John Miller and Alex Stojkovic of the Bay of Plenty Stingrays join the podcast to talk about their new franchise.

Troy McKissock joins the pod for a big breakdown of all the moves at the NBA’s trade deadline

New Zealand high school star Lilly Taulelei joins “In Her Shoes” as she takes listeners through her perspective as a high school athlete with aspirations to take her game to the highest level. Lilly has become an accomplished basketball player at the high school, representative and NBL levels and has since begun looking into the next phase of her young journey: playing college basketball. Thanks to the help of her whānau, coaches and support systems, Lilly has become one of the country’s most promising and exciting female basketball players.

Sam Shin from the Clippers G-League team joins the show.

In Her Shoes returns for the first episode of the year with Australian women’s hoops enthusiast Jacinta Govind. A former WNBL development player with the Canberra Capitals, it’s all on the table as Jacinta takes us what life was like in her shoes going full circle from a player to now being on the other side as an advocate for women’s basketball in Australia at all ages. There’s some discussion around the WNBL and of course, Opals, along with aspects of professionalism and team culture in Australia.

Shontelle Matano joins the pod to talk about her career in journalism

This episode is a special one because not only is it the first edition of the “In Her Shoes” segment, but Charlotte Whittaker also joins the show from the University of Colorado. Charlotte shares her journey coming from North Canterbury, winning MVP at St. Andrews College and her road to college in Boulder, CO. She’s shown perseverance her whole life and continues to do so with a smile everywhere she goes. Another must listen!

Dan Grunfeld joins the podcast to talk about his new book “ By the Grace of the Game “

KJ Allen and Paul Berridge join the pod to talk all things HoopNation

Brandon Goble of JUCO Advocate joins the pod to talk USA College recruiting