The Big Interview with Paul Dick: Bark, bite, and basketball brilliance

Is Tralee Warriors’ 6’ 4” point guard Paul Dick the best Irish basketballer in the country? Probably. But priorities have changed, and staying healthy is No 1. Where he might have ended up as a pro baller is not as important as where he’s going next. The Belfast boy spoke to Tony Leen on the eve of National Cup semi-final weekend in Cork.

The morning Paul Dick was moving from Belfast to Tralee for Superleague basketball, he wandered into the gym at St Malachy’s College in Belfast, where a new American was trying out for Star. It was August 2017 and Dick had about enough time for a quick two-on-two.