B8 Summit Website:www.b8summit.com If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!):https://www.patreon.com/bmatkeSponsors:www.proballers.com"Baio":Daniele is a long-time friend of mine and a highly successful basketball front office executive in Europe. Daniele started his career as a journalist and worked his way up to become widely known as the best expert in his field as the sports director in Eurolegue clubs. After working for Brose Bamberg & FC Bayern Munich, he currently started his new venture with Olimpia Milano. Prior to becoming a sports director in Bamberg he was working as international scout for the Detroit Pistons. Most recently he spent his time consulting the Brooklyn Nets with draft prospects and potential free agents from Europe.Today, we had a wide-ranging conversation of his experiences at different levels and Daniele shared the lessons he learned in his role with the Euroleague clubs as well as learning from the best in Detroit, i.e. Joe Dumars. We spoke about the communication challenges he had to face when he had to juggle the head coach and the president during the season as well as plenty of other situations that arise which required insightful decision-making. A truly unique mind.Please Share with friends & colleagues...comment & like this episode on YouTube as well as other platforms!Topics:0:00 Intro2:10 First tasks at Olimpia Milano11:30 Michelangelo Effect16:50 Biggest sacrifice20:00 Challenges as a young professional 26:05 Communication Triangle35:00 Observing Practices39:20 Program Development / Impact44:20 Q&A #OlimpiaMilano #Euroleague #Milano #ItalyBasketball #Italy #Bamberg #Munich #FCBayern #SportsDirector #Management #FrontOfficeFinding “The Benas Podcast”:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-b-podcast/id1558492852?uo=4 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Bw5UJNSQLKo0wUybEIza3 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-benas-podcast…or visit www.bmatke.com to find more info.Comment, Like & Share here:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bmatke/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bmatke/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bmatke3www.bmatke.com
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B8 Summit 2025 Vilnius: Vincent Collet (Team France)
Vincent Collet is a house-hold name in the world of European Basketball...especially when it comes to FIBA competitions. Vincent's achievements with the French National Team are second to none! His teams won 4 Eurobasket medals, 2 world cup medals & 2 Olympic medals between 2011 - 2024. His success with the national team is as unique as it gets and rich of experiences of working with stars at the highest level.Vincent came to Vilnius on July 8th to talk about different topics surround his success as well as the youth system in France when players get developed through the federation's program at INSEP. Today's Topics:0:00 Intro3:40 Kinexon6:20 Working with the Cleveland Cavaliers16:30 INSEP & National Team28:24 New Generation / Mindset34:00 Criticism & Communication40:00 Benching Rudy Gobert45:00 Q&AB8 Summit Website:www.b8summit.comThe Benas Podcast:www.bmatke.com #VincentCollet #fiba #FrenchBasketball #Communication #France #INSEP
Kostas is a long time friend of mine and a 3x Euroleague champion in his own right and currently the Head of Performance at Olimpia Milano. He last worked at Fenerbahce since 2022 under Dimitris Itoudis and later Sarunas Jasikevicus and recently signed with Ettore Messina's team in Milano! He started his career in Europe at Olympiacos in 2006 and has been rolling through Europe ever since!Kostas is the best expert in his field of athletic performance and conditioning for athletes, he also worked with athletes such as Theo Papaloukas and Sofoklis Schortsanitis in the past. He came to Vilnius on July 8th to talk at the B8 Summit 2025 about his field and covered a variety of topics from his field. We talked about the general problematic in all clubs when it comes to communication after injuries occur as well as the mechanics of an achilles injury and much more, check it out!Today's Topics:0:00 Intro1:10 ESCCA Summit2:50 Sacrifice for Achievement9:20 Decision-making process / Information18:30 Load Managment during season24:30 Injury Peak-times / Summer Load32:30 Achilles Injury / Mechanics36:45 Chain of commands after injury44:30 Q&AFind Kostas Chatzichristos here: IG: https://www.instagram.com/kostas_chatzichristos/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/kostas.chatzichristos.2025 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kostas-chatzichristos-a85ab53/ X: https://x.com/kostaschatz Website: https://kostaschatzichristos.com/ ESCCA: https://escca.net/about-us/ B8 Summit Website:www.b8summit.comThe Benas Podcast:www.bmatke.com #KostasChatzichristos #b8summit #basketballsummit #Vilnius #Lithuania #Basketball #podcast #conference #Growth #learning #conversations #ArmaniMilano #Euroleague #EuroleagueChampion
Ibon Navarro:Ibon Navarro is a highly accomplished Head Coach in Europe and today he came to our summit in Vilnius to talk about the culture he created in Malaga, Spain! The two time King's Cup & back to back BCL championship coach has a lot of experience already and today we spoke about his practice habits as well as the habits he expects from his players. How the team culture is supposed to impact and help new players adapt easier and much more.Today's Topics:0:00 Intro2:10 Sleep & Off Season5:00 BCL Back to back process12:00 Alex Ferguson Quote14:20 James Clear Quote / Habits19:30 Information gathering / Recruitment22:50 Impact of culture25:15 Unconventional Practices32:00 Lessons from the past35:30 Substitution pattern42:00 Q&AFind Ibon Navarro here: IG: https://www.instagram.com/ibon.navarro76/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/ibontxun B8 Summit Website:www.b8summit.comThe Benas Podcast:www.bmatke.com #b8summit #basketballsummit #Vilnius #Lithuania #Basketball #podcast #conference #Growth #learning #conversations #Unicaja #Malaga #BCL #Champion
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EP#78 Sani Becirovic - From the hardest time of his life to Euroleague champion
If you want to support my podcast (Ačiū!!): https://www.patreon.com/bmatkeSponsor: www.proballers.com"Sani Boy":Sani is a well-known former player as well as highly respected personality because of his positive attitude and mindset. Sani was drafted by the Denver Nuggets and played an incredible 20years as a professional, winning his first Euroleague title in 2007 with Panathinaikos. After numerious domestic titles and junior MVPs and All Star appointments he decided to go into the front office after a short stint as an Assistant at PAO...and ends up winning another Euroleague titles with Panathinaikos in 2024.Today, we talked about Sani's trials and tribulations with his 13 knee surgeries that he had to go through, what he had to live through after almost not being able to walk and his path out of the dark places. Sani also talked about his daily life and work structure, what he looks for in players as well as politics and communication behind the scenes.This episode was very emotional for Sani and a rather unique and rare conversation about the struggles of a pro-athlete who has to recover from his injuries.Topics:0:00 Intro & Lithuania2:45 Knee surgeries & mindset9:40 Draft & Stash14:00 Influence of a father21:40 Coaching & Agent Experience 27:15 Learning curve as an executive35:06 ProBallers.com 39:30 Communication48:50 Evaluating practices / arguments54:00 Changes 57:30 Qualities of players1:00:40 ATOs #SaniBecirovic #Panathinaikos #FrontOffice #Champion #Athens #Euroleague #GreeceYou can Find "Sani" here:X: https://x.com/SaniBecirovic Finding “The Benas Podcast”:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-b-podcast/id1558492852?uo=4 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Bw5UJNSQLKo0wUybEIza3 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-benas-podcast…or visit www.bmatke.com to find more info.Comment, Like & Share here:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bmatke/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bmatke/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bmatke3www.bmatke.com
My name is Benas and I'm passionate about traveling, sports and coffee. In this podcast I will aim to combine all three of them by 'zooming' around the world and talking to sports professionals and coffee savants around the world while having nuanced conversations about different topics within their profession. If you're interested in hearing the stories and lifestyles of high achievers, the biggest lessons throughout their life, their mindsets within their respective sports then please subscribe to this podcast, buckle up, get your cup of coffee and 'come fly with me'. Thank you :)
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