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Time-Out-NO FLOP ZONE: Our 2025-26 Grand Finale
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THIS is it folks. Our Grand Finale for NBL 2025-26 as Joey Wright and I relive the highs and lows of a season which promised so much and delivered plenty. Our Time Out: NO FLOP ZONE podcast delves into what made it great and what made it grate before we take a break from our Tasmanian cabin studio.
Bul and 36ers facing a challenge
ADELAIDE's decision to pursue and sign "D and 3" specialist Bul Kuol for the next two seasons is an interesting one considering the 36ers never had a clue how best to utilise their previous South Sudanese defensive-minded 3-point shooter Sunday Dech, who languished as a Sixer for five seasons.
Hold Hand off to Holy Land as all-time great dies, 68
"HE was, without doubt, one of the greatest players to ever play the game." The speaker? Larry Bird. His subject? Oscar Schmidt, arguably the greatest international player to not play in the NBA and the most prolific scoring machine in the history of the sport. Oscar Schmidt, 68, died in his beloved Brazil earlier this month.
DJ dials out but Hell's bells it's Wells
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THE 36ers' decision to cut ties with one of its captains in Dejan Vasiljevic and join the pursuit for Torrey Craig's signature reinforces that underwhelming coach Mike Wells will indeed see out the final year of his NBL contract at Adelaide and the club will again be on a spending spree.
Foursome linked to Lightning
THE Lightning's inexplicable decision to reappoint interim coach Aja Parham-Ammar for two years after her abysmal 3-13 WNBL record last season may be baffling in the extreme but the club's recruiters have been busy, Cayla George, Kristy Wallace, Zitina Aokuso and Gemma Potter all linked to Adelaide.
Master coach Goorjian in Adelaide next week
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LESS than a fortnight after denying Adelaide 36ers their first NBL Championship in 24 years, Sydney Kings coach Brian Goorjian will return to the scene of the crime, exclusively for the benefit of West Adelaide Bearcats Basketball Club for a two-day series of clinics.
Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE: Mahersy's Grand Final take
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JUST how good was the NBL's Championship Series between Sydney and Adelaide? With regular podcast colleague Joey Wright interstate, the 36ers' club legend Brett Maher sat in for a thorough in-depth examination of the Grand Finals at our Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE podcast this week.
Brisbane gearing to blaze back into WNBL
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JUST in case you missed our recent early WNBL off-season deep dive, look out because the lack of a league presence in Brisbane is coming to a sudden halt. It looks very much that after Tasmania Jewels enter the league in 2026-27, a new Brisbane franchise will be next in 2027-28.
Good, Bad and the Ugly of a title run
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ALL Hail Sydney! The Kings have now hit the NBL Championship for six but credit Adelaide too. Taking a best-of-five Grand Final to the fifth game and only then losing in overtime in itself was quite the feat. That really is going the (long) distance. Inevitably, the 36ers came up empty but no, Xavier Cooks wasn't the X-factor.
Petulant Prodigal produces as Kings reign supreme
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EPIC. Classic. An all-time great. Call it what you will, the Sydney-Adelaide NBL championship today needed overtime before the Kings claimed their sixth crown, beating the 36ers 113-101 after the decisive Game 5 of the Grand Finals still was locked 95-95 at the end of regulation. Enter Kendric Davis.
