• Episode 41 – Oscar Schmidt

    Greetings, fellow earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re looking at the second-greatest scorer in basketball history, Oscar Schmidt. The talented Brazilian doesn’t get nearly enough credit among NBA fans, but his story is the…

  • Episode 40 – Aleksandar Nikolic, The Father of Serbian Basketball

    Greetings, fellow earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re leaving the world of true crime and looking at the story of Aleksandar Nikolic, the guy who turned Yugoslavia (and by extension Serbia) into a basketball…

  • Episode 39 – Leonel Marquetti

    Greetings, fellow earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re sticking in the world of true crime and looking at the story of Leonel Marquetti, a McDonald’s All-American turned murderer.

  • Episode 38 – Lorenzen Wright

    Greetings, fellow earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re finally leaving the ABA behind and moving back into true crime for a bit. This time, we’re looking into the sprawling mystery around who exactly killed…