by Benas Matkevicius
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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April 10, 2025
<p><br></p><p><strong>If you want to support my podcast (Ačiū!!): </strong><br>https://www.patreon.com/bmatke</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Sponsor: </strong>www.proballers.com</p><p><br></p><p><strong>"Petteri":</strong></p><p>Petteri is a well-known basketball player who was drafted in 2007 by Philadelphia but his rights ended up being traded several times during his career and he never made the final jump. On the contrary, Petteri had an illustrious career in Europe where he played for several high level teams throughout his career (Bologna, Khimki, FC Barcelona, Bayern Munich and more) and ended up winning several meaningful domestic titles in Germany & Spain. Petteri was known as one of the most accurate shooters in Europe and was twice a member of the unique "50-40-90 club" in Euroleague.</p><p><br></p><p>Today, we talked about how he handled being drafted and spending his career in waiting to make it to the NBA, the mindset behind being a draft&stash player, his career challenges, hip issues that lead to retirement, the enjoyment of coaching kids and lessons learned from transferring knowledge to young guys vs coaching pros.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode marks my third guest from Finland, after Hanno Mottola and Lassi Touvi have been my guests before. It's another unique episode that talks about the path of a former player to becoming a head coach.</p><p><br></p><p>Please share with all players or former players looking to go into coaching...comment, like & share on all social media and audio platforms.</p><p><br></p><p>Topics:</p><p>0:00 Intro <br>2:00 Health issues7:00 Draft & Stash life11:50 Preparation for games14:30 Ending Career19:30 Finnish Basketball Culture27:50 <a href="http://ProBallers.com">ProBallers.com</a>33:30 Early Coaching Lessons38:00 Coaching Juniors vs Pros43:20 Head Coach mentorship50:00 NBL vs Europe & Next Star Program59:30 New Zealand & Family Life1:11:50 ATOs<br></p><p>#PetteriKoponen #Finland #FinlandBasketball #FCBarcelona #FCBayern #Adidas #NextGeneration #NZBreakers #NewZealandBasketball</p><p><br></p><p><strong>You can Find "Petteri" here:</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/petteri.koponen2">https://www.facebook.com/petteri.koponen2</a> </p><p>X: <a href="https://x.com/KoponenPetteri">https://x.com/KoponenPetteri</a> <br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Finding “The Benas Podcast”:</strong></p><p>Apple: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-b-podcast/id1558492852?uo=4">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-b-podcast/id1558492852?uo=4</a> </p><p>Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3Bw5UJNSQLKo0wUybEIza3">https://open.spotify.com/show/3Bw5UJNSQLKo0wUybEIza3</a> </p><p>Stitcher: <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-benas-podcast">https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-benas-podcast</a></p><p><br></p><p>…or visit <a href="http://www.bmatke.com">www.bmatke.com</a> to find more info.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Comment, Like & Share here:</strong></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bmatke/">https://www.instagram.com/bmatke/</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bmatke/">https://www.facebook.com/bmatke/</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/bmatke3">https://twitter.com/bmatke3</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="http://www.bmatke.com">www.bmatke.com</a> </p>
April 3, 2025
<p>If you want to support my podcast (Ačiū!!): <br>https://www.patreon.com/bmatke</p><p>Sponsor: <br>www.proballers.com</p><p>"Mikko":</p><p>Mikko is the Head Coach of the Swedish Basketball NT and recently qualified with Sweden for the Eurobasket in 2025. He's also the Head Coach of BG Göttingen in the German BBL and is managing both positions at once. Before he joined Göttingen midway through this season, he was the Head Coach of the Swedish top club in Norrköping and won every domestic title there is to win in Sweden. Being only 37years old, it's safe to say that Mikko has a bright future ahead of him.</p><p>Today, we talked about how he handles sitting on two high pressure chairs at the same time and how he manages to balance these two jobs and his family time. We also talked about how he handles his staff and the importance of delefation. Also, communication with players during the season as well as recruiting NT players. We also talked about Sweden's basketball system as a whole and much more.</p><p>This episode is a premiere episode with a professional from Sweden and is useful on so many levels for so many young coaches. Please share, subscribe, comment & like this episode all over social media. It helps us grow tremendously.</p><p>Topics:</p><p>0:00 Intro 5:40 History & Balancing Work+Life8:50 Priorities in the Job10:40 Importance of delegating work17:00 Scouting23:30 Handling Staff27:20 Routines & Preparation34:40 <a href="http://ProBallers.com">ProBallers.com</a>41:00 Sweden Basketball System47:40 Handling two Head Coaching Jobs54:00 Recruiting NT Players58:20 Low-hanging fruit & Purpose1:10:04 ATOs<br></p><p>#MikkoRippinen #Sweden #BGGoettingen #BBL #Eurobasket #FIBA #HeadCoach</p><p><strong>You can Find "Mikko" here:</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mikkoriipinen/">https://www.instagram.com/mikkoriipinen/</a> </p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mikko.riipinen.9">https://www.facebook.com/mikko.riipinen.9</a> </p><p>X: <a href="https://x.com/mikkoriipinen">https://x.com/mikkoriipinen</a> <br>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikko-riipinen-729a89166/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikko-riipinen-729a89166/</a> </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Finding “The Benas Podcast”:</strong></p><p>Apple: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-b-podcast/id1558492852?uo=4">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-b-podcast/id1558492852?uo=4</a> </p><p>Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3Bw5UJNSQLKo0wUybEIza3">https://open.spotify.com/show/3Bw5UJNSQLKo0wUybEIza3</a> </p><p>Stitcher: <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-benas-podcast">https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-benas-podcast</a></p><p><br></p><p>…or visit <a href="http://www.bmatke.com">www.bmatke.com</a> to find more info.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Comment, Like & Share here:</strong></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bmatke/">https://www.instagram.com/bmatke/</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bmatke/">https://www.facebook.com/bmatke/</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/bmatke3">https://twitter.com/bmatke3</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="http://www.bmatke.com">www.bmatke.com</a> </p>
March 10, 2025
<p>If you want to support my podcast (Ačiū!!): <br />https://www.patreon.com/bmatke</p><p><strong>You can Find "Jamion" here:</strong></p><p><br /></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jamion_christian/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/jamion_christian/</a> </p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jamion.christian" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/jamion.christian</a> </p><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamion-christian-683b54208/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamion-christian-683b54208/</a> </p><p>X: <a href="https://x.com/JamionChristian" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/JamionChristian</a> </p><p><br />Sponsor: <br />www.proballers.com</p><p>"Jamion":</p><p>Jamion Christian is an experienced coach with 280+ games as a Head Coach at the NCAA level as well as the pros. Jamion has been a Head Coach at Mount St Mary's, Siena & George Washington. Last year he joined Pallacanestro Trieste as their Head Coach in the 2nd division of the Italian league and he managed to promote the team right during his first season in Italy. This year he already took the team to the Italian Cup semi-finals and I'm sure there is a lot more success ahead of him.</p><p>Today, we talked about Jamion's story of how he got from the NCAA to becoming a pro coach in Italy. Find out how his podcast guest eventually become his GM in Italy as well as what shaped Jamion in his past for him to become a successful Head Coach going forward. We also talked about the early challenges of adapting to a new culture and some early mistakes that he had to learn the hard way. <br />This podcast episode is special because we never met in person before and vibed right from the beginning. You can hear the competitive spirit in Jamion's blood and how he had to overcome early criticism before proving everyone wrong along the way. Beautiful story that people need to hear!</p><p>Please comment & like this episode and share it with friends & colleagues across the globe, it helps this pod to grow even faster.</p><p><strong>Topics:</strong></p><p>0:00 Intro <br />2:50 Who is Jamion Christian?<br />5:40 Importance of parents? 12:30 Cultural communication differences21:00 Value of the visa in LegaDue25:20 How did you want to coach?28:20 Cultural Coaching & Leadership35:00 Do you have the capacity?41:30 Endurance for the battle45:55 <a href="http://ProBallers.com" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ProBallers.com</a>52:40 Early challenges as a coach59:00 Negative Self-Talk & Challenges1:09:00 Using "Pain" & Podcasting1:18:00 ATOs<br />#JamionChristian #TriesteBasketball #LegaBasket #Italy #HeadCoach #Basketball</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Finding “The Benas Podcast”:</strong></p><p>Apple: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-b-podcast/id1558492852?uo=4" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-b-podcast/id1558492852?uo=4</a> </p><p>Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3Bw5UJNSQLKo0wUybEIza3" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/3Bw5UJNSQLKo0wUybEIza3</a> </p><p>Stitcher: <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-benas-podcast" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-benas-podcast</a></p><p><br /></p><p>…or visit <a href="http://www.bmatke.com" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.bmatke.com</a> to find more info.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Comment, Like & Share here:</strong></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bmatke/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/bmatke/</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bmatke/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/bmatke/</a></p><p>Website: <a href="https://www.drcherimah.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.drcherimah.com/</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/bmatke3" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/bmatke3</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bmatke.com" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.bmatke.com</a> </p>
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