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Brad&Boti: Kings in crisis, Flames heating up
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SYDNEY-sider Brad Rosen - and I don't use that adjective lightly or one-dimensionally - yet again has failed miserably to land us a guest for the Brad&Boti podcast so once more you'll just sadly have to make do with us revisiting both the WNBL and NBL for super-duper expert analysis.
NBL11 Rankings, Tips: Throwdown blockbuster looms
NEW South East Melbourne import Abdel Nader could not hit town at a better time than to see his new Phoenix teammates take on the might of undisputed NBL leader Melbourne. United is the benchmark and the third Throwdown of Season 2023-24 features the league's two best Aussies.
WNBL Rankings, Tips7: Season series on the line
THAT battle for the top four heats into overdrive this week in Round 7 of the WNBL, Perth now boasting a 5-3 win-loss record and its opponent tonight - Sydney - on 4-3. Let's not forget the season opened with the Lynx thumping Sydney 85-71 in Perth, Aari McDonald with 18 points and six assists, Anneli Maley with 21 boards.
NBL TotW10: Toughest week yet to find winner
THREE performances stood out above all others in NBL Round 10, making our Team of the Week a tough call between Perth pulveriser Illawarra, New Zealand negators Tasmania, and Sydney smashers South East Melbourne. This was an agonising condundrum!
WNBL TotW6: Three thrillers, three killers
OVERTIME again, three games decided by a single basket and three others by a total of 85 points, it sure was a fascinating Round 6 of the WNBL and another one where selecting our Team of the Week was no picnic. Sydney winning twice was meritorious but both times by two points suggested the Flames just as easily could have come home 0-2.
Aussie pair shine, closing NBL round
ROUND 10 of NBL 2023-24 concluded yesterday with a "day out" for two outstanding Australian stars, first Chris Goulding in unstoppable fashion setting up Melbourne's rout of Brisbane, then Mitch Creek leading a depleted South East Melbourne into Sydney and dethroning the Kings.
WNBL Wrap6: High Octane, High Octane, High Octane
PLEASE WNBL television commentators. Enough with the use of "high octane" as a descriptive term - five times in the first half of the Perth-Melbourne rematch, countless times through Round 6. If you're a friend of a TV caller please buy she or he a thesauras for Christmas. (OK, a copy of "A Type of Life" or "Patty Mills: Beyond Basketball" also would be an acceptable gift.)
Breakers screwed as usual, Sixers old habits
MINUS superstar import Milton Doyle, Tasmania still turned the tables - and the screws - on New Zealand in Auckland but it was no fairytale finish for interim 36ers coach Scott Ninnis in Adelaide, Cairns overwhelming his team with a decisive 31-17 final quarter avalanche.
Wow! Hawks pluck eyes out of Wildcats
ILLAWARRA last night produced arguably its best NBL performance in about a decade when it smashed Perth 100-82 in Wollongong, Sam Froling leading the rout which started with a crushing 38-18 first quarter that included him scoring 11 points inside the first five minutes.
BOB'S CORNER: Giddey woes and no Angel
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BOB'S CORNER: Our man on the spot, US corresondent Bob Craven is back with his take on two ongoing controversies - one involving our very own burgeoning superstar Josh Giddey, the other about NCAA star Angel Reese - and so much more in the way of NBA and college hoops.
