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NBL: Flummoxed Phoenix run one good play
PICTURE this. There's 3.1 seconds to go in an NBL ball game. Trailing, South East Melbourne Phoenix coach Mike Kelly takes time-out to draw up a final play. His on-floor team of Ben Ayre, Owen Foxwell, Angus Glover, Malique Lewis and Matt Hurt execute it perfectly to score right on the buzzer.
NBL: There is still a lot to like
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YES, terrible and self-indulgent TV commentary aside, there was much to enjoy about last round's NBL fixtures, so after last week's blog, let's say turnabout is fair play. There was plenty that resonated (and still much that doesn't) but let's stay positive and open, starting with Justin Tatum.
Brad&Boti: Team-by-Team NBL analysis
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BRAD&BOTI: Sydney's multi-media basketball guru Brad Rosen and I sat down to take a review of the NBL's first couple of rounds and through that, assess where the 10 clubs sit and how they look longer term in our Brad&Boti podcast this week.
NBL? Non-stop Bullshit League
A HUMBLE thank you to all the readers who sent emails, texts, DMs etc querying the lack of activity at this site lately but there are reasons. One, I have a project I'm working on but two, I am having serious difficulty handling all the bullshit constantly being spewed about the game.
Brad&Boti: Talking NBL 25 with Joey Wright
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WE'VE done it. Brad Rosen and I have reached our milestone 150th episode of our Brad&Boti podcast and to preview the upcoming 2024-25 NBL season, we enlisted the aid of one of our favourite past guests and one of the league's all-time great coaches, Joey Wright.
Maher-36ers split about value systems
"OUR values don't align anymore." With those five words, Adelaide's most famous #5, Brett Maher tonight on TV succinctly summed up why the 36ers' longest serving and most iconic player severed all ties with the NBL club in the immediate aftermath of its decision to sack Sixers favourite son Scott Ninnis as head coach.
Brad&Boti: Opals soar, Boomers sore and not 'Great Scott'
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BRAD&BOTI: Better late than never! A few unfortunate technical issues haunted last week's Brad&Boti podcast with Sydney multi-media mogul Brad Rosen and I wrapping up the Paris Olympics and the latest NBL shock, but here it is now for your enjoyment (or otherwise).
Patty Mills on song to be a Jazzman
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AUSTRALIAN Boomers Paris Games captain Patty Mills has landed on his NBA feet, the five-time Olympian signing a new guaranteed one-year deal worth $US3.3million at Utah Jazz, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. A while back the Jazz had both Dante Exum and Joe Ingles on its roster.
Basketball rallies around sacked coach
ADELAIDE 36ERS icon, games played record-holder, three-time NBL champion, dual Larry Sengstock Medallist (championship series MVP), Brett Maher, the man after whom the Sixers home court is named, has quit any and all connections with the club following its sacking of coach Scott Ninnis.
Storm legend Lauren Jackson an Olympic inspiration
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BOB'S BONUS: Our Seattle-based (and therefore Storm-friendly) US correspondent BOB CRAVEN dropped us a piece from "The Seattle Times" by Chris Kudialis which appeared last week during the height of the Olympics in Paris about our GOAT, Lauren Jackson and which we reprint here.
