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Taking The Charge Podcast: Gianni Feretinos - 2005-born Greek guard, Webster Groves
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Taking The Charge Podcast: Gianni Feretinos - 2005-born Greek guard, Webster Groves

This week on the Taking The Charge Podcast we talk with 2005-born Greek guard Gianni Ferentinos of Webster Groves High in St. Louis, Missouri.

Welcome back to the Taking The Charge Podcast - this week we are talking with a young Greek player in high school in the United States: Gianni Ferentinos of Webster Groves High in St. Louis, Missouri.

Photo: Josh Kouzomis

Before that … let’s take a quick look around the world of basketball for the Big Three

2:30 - Story we are watching - Postponement of the Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament Munich

4:00 - Young player of the week - Ja Morant with one of the best blocks of all time. As Lebron James said afterwards: "It starts with timing and also just … you know … stalking your prey. And that’s exactly what Ja was doing that whole play. I saw it happening, I didn’t know he would do it in that fashion. His uh … they got rockets in his calf muscles. It was a spectacular play.”

5:25 - Up-coming event we are watching - Still more and more game suspensions in the EuroLeague


Photo: FIBA

Before we get into the talk with Gianni Feretinos, we would like to give you a sneak peak of the Taking The Charge Prospects Podcast with Lithuanian guard Dovydas Giedraitis from Lietkabelis Panevzys - which is part of the paid subscription section of the TTC substack.

7:10 - Sneak preview of interview


Gianni Ferentinos - 2005 - Greece - Webster Groves HS, St. Louis, USA - 11:35

Here is a breakdown of the interview

12:00 - How he thinks the season is going so far

13:10 - Competition level he is facing

14:20 - What it’s like playing for EYBL Bradley Beal team

16:15 - Impressions of Peach Jam and other players out there

18:00 - His beginnings of basketball in Greece

19:25 - Basketball scene on the small island of Chios - off the coast of Turkey

21:40 - The move to Athens in 2018 and playing in Panionios system

23:10 - Greek youth national team experiences

24:15 - Visit to the United States and then starting high school in the USA - and that during Covid-19 pandemic

27:05 - How playing organized basketball in Greece helped in playing in the US

27:45 - Playing without a shot clock

32:20 - What he will look for in a college

34:55 - Rapid fire questions

40:05 - Basketball role models

41:05 - Greece national team system and possibly coming back this summer - for FIBA U18 European Championship 2022

42:00 - About the 2004/2005 Greek generation


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