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Here we go: NBL Cup Rd.1
OK. Just to be clear here, the NBL Cup which tips off in Victoria today, is for the trophy and $300,000 prizemoney BUT the 36 games all count toward the current 2021 regular season.
BA and NZ making the best of a FIBA farce
BASKETBALL Australia has done a great job of salvaging something worthwhile out of tomorrow night's totally farcical if not downright idiotic decision by FIBA to force an Asia Cup qualifying match between the "Boomers" and New Zealand in Cairns.
Podding along with a top 'ball journo
YEAH, Brad Rosen and I are right into this interviewing gig and have put together a bonus Brad&Boti Podcast for you featuring one of Australia's finest sports journalists and co-author of "GAZE. The Man. The Player. The Coach." - the one and only Grantley Bernard.
Paul ready to leave his brand on 36ers
PSST. In case you haven't heard "on the grapevine," the Adelaide 36ers have secured former San Antonio Spurs NBA guard Brandon Paul for the rest of the NBL season as the actual replacement for Donald Sloan.
Brad&Boti: We drill guest Brian Goorjian
WE enjoyed interviewing Lindsay Gaze so much last week, this week's podcast features the NBL's most successful coach Brian Goorjian talking all things basketball - from China, back to Oz and on to Tokyo.
NBL21 TotW Rd.5: United in Purpose
IT easily was the finest game of the round, if not the NBL season and it classically revealed the genuine depth of Melbourne United, their win over Illawarra in Wollongong earning them our highly-coveted Team of the Week status.
Round Rap (5): The week the Phoenix broke off
THIS is the one - the week South East Melbourne Phoenix broke off from the pack of NBL title wannabes to become a genuine contender, following the signing of Boomers' Olympic ace Ryan Broekhoff.
NZ breaking apart as we hit the airwaves
BRAD Rosen and I are back with our regular NBL wraps, this time of Round 4 and looking ahead to Round 5 at this week's Brad&Boti podcast, my Sydney Kings colleague impressed with Brisbane, me with Melbourne.
It's a double whammy round: Rd5
SOUTH East Melbourne hosts Perth twice, while Adelaide and Brisbane face-off twice in a "double-whammy" round for the four clubs and their playoff aspirations.
NBL21 PotW Rd.4: Forget it. It's Team of the Week now
YEAH, we've been giving an NBL "Player of the Week" award here for years now but one of our warehouse packing boys muttered "it's a team game, we should have a Team of the Week" and frankly, I gave him a raise.
