Welcome back to the Taking The Charge Podcast. This week’s interview is Johnathan Stove of Hapoel Galil Elyon who talks about his journey through perseverance in going three and a half years without playing the game for a team before finally landing his first professional job in Albania and moving to Israel’s top flight this season. It’s a wonderful tale of just believing in yourself and not giving up.
Before that … let’s take a quick look around the world of basketball with the Big Three
3:00 - Story we are watching - The Spanish ACB relegation battle is super fascinating and it will see at least one if not two very successful teams be dropped to the LEB Gold second division.
5:30 - Young player of the week - Khalifa Diop of Gran Canaria was named the EuroCup Rising Star. The Senegalese big man was not a bad choice though either of the players tied for second place - Jaime Pradilla of Valencia Basket or Joel Parra from Joventut Badalona - would have been good selections as well.
6:40 - Up-coming event we are watching - Wednesday night is the 7DAYS EuroCup final - Virtus Segafredo Bologna or Frutti Extra Bursaspor
Before we get into the talk with Johnathan Stove, we would like to give you a sneak peak of the Taking The Charge Prospects Podcast interview with Turkish forward Berke Buyuktuncel of Tofas Bursa in Turkey which is part of the paid subscription section of the TTC substack.
8:05 - Sneak preview of interview
Johnathan Stove, guard, Hapoel Galil Elyon, 12:30
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Taking The Charge: Johnathan Stove of Hapoel Galil Elyon