Interview with Tim Cato: Dallas Mavericks Beat Writer for The Athletic

Ethan Podell
The (Inter)National Basketball Association
2 min readApr 14, 2020
Luka Doncic plays for Slovenia en route to winning EuroBasket 2017 (via Fiba)

Hey everyone. I’m really excited to bring to you this interview/conversation I had with Tim Cato about a month ago. We talk about everything from Luka Doncic to the Mavericks propensity for international talent to Slovenia to locker room dynamics.

Tim Cato is one of leading journalists on all things Luka Doncic, and figures to be for the foreseeable future. He has taken trips to Slovenia, Miami and Cleveland to provide in-depth coverage on Slovenia’s love for Luka Doncic — and he’ll be heading back to Slovenia soon. Cato also masterfully covers all things Dallas Mavericks, who have five internationally born players.

Lastly, a big thanks to Tim Cato for doing this. Make sure to go check out some of his work we discussed in the interview here and here. You can also find him on Twitter, and listen to more from Cato about the Dallas Mavericks and Luka Doncic on his podcast, 77 Minutes in Heaven.

Finally, stay on the lookout for the next blog post featuring Fran Fraschilla!

Tim Cato (via Twitter)

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Ethan Podell
The (Inter)National Basketball Association

USC Student working on Capstone Journalism Project focusing on the future foreign faces of the NBA