The job goes way beyond getting the team together and putting a country's pride on the line. Returning Gilas Pilipinas coach Tim Cone talks about the challenges that come with leading the national team, and how it threatened his personal and professional relationship with Philippine Centennial Team star Jojo Lastimosa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Meet our roster of guests for the second half of the show: veteran Philippine Basketball Association coach Tim Cone, Shiga Lakes and Gilas Pilipinas guard Kiefer Ravena, "Basketball is Jazz" author David Thorpe, and more! Subscribe to catch new episodes of The Global Bounce starting September 22. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Our producers catch up with host Rafe Bartholomew while he’s in Manila navigating public transport and enjoying the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

FIBA season is here! Are you watching the games in person or at home? Rafe Bartholomew and veteran sportscaster Sev Sarmenta have some notes on how basketball consumption has evolved in this highlight from Episode 3. Listen to the full episode here: Forget YouTube! Did you watch ball on VHS? In a theater? Listening on the radio? For more on the show, go to theglobalbounce.com For more about the team and company behind it, go to pumapodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Before the former "No Dunks" co-host came to the Philippines, Leigh Ellis kicked off his tour of the world's great basketball nations in Europe. He recalls his first few stops in this highlight from the episode "How far can basketball take you?" Listen to the full episode here: How far can basketball take you? For more on the show, go to theglobalbounce.com For more about the team and company behind it, go to pumapodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Every true basketball fan thinks they know about the Dream Team—but do you know how they came to be, and how they changed basketball around the world forever? Rafe looks back at the Dream Team's legacy and the golden generations that followed them with sports writer Jack McCallum and Serbian coach Rajko Toroman. For more on the show, go to theglobalbounce.com For more about the team and company behind it, go to pumapodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

If Rafe hadn’t gotten into Filipino basketball, what other basketball culture would he have been interested in? Here he talks to basketball journalist Miloš Jovanović about Serbia. They cover how it found national pride in basketball after a period of civil war and what makes it one of the great basketball nations. Is it the most hoops-crazy nation in the world? Listen and find out what they have to say. For more on the show, go to theglobalbounce.com For more about the team and company behind it, go to pumapodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

13 years after his bestselling book “Pacific Rims”, Rafe Bartholomew tells his story of falling in love with Philippine basketball culture. Former “No Dunks” host Leigh Ellis talks about his pickup basketball tour across 20 countries, and “Basketball: A Love Story” author Jackie MacMullan shares how she followed the game across 6 continents. And on their travels, they all find a strong sense of community that goes beyond the court. Filipino references you'll hear in the episode: Laglag bola - Literally "ball dropping"; a pun on the 2015-2016 "laglag bala" (bullet planting, literally "bullet ..read more

Now entering his third season with the Shiga Lakes in Japan, Kiefer Ravena looks back on his journey as a basketball import and shares what it takes to leave home and follow the game to another country. To hear more of Kiefer's story, subscribe to The Global Bounce, dropping its first episode on June 16! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Asian basketball is catching fire, says Serbian coaching legend Rajko Toroman. In this sneak peek, he shares one key difference between Asia and Europe, and how Asian leagues are pushing the game forward. Subscribe to The Global Bounce with Rafe Bartholomew so you don't miss the full conversation—first episode drops June 16! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more