Coach Matthew Morris of the Combine Academy

In this episode we had a great talk with Gladiators Basketball head coach Adrian Moris. His unique basketball story is what makes him a great person and we are glad we got invited by him. His organisation, Gladiators Basketball, gives young basketball players the opportunity to attend the biggest bball camp in the USA, Hoop Group Elite. We hope you enjoy this one, don't forget to like or share this episode, we really appreciate your support. https://www.facebook.com/europeangladiators http://www.hoopgroup.com 

The unique story of Adrian Moris and Gladiators Basketball

Het moet niet iedereen week over antwerpen of charleroi gaan, dus deze keer 3 minder bekeken duels. - Aalst Carnaval is toch al gedaan? - Leuven respecteert de rangschikking - Hoe kan Brussels deze nu in godsnaam verliezen? - Don' forget the Belgian Lions!  

TIB Playground - S02E08 - SDV & SDB

Met de TIB Playground podcast gaan we voornamelijk op zoek naar gasten die een link hebben met het Belgisch Basketball. Coaches, spelers, bestuurslui, al dan niet gelinked met de Pro League.