Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE: We've gone audio too!
THE Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE podcast has gone up a level and from now on you can not only find multiple NBL Coach of the Year Joey Wright and I talking about the league and the NBA at YouTube, but also at your usual podcast destinations such as Apple, Spotify and more!
Brad&Boti: Deck the Halls, it's upset time
BRAD&BOTI: It's the Holiday Season and media commentator Brad Rosen and I are feeling chirpy and excited about where the WNBL and NBL are both heading. The NBL is wide open now but in the WNBL, it does appear Bendigo's title to lose, with Perth maybe the only team that can influence that.
Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE: You can get on board!
REGULAR readers here know you can find the Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE podcast with Joey Wright and I talking NBL, NBA, Boomers and basketball in general via YouTube every Thursday but you can now also find us on Apple podcasts and here's your way to get actively involved.
Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE: Closing the book on best of 2024
NO FLOP ZONE podcast colleague Joey Wright is back after tripping to Europe for some international basketball action but this week's Time Out features an extended review of all that went down in 2024 and a shout-out to our unanimous tip for NBL MVP.
Sacre bleu! 2025 is due so here's the good and bad
THERE is no question 2024 was a big year for basketball, France proving at the Olympics it is now #2 in the world in both men and women behind USA, while at home, Tasmania celebrated the state's second NBL championship and continues to show this season it is a force, even with the "Jack" missing from JackJumpers.
Where's Wally? Where's the Aussie, you mean
IT'S CHRISTMAS so here's a very special picture for you - a "Where's Wally" (or Where's Waldorf if you prefer) - for Aussie NBA fans, specifically those who followed the Chicago Bulls, even before our own Luc Longley arrived there as the starting centre in three consecutive championship teams.
NBL: Hummer's shift from bonus to onus
AS NBL titleholder Tasmania prepares tonight to face Melbourne United, the club it conquered in an epic 2024 Championship Series, spare a thought not only for the JackJumpers' injury-jaded Paris Olympics centre Will Magnay but also incoming import Ian Hummer.
NBL|WNBL: One Adelaide has it right
WHEN Adelaide gets it wrong, wow, does it ever. Then again, when Adelaide gets it right, national league basketball life can be full of optimism and bliss. In the middle of this stands a man born Christmas Day and bearing abundant gifts of wisdom. The 36ers didn't want to know. But the Lightning did. Which team would you rather be today?
NBL|WNBL: Regional clubs dominate as 2024 turns to 2025
REGIONAL clubs playing team-first basketball are dominating the NBL and WNBL, Illawarra today drawing a sell-out 5,462 fans to WIN Entertainment Centre in Wollongong to see it crush Perth, while Bendigo continues to lead the WNBL despite two unexpected setbacks this round.
WNBL: Perth spirit away hopes as Lightning fly
ON the one hand, it rarely pays to celebrate prematurely as the Spirit were reminded by Perth and on the other, it's "welcome to the WNBL" to Scott Ninnis as coach of an Adelaide Lightning which lost import playmaker Japreece Dean to a broken finger but still held off Southside in his coaching debut.