This week on the Taking The Charge podcast is Boki Nachbar, the managing director of the Euroleague Players Association (ELPA).
Before we get into the talk with Boki Nachbar, here is a sneak peak of the Taking The Charge Prospects Podcast with French power forward Alexandre Sarr - which is part of the paid subscription section of the TTC substack.
3:20 - Alexandre Sarr sneak preview.
Let’s move to the big interview of the week. We talk to ELPA managing director Boki Nachbar about the following topics:
5:40 - State of the EuroLeague this season
8:30 - How has your game-watching changed since you took over as ELPA managing director
11:55 - Beginning of the ELPA
17:25 - First things ELPA wanted to work on
22:00 - Feeling of getting the Euroleague Framework Agreement started
24:20 - How his relationship with Euroleague Basketball has changed since the start and development of ELPA
28:15 - “Role models” as a managing director of a players association
31:55 - How would his career been different if he came up in the game now
35:15 - How are players covered who are not in the EuroLeague any more
38:35 - Thoughts on EuroLeague considering being a closed league
42:15 - The FIBA-EuroLeague dispute and the FIBA windows
45:25 - The departure of Jordi Bertomeu and his legacy
48:20 - Watching Luka Doncic and what he means to Slovenia
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Taking The Charge: Boki Nachbar, managing director Euroleague Players Association