Foul play haunts Lynx and Hawks, technically
THIS certainly has been a week for discussion on when is a foul NOT a foul. A) When there is no contact, as per Alanna Smith in the WNBA Championship series decider and B) When a player falls over after his ankle buckles, as per Chris Goulding in last night's NBL.
Time Out No Flop Zone reveals our Greatest Flopper
IT'S another controversial "Time Out - The No Flop Zone" podcast with NBL coaching legend Joey Wright and myself and this week we get right to it as our 3-time Coach of the Year outs the biggest flopper in our national league's history! Later, AFL coach Ken Hinkley enters our discussions!
Brad&Boti: Phoenix rise after Mike drop
WOW. How often have we seen it over the ages? A club sacks the coach of an under-performing team and the very next game, an interim coach takes the same players to a memorable win? That happened in the NBL last week and podcast partner Brad Rosen and I tackle this at our Brad&Boti pod.
Ezi created a defensive Storm
ONE of the great joys of having Seattle-based BOB CRAVEN as our US correspondent was the fact he often sent stories from the Seattle Times, Aussies such as Lauren Jackson through to Sami Whitcomb playing WNBA for the Storm. Here's one by Percy Allen on Ezi Magbegor from last month.
WNBA: Lady Liberty has a title at last
THREE factors stood out today as New York clinched the WNBA championship over Minnesota in overtime of Game 5 - the league was desperate to accommodate a Liberty title, my theory of tech fouling coaches who allow flopping was vindicated, and going to a "best-of-7" probably isn't in women's basketball's best interests.
R.I.P. Bob's Corner but all the best 'Craves'
REGULAR visitors to my website here would have noticed the popular work of our erstwhile US correspondent BOB CRAVEN has been missing for a while now. Truth is Bob has experienced a significant change in his personal life and has been forced to hang up the keyboard, much to my and I am sure the dismay of the many who read him here.
If you love basketball, tune in to WNBA Game 5
THERE may have been a better WNBA Championship Series than the one Minnesota Lynx and New York Liberty are currently providing, but it would take some time to remember which, this epic best-of-five series tied at 2-2 and with an Australian sure to finish it as a champion.
Brad&Boti: Top Six or Pick up Sticks?
IT was another huge round for the NBL with Cairns Taipans, minus Taran Armstrong and Tanner Groves, brought right back to the field by Perth and Sydney, Brad&Boti podcast colleague Brad Rosen at that game and also to see Illawarra humble Tasmania.
Time Out - The No Flop Zone is back on YouTube
WE ARE BACK! Not sure everyone in the NBL will exactly be thrilled by that news but our Time Out - No Flop Zone podcast has returned, featuring the wisdom and insider knowledge of legendary coach Joey Wright (3xCoach of the Year and NBL Championship coach) and myself, Boti Nagy (nothing impressive to put in these brackets).
NBL: There's a foul smell brewing
THE NBL made it clear before the season tipped off it was going to speed up the game - no on-court huddles holding up free throw attempts the most obvious innovation. But when they stop calling obvious and blatant fouls just to keep the game moving along? That's what Round 4 threw up, sadly.