The Baseline

On this weeks episode, Jon and Meir have the opportunity to hear from Tamir Goodman, whose inspirational story has been shared around the world of Jewish hoops many times. We discuss his career and challenges, and how he has used his experience to guide others.

On this week’s episode, Jon and Meir are in the studio for a solo episode to discuss the Eastern Conference Finals and the NBA playoffs so far. We dive into each series and give you our takes on each one, including the disappointing Bucks, and the Lakers surpassing expectations. Winner league playoffs are heating up, and so is our coverage as we discuss the playoff environment here in herzliya, and much more. We wrap up with our favorite basketball movies, and our NBA finals predictions.

On our fourth episode, Lior Berman joins us to discuss what it is like playing in a Division I college basketball program in the United States. Lior has many ties to Israel, and spoke to us about how the team has traveled to Israel in the past, and the insights his teammates have gotten from a place almost none of them had been before. Lior plays for a prestigious program, one with much success in recent years. We discussed playing with a top NBA draft pick, Jabari Smith. Additionally we spoke about the play style of college versus overseas and in the NBA. We wrapped up with discussion of the current NBA season, and Liors favorite players to watch. We hope you enjoy!

For our third episode, Israeli League MVP Maurice Kemp joins us in the studio to discuss how the game of basketball is changing, his style of play, and stories from his unique experiences on the court all over the world. This episode is one you don’t want to miss! Maurice is a great storyteller, and additionally taught us a lot about how the players are treated all over the world! Tune in. Trust us.

In our second episode, Maccabi Raanana superstar Jason Siggers joins us in the studio! We discuss everything from his greatest memories playing basketball, to adjusting to the unique culture, people, and food of Israel. Jason is an amazing interviewee  who goes into detail telling us about his experience playing a dropping 40(!) points on the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder. We hope you enjoy!

On the inaugural of “The Baseline”, we interview Ofek Reef, former point guard at Yeshiva university, and current player for Hapoel Akko in Israel. on this interview we discuss his part in the historic 50 game winning streak with Yeshiva University, and discuss some of the unexpected events from his basketball career, along with his future playing here in Israel.