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PODCAST

The Benas Podcast

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

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01:11:55

EP#80 Dan Shamir (Hapoel Jerusalem) - Showing...

The Benas Podcast ·

2025/11/02

NEW EPISODE!(EP#80)If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!):Support: https://www.patreon.com/c/bmatke Homepage: www.bmatke.comSponsor: www.proballers.com"Dan":Dan Shamir always grew up wanting to be a coach until he became one working his way up from being an Assistant Coach with the arguably the best Euroleague team of all time at Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2003-2006. He successfully became a Head Coach multiple times most recently for the New Zealand Breakers 2019-2022 but was also able to switch

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00:59:59

EP#79: Alan Ibrahimagic (DBB) - Winning Eurobasket...

The Benas Podcast ·

2025/10/19

NEW EPISODE!(EP#79)If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!):Support: https://www.patreon.com/c/bmatke Homepage: www.bmatke.comSponsor: www.proballers.com"Alan":Alan Ibrahimagic, the interim Head Coach of Germany's basketball National Team who took over the team during Eurobasket 2025 while Coach Mumbru was battling unique health issues and lead the team to a gold medal. Alan is a household name in Germany and now he's known as the coach who stepped up and lead the already

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01:37:39

B8 Summit 2025 Vilnius: ROUND-TABLE DISKUSIJA (LT) -...

The Benas Podcast ·

2025/10/08

Support 👉 https://www.patreon.com/bmatkewww.b8summit.comŠis epizodas – paskutinis B8 Summit 2025 renginio pokalbis, suvedęs Lietuvos sporto lyderius! Per visą round-table diskusiją buvo paliesta daugybė temų, kurias aptarė Tomas Okmanas, Jonas Valančiūnas, Paulius Motiejūnas ir Rimantas Kaukėnas, taip pat pasidalijo savo įžvalgomis. Išgirdome daug įdomių minčių apie komunikaciją ir žinučių valdymą.Tomas Okmanas išsamiai pasakojo apie dirbtinio intelekto (AI) įtaką sportui ir tai, kaip AI galės

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00:57:56

B8 Summit 2025 Vilnius: Giannis Sfairopoulos (Red...

The Benas Podcast ·

2025/09/23

B8 Summit Website:www.b8summit.com If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!):https://www.patreon.com/bmatkeSponsors:www.creapure.com www.proballers.com"Giannis":Giannis is a highly accomplished Head Coach in the Euroleague who was at the helm of Olympiacos Piraeus & Maccabi Tel Aviv and currently is the head coach of Red Star Belgrade. He has won numerous domestic titles with each team and has also experience as an Assistant Coach with the Greek National Team.Today, you will

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00:49:11

B8 Summit 2025 Vilnius: Daniele Baiesi (Olimpia Milano)

The Benas Podcast ·

2025/08/12

B8 Summit Website:www.b8summit.com If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!):https://www.patreon.com/bmatkeSponsors:www.proballers.com"Baio":Daniele is a long-time friend of mine and a highly successful basketball front office executive in Europe. Daniele started his career as a journalist and worked his way up to become widely known as the best expert in his field as the sports director in Eurolegue clubs. After working for Brose Bamberg & FC Bayern Munich, he currently started his

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00:57:10

B8 Summit 2025 Vilnius: Vincent Collet (Team France)

The Benas Podcast ·

2025/07/27

Vincent Collet is a house-hold name in the world of European Basketball...especially when it comes to FIBA competitions. Vincent's achievements with the French National Team are second to none! His teams won 4 Eurobasket medals, 2 world cup medals & 2 Olympic medals between 2011 - 2024. His success with the national team is as unique as it gets and rich of experiences of working with stars at the highest level.Vincent came to Vilnius on July 8th to talk about different topics surround his

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00:51:11

B8 Summit 2025 Vilnius: Kostas Chatzichristos (Head...

The Benas Podcast ·

2025/07/20

Kostas is a long time friend of mine and a 3x Euroleague champion in his own right and currently the Head of Performance at Olimpia Milano. He last worked at Fenerbahce since 2022 under Dimitris Itoudis and later Sarunas Jasikevicus and recently signed with Ettore Messina's team in Milano! He started his career in Europe at Olympiacos in 2006 and has been rolling through Europe ever since!Kostas is the best expert in his field of athletic performance and conditioning for athletes, he also worked

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00:51:27

B8 Summit 2025 Vilnius: IBON NAVARRO

The Benas Podcast ·

2025/07/14

Ibon Navarro:Ibon Navarro is a highly accomplished Head Coach in Europe and today he came to our summit in Vilnius to talk about the culture he created in Malaga, Spain! The two time King's Cup & back to back BCL championship coach has a lot of experience already and today we spoke about his practice habits as well as the habits he expects from his players. How the team culture is supposed to impact and help new players adapt easier and much more.Today's Topics:0:00 Intro2:10 Sleep &

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01:11:48

EP#78 Sani Becirovic - From the hardest time of his...

The Benas Podcast ·

2025/05/29

If you want to support my podcast (Ačiū!!): https://www.patreon.com/bmatkeSponsor: www.proballers.com"Sani Boy":Sani is a well-known former player as well as highly respected personality because of his positive attitude and mindset. Sani was drafted by the Denver Nuggets and played an incredible 20years as a professional, winning his first Euroleague title in 2007 with Panathinaikos. After numerious domestic titles and junior MVPs and All Star appointments he decided to go into the front

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01:08:27

EP#77 Guillaume Vizade - French system, 'effort...

The Benas Podcast ·

2025/05/10

If you want to support my podcast (Ačiū!!): https://www.patreon.com/bmatkeSponsor: www.proballers.com"Guillaume":Guillaume is making a name for himself in France and this is just the beginning. After being the Head Coach at Vichy for numerous years he won the Leader's Cup of the ProB in 2024 and was appointed the head coach of LeMans the following season where he also managed to the Leader's Cup of the ProA in his first season. Meanwhile, Guillaume also won 2 gold medals in a row with the French

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01:09:01

#76 Linas Kleiza (LT) - apie pasitikėjimą savimi, NBA...

The Benas Podcast ·

2025/04/21

Bilietai į B8 Summit 2025 Vilnius renginį:www.b8summit.comMano podcasto palaikymas (Ačiū!!): https://www.patreon.com/bmatkeRėmėjas: www.proballers.comSvetainė:www.bmatke.com "Linse":Šio epizodo svečias yra Linas Kleiza - jo ilgai pristatinėti nereikia. Be šešių sezonų, praleistų NBA, Linas gali pasigirti medaliais, iškovotais su Lietuvos vyrų rinktine 2007ais, 2010ais ir 2013ais metais! Linui teko žaisti ir trijuose Eurolygos klubuose - Olympiacos, Fenerbahce ir Milane.Šiandien mes su Linu

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01:20:47

#75 Petteri Koponen - Draft & Stash mindset, Finland...

The Benas Podcast ·

2025/04/10

If you want to support my podcast (Ačiū!!): https://www.patreon.com/bmatkeSponsor: www.proballers.com"Petteri":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

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01:17:55

#74 Mikko Riipinen - Swedish NT, BG Göttingen Head...

The Benas Podcast ·

2025/04/03

If you want to support my podcast (Ačiū!!): https://www.patreon.com/bmatkeSponsor: www.proballers.com"Mikko":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

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01:26:51

#73 Jamion Christian (Trieste) - Do you have the...

The Benas Podcast ·

2025/03/10

If you want to support my podcast (Ačiū!!): https://www.patreon.com/bmatkeYou can Find "Jamion" here:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamion_christian/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamion.christian LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamion-christian-683b54208/ X: https://x.com/JamionChristian Sponsor: www.proballers.com"Jamion":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

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01:16:16

#72 Dr. Cheri Mah - How to minimize jet-lag & sleep...

The Benas Podcast ·

2025/01/26

If you want to support my podcast (Ačiū!!): https://www.patreon.com/bmatkeYou can Find "Dr. Mah" here:Website: https://www.drcherimah.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drcherimah/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drcherimah LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drcherimah/ X: https://x.com/drcherimahSponsor: www.proballers.com "Dr. Cheri Mah":Dr. Mah is a highly respected sleep physician and n Adjungt Lecturer at the Stanford Sleep Medicine Center. Amongst high level athletes and sports

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01:02:23

#71 Luigi "Gigi" Datome - Mentality Of A Shooter &...

The Benas Podcast ·

2025/01/12

If you want to support my podcast (Ačiū!!): https://www.patreon.com/bmatke Sponsor: www.proballers.com "Gigi": Gigi Datome is a household name in Italian basketball and his journey is a phenomenal one. Coming from a small island (Sardinia) in Italy to playing in the NBA, winning the Euroleague (2017) and being the captain of the national team of Italy. After winning countless domestic leagues and cups in Italy & Turkey he finally decided to hang up his shoes and move into a new role with

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01:09:31

#70 Giedrius Žibėnas - Italija mane pakeite kaip...

The Benas Podcast ·

2024/12/01

Jeigu norite paremti mano podkastą (Ačiū!!): https://www.patreon.com/bmatke Rėmėjas: www.proballers.com "Giedrius": Trenerio Žibėno kelias iki dvieju LKL čempiono titulu nera iprastas - del to šios dienos epizodas vertas demesio. Mes kalbejom apie jo kelia ir kaip jo asmenybe keitesi keliaujant po skirtingas šalis. Mes aptarem koks jis buvo gyvenant ir dirbant Lietuvoje ir koks jis tapo po išskirtiniu patirčiu užsienije. Kodel Italija butent turejo didziausia itaka ir kaip merginu komandu

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01:11:01

#69 Aron Baynes - Career lessons, Injury, Negative...

The Benas Podcast ·

2024/10/25

If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!):https://www.patreon.com/bmatke Sponsors: www.proballers.com "Baynesie": Aron Baynes is a household name not only in Australia but also in the NBA as well as in Europe. Has been around the globe playing in Europe, NBA, GLeague, NBL & Australia National Team. He's a 3 time Olympian and a NBA World Champion with the San Antonio Spurs in 2014. Aron went through his fair share of challenges in his life and today we talked about all of them. We talked

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00:52:34

#68 Kyle Hines - Process of Retirement

The Benas Podcast ·

2024/10/13

#68 Kyle Hines - Process of Retirement If you want to support this podcast (Ačiū!!): https://www.patreon.com/bmatke Sponsors: www.proballers.com "Kyle": My first repeat guest, Kyle Hines, came back to my podcast after being my #2 episode to talk about his process of retirement, being in peace with it and entering the next stage of his life. This conversation was very sincere and transparent, talking about the difficulties of sending out the final decision to the world, when he actually decided

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01:18:50

#67 Gytis Vilius (LT) - Teisėjo Profesija

The Benas Podcast ·

2024/09/28

Jeigu norite paremti mano podkastą (Ačiū!!): https://www.patreon.com/bmatkeRėmėjas: www.proballers.com"Gytis":Gytis yra labai žinomas krepšinio teisėjas ne tik Lietuvoje, bet ir Eurolygoje. Jis buvo išrinktas geriausiu Lietuvos teisėju 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 metais! 2021, 2022, 2023 metais buvo išrinktas teisėjauti Eurolygos 'Final Four' ir visus 3 kartus teisėjavo Eurolygos finalą.Šiandien su Gyčiu aptarėm labai daug temų, susijusių su šia profesija, daug dėmėsio skyrėm pasiruošimui

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