WNBL: Flames sew up Final Four return
SYDNEY star Isabella Brancatisiano swished 8-of-12 threes today in her game-high 26-point haul, underpinning an 86-71 win in Canberra that guaranteed a return to the playoffs for the Flames, their 3-0 sweep of the Capitals and Adelaide's twin losses closing the Final Four door.
NBL: GRP eyeballs Adams, Cotton sews up Sixers
THE NBL was swift in its reaction to Sydney Kings guard Jaylen Adams poking at the eyes of Illawarra's Wani Swaka Lo Buluk in a fiery exchange in the Hawks' 95-75 rout before Bryce Cotton's 49-point haul in the Wildcats' 112-104 win over Adelaide confirmed he again would be MVP.
NBL: Hawks, Armstrong in 2024-25 'Firsts'
ILLAWARRA clinching the NBL's 2024-25 regular season championship has set up the Hawks of likely Coach of the Year Justin Tatum for their first genuine run at a championship since being swept by arch rival Sydney in 2005's 3-0 best-of-five rout. Then last night, Taran Armstrong gave us the year's first triple-double.
Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE: Joey on coaches Part 2, Luka, Patty trades
THE final round of the NBL regular season is underway and this week in our Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE podcast, Joey Wright and I review who can win it all, feature Part 2 of the coaches review, we talk NBA trades and where our league should expand among much, much more.
Brad&Boti: Sami, Bryce have the MVPs wrapped
ARE Bendigo's Sami Whitcomb and Perth's Bryce Cotton locks for the WNBL and NBL Most Valuable Player awards this season? How will the final round of the NBL regular season and the penultimate WNBL round conclude? Brad Rosen and I take a deep dive in this week's Brad&Boti podcast, available now.
Vale the trailblazers Longley and Hughes
THE deaths within a few days of each other last month of Rick Longley and Alan Hughes served again as a potent reminder of our own mortality, especially when basketball players who rightly were legends of their own eras so suddenly leave us.
WNBL: Sydney's Swain scraps the Caps
SYDNEY Flames guard Shaniece Swain last night most likely slammed shut the door on the WNBL's Final Four with a 36-point haul in Canberra, leading the visitors to a thrilling 92-88 overtime victory for a 7-11 win-loss mark and a season-series win over the Caps. The door most definitely is shut, but not quite locked.
TIme Out-NO FLOP ZONE: Joey on NBL coaches, Part 1
THREE-time NBL Coach of the Year, Joey Wright, evaluates five of the 10 NBL coaches, offering his expert insights on their styles, strengths, and what sets them apart as we head into another episode of our podcast Time Out - NO FLOP ZONE, also delving into viewers' questions.
Brad&Boti: We finalised our NBL Top 6, and more
BRAD&BOTI: Sydney media man and former Kings captain Brad Rosen has some very distinct views on how the NBL Top Six will now shape up and we have narrowed down the fight for the four in the WNBL to a couple of longtime champion clubs.
Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE: Top 6 and so much more
WE reveal our definitive predictions for the NBL Top 6 in this week's Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE podcast with Joey Wright and I still big fans of all the Tasmania JackJumpers have achieved in less than four years. Don't forget, you can find our pod on Apple, Spotify and Amazon Music in audio form too.