October 8, 2022
Dan Boyce
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Tim Soares joins the Sydney Kings as one of their newest imports, and he’s focused on being the best centre in the league and leading the team to back-to-back championships.

He’s a player who has taken an unusual journey to reach the NBL. With his mother and father, both professional basketball players who met while in Brazil, he developed his early game in Brazil (he is only the second NBL player ever to grow up in Brazil) before moving to the USA to play college basketball.

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With his family having a strong Christian faith, he chose to play at the little-known Master’s University in California, an NAIA school, before nominating for the NBA Draft.

Due to COVID-19, he was unable to participate in any pre-draft workouts for teams and ultimately wasn’t selected in the 2020 NBA Draft. Since then, he’s played in Turkey and Israel prior to signing a deal to play in Australia, which he hopes to use as a springboard to the NBA like former Brazilian and Sydney Kings star Didi Louzada.

He joins Dan Boyce on the podcast to take us through all of this and much, much more.

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Podcast topics include;

Thoughts on the NBL after playing in his first NBL game (2:00)
His NBA summer league experience with Milwaukee (6:00)
His thoughts on Australia and the NBL before arriving here (7:00)
Thoughts on coach Chase Buford and which teammates have been getting him accustomed to the Australian lifestyle (8:30)
How his resume is not the same as your usual NBL import (11:00)
Attending an NAIA university instead of an NCAA university to become a pro (14:00)
Basketball genes run deep in the Soares family (18:00)
Graduating college and interest from NBA teams (19:00)
Playing in Europe for his first seasons as a pro (22:00)
Things he’s planning to do while in Australia (24:00)
How he was offered the opportunity to play for the Sydney Kings (25:00)
Players and teams he’s keen to face during the NBL season (28:00)
Hurdles and highlights faced during his career so far (30:00)

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