Expat Hoops

Oct 14 2024 104 ep. 3

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Expat Hoops is the premier podcast telling the unique stories from overseas basketball through the perspective of the players.

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Expat Hoops Episode 103 w/ Kendrick Perry

Kendrick Perry is a Youngstown State alum who has had a unique career. He started his pro career with experiences in the NBA Summer League and with Australia’s Sydney Kings right out of the gate. He’s also spent time in Hungary, Macedonia, Russia, France, Serbia, Slovenia, Greece, & Montenegro before signing with the Spanish club Unicaja in 2022. We caught up with him shortly

Expat Hoops Episode 102 w/ Chaundee Brown Jr.

We're happy to welcome Chaundee Brown Jr. to the Expat Hoops Podcast. Chaundee was a high level recruit who starred at Wake Forest for 3 years before transferring to the University of Michigan for his final collegiate season. After college, he played in the NBA G League as well as spent time with the Los Angeles Lakers as well as the Atlanta Hawks before beginning his overseas car

Expat Hoops Episode 101 w/ Andy Ogide

In episode 101 of Expat Hoops we welcome Andy Ogide to the pod to talk about his career playing basketball professionally overseas. For college, he attended the Ole Miss before transferring to Colorado State University to graduate there. Professionally, he played in numerous countries starting with Spain, and ending with Romania. In between, he played in Russia, France (Pro B), I

Expat Hoops Podcast Episode 100 w/ Stan Okoye

Welcome to another episode of Expat Hoops. This is episode 100 and today we welcome Stan Okoye to the pod. He’s just finished his 11th season overseas, which 11 professional seasons is enough to talk about off the top. Professionally, he’s played in Israel, Australia and France but a bulk of his time abroad has been Italy and Spain. Throw in the fact he’s also played for Te

Expat Hoops Podcast Episode 99 w/ Taylor Murray

Today we welcome Taylor Murray who played for Kentucky in college, where she became the only player in program history to end her career with at least 1,350 points, 280+ steals and 450+ assists. Taylor graduated in 2019 from Kentucky and began her first season overseas in Hungary. Then…covid happened. She has since played in Sweden and Great Britain before this last season spen

Expat Hoops Podcast Episode 98 w/ Amanze Egekeze

In Episode 98 of Expat Hoops, we welcome Amanze Egekeze who played for Belmont in college, graduated in 2018, and joins us from Kataja in Finland where he is currently playing in the Korisliiga. This is his second season in Finland, with prior stops in Japan, Korea, Greece, France, and the Netherlands. In addition to his professional career, he became a member of the Nigerian Nat

Expat Hoops Podcast Episode 97 w/ René Rougeau

Today we welcome René Rougeau. He is a Los Angeles native who played for UNLV in college and is in the midst of his 15th season overseas. This season he’s playing in Finland for the Helsinki Seagulls. Although he has had great success over the course of his career, he's faced a tough start to his pro career and a few set backs along the way. Hear about both the highs and the lo

Expat Hoops Podcast Episode 96 w/ Remy Abell

Today we welcome Remy Abell who had quite the college career stateside before heading overseas. He started at Indiana, spent 2 years there, had to sit out a year to transfer (those rules feel like so long ago now), then spent the last 2 seasons at Xavier. He began an overseas basketball career that is now in it's 8th season, travelling through Finland, Hungary, Bosnia, and Cyprus.

Expat Hoops Podcast Episode 95 w/ Troy Vasco

This is Episode 95 of the Expat Hoops Podcast and today we welcome Troy Vasco. The Baltimore native played for the Baltimore Catholic League power Mount Saint Joe's before heading off to Allegany College in Mountain Maryland prior to becoming a professional basketball player. In fact, he would even teach as his day job while training and playing semi-pro for a few years post colleg

Expat Hoops Podcast Episode 94 w/ Sean McCaw

In Episode 94 of the Expat Hoops Podcast, we welcome former overseas pro Sean McCaw. His pro career lasted over a decade and he enjoyed it so much overseas, he stayed. He joins us from Germany today to talk about his experiences in his career as well as what he does today to stay active in the world of overseas basketball.