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.
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.
Lindsay Gaze: The Great Man Joins Our Podcast
WE did it! We got him! Brad Rosen and I secured our first (and arguably most important) interview for our Brad&Boti podcast with the legend himself, Lindsay Gaze, talking about his memoir "GAZE. The Man. The Player. The Coach." and you can hear it now.
Round Rap (4): Return of the gunslingers
THE NBL's overdue resident gunslingers all were quick on the draw in Round 4, while Adelaide loaded import Don Groan into the saddle and slapped his horse on the butt shortly after its most recent rodeo ended in a King-style bull goring.
Taipans-Tasman rivalry renewed: Rd.4
THEY fought out two epic NBL Championship Series and created a modern-day rivalry the rest of the nation barely noticed. But when they meet twice this week, for Cairns and New Zealand 2021 may well be on the line.