MIKE HANSEN
Estudiantes farm team
Heights Academy (Hopkinsville,Kentucky)
Tennessee at Martin
Louisiana State University
PRO CAREER
Estudiantes (ACB) 1993/94
Forum Valladolid 1994-97
Ciudad de Huelva 1997/98
Recreativo Murcia 1998/99
Bayer Leverkusen 1999-02 (Bundesliga)
Caceres (ACB) 2002-03
Palencia (EBA) 2004/05
Zamora (EBA) 2005-08
* He also played for the Spanish national team under 15, under 17 and absolute. European Championship u15 in 1985, bronze medal in 1991 with Spain.
On this episode you I talk to Mike about his origins, how he became the first Spaniard ever to play in NCAA Division I basketball, we talked about his teammates at LSU (Shaquille O'Neal, Chris Jackson aka Abdul Rauf, Stanley Roberts, Gert Hammik...), his "brother" Sergio Luyk (rip), the European Championships, Estudiantes, Valladolid, Huelva, Caceres, the ACB, Germany and also his final years in the EBA league. Plus Mike tells me what he has been up to since retirement, his brief stint as CB Valladolid president and how busy he is with the Spaniards learning English.
