The following article has been provided to PtR by Andreas Barth, who covers basketball for Austrian TV station ORF. Since Spurs big man Jakob Poeltl joined the NBA three years ago, becoming the first Austrian to make the league in the process, basketball popularity has seen a rapid rise in his home country. Poeltl is currently spending his summer in Austria and recently did an interview, and Andreas was kind enough to get in contact with us and provide a transcript.