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Dave reminisces as Devils enjoy 80s reunion
DAVE ADKINS, a man who for his services supplying appropriate imports alone assuredly should be enshrined in any NBL Hall of Fame and, by now, the Basketball Australia Hall, has penned a piece revisiting the "glory days" of the Hobart Tassie Devils, in line with their 2024 Reunion.
WNBL: Lightning face another strike out
THE WNBL, the national women's competition launched in 1981 after three Adelaide coaches took matters into their own hands, is now strongly reputed to be facing the loss and extinction of its once highly successful Adelaide Lightning franchise from its competition next season.
WNBL trips while BA takes a huge Chance
THE WNBL tipped off in all its glory this week, the television coverage, sigh, again having its annual amateur hour "teething problems" while Basketball Australia also revealed its latest Boomers outfit for FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers in Thailand, taking a chance on tour coach Jacob Chance.
Time Out No Flop Zone on racism, decals
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TIME OUT - NO FLOP ZONE this week tackled some of the game's more notable issues such as racism - in the wake of Justin Tatum's press conference - and decals as Joey Wright and I also revisited his claim our greatest ever flopper was the legend himself, Andrew Gaze!
Brad&Boti: WNBL preview with the Cap, and NBL review
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BRAD&BOTI: The 2024-25 WNBL season tips off tonight when league newcomer and babyface Geelong United clashes with Townsville Fire, and joining Brad Rosen and myself on our Brad&Boti podcast to review it all is Opals captain Tess Madgen.
Foul play haunts Lynx and Hawks, technically
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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
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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
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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
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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.
