High Tea Hoops – Details, episodes & analysis

Nick D'Urbano is the Co-Founder and COO of RareCircles, a next-generation membership platform that helps turn community engagement into revenue. RareCircles just launched Pistons RareAccess in partnership with the Detroit Pistons, a community that gives fans access to private Huddle Sessions alongside players and legends, limited merch drops, exclusive experiences, and opportunities to give feedback to the team. Brian and Nick talk chat about building fan communities, how sports teams can take advantage of web3 projects, and how teams and leagues are innovating fan experiences with technology.

Maryam Naz is an NBA journalist at Sky Sports, and previously covered football at The Guardian. Brian and Maryam chat about how she got into journalism and covering the NBA, how the NBA is growing their audience in Europe following the NBA Paris Game, and how Sky Sports is helping grow basketball in the UK.

Brian Bosche and Skylar Smith are joined by Manchester Giants and GB Basketball player Will Saunders. They chat with Will about growing up playing basketball in the UK, playing college basketball in the States, playing overseas in Spain and Iceland, signing with the Manchester Giants, and how to grow the BBL in the UK. 

In this episode of Tea Time, Brian Bosche is joined by Bucks fan and friend of the show Costas Anastassiou. They chat about the Bucks winning Game 6 and the NBA Finals, The Buck's path through the Playoffs, how the Bucks built a championship team over the last five years, and what winning the Finals means for Giannis.

In this episode of Tea Time, Brian Bosche is joined by recurring guest Huw Hopkins from Sky Sports and Double Clutch. They chat about the Sixers collapse against the Hawks, KD and the Nets coming up short against the Bucks, the Clippers role players stepping up to defeat the Jazz, the surging Suns, and their predictions for the rest of the NBA Playoffs.

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In this episode of Tea Time, Brian Bosche is joined by recurring guest Yani Ourabah from Sky Sports. They chat about playing pickup hoops in East London, the NBA Play-In Tournament, their favorite matchups in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, and their predictions for the rest of the Playoffs.

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On this week’s show, Brian Bosche and Skylar Smith chat about the BBL and WBBL Playoff Finals after attending the games in Leicester! They cover the Eagles and Lions advancing to the Finals, the best moments from the BBL Finals, their thoughts on the performances by the Eagles and Lions, and a breakdown of the WBBL Finals, which was also between the Eagles and Lions.

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On this week’s show, Brian Bosche and Skylar Smith chat everything May Madness! They cover the BBL Quarterfinals and how the aggregate format affected the games, the WBBL Quarterfinals and the Newcastle Eagles' historical run, what it was like attending the BBL Semifinals in Leicester, and predictions for the remaining games!

Matt Desmond is the Founder of the Sports Creative Community, a group of creative professionals in the sports industry with over 5,600 active members. After working on creative teams at sports and media organizations, Matthew saw a need to bring together the sports community to collaborate and share best practices. In just three years, the Sports Creative Community has a thriving Slack group, regular events, a podcast, and more. We talk about the evolution of creative and media in sports, how players are creating content for their own brands, growing membership in a community, and building a community culture.

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On this week's show, Skylar Smith and Brian Bosché chat about an exciting week in British Basketball. They cover the announcement of May Madness for the BBL and WBBL Playoffs, the Flu Game All Stars Basketball Tournament with AJ Tracey and the London Lions, the creation of the British Wheelchair Basketball Women’s Premier League, Ball Out 3x3, and why basketball is going to continue to grow in the UK.