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BRAD&BOTI: What did we learn from Round 1 of the WNBL season and who are the new surprise packets in the NBL? Sydney multi-media mogul Brad Rosen and I sit down again this week for a thorough review of what just occurred and what is to come in our Brad&Boti podcast.

And there was just so much to digest.

Ladies first and just who was our Player of the Round? We were split on this because there were a number of quality performances and our championship favourites, Perth and Bendigo were right there in the mix.

Sorry, but at least one of us was anything but dazzled by Townsville's new away uniform but there was much to like about the early form of the Fire.

Do they beat Perth on the road west this week? Brad and I agree on most of our Round 2 predictions, with Geelong facing both its local city (Southside) and regional (Bendigo) rivals, who will raise the flag in the Sydney-Southside clash, can Canberra stall Bendigo and at home, does Adelaide jinx the Lynx?

Jumping to the NBL and for only the second time in 156 episodes, Brad and I cannot split the men's stand-out Player of the Round.

New Zealand's whirlwind playmaker Parker Jackson-Cartwright was the architect of two huge wins, at home and away against Adelaide and Melbourne respectively. Our weekly "teams to finish in the Top Six" definitely was impacted by the Breakers' break-out round.

So too South East Melbourne which continued to rise like some mythical bird (wish we could think of such a thing's name) by beating a tumbling Tasmania and pounding a painful Perth.

Josh King has quickly become King Josh while frightening full-strength franchises such as Cairns and Tasmania seem simply unable to suit their best lineups.

What does Brad have up his sleeve as a Rosen Rattler and where will my Nagy Nasty fall? Find out simply by clicking this link, or go to your Apple and Spotify podcast destinations if you prefer.