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Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE: Refs, you've gotta be kidding
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WE'RE bringing you our Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE podcast with Joey Wright and I earlier in the week as of this week, so look for us on Tuesday mornings (or maybe even occasionally Monday nights) while here we weigh in on some appalling officiating in NBL Round 5 and much more.
What We Learnt #5 ... and who is Pesticide?
WOW! What we learnt from Round 5 is what we've all known or suspected for years since Scott Butler has been at the helm of the NBL referees - never have they, as a collective, been worse. And that's saying something. Where are the Bill Mildenhall, Ray Hunt, Mal Cooper, Geoff Weeks types now who umpired with common sense?
G.O.A.T. ousted in new NBL reffing low
SYDNEY Kings mentor and four-time Australian Olympic coach Brian Goorjian - indisputably the G.O.A.T. of NBL coaching - today was sensationally ejected late in the third quarter from the clash with Perth in one of the more heinous acts of overly officious officiating in recent memory.
Dynamic duo back to raise WNBL hell
TWO of the WNBL's all-time superstars, Sara Blicavs and Lauren Nicholson, returned to open the 2025-26 season with match-winning performances before Abbey Ellis saved title favourite Townsville with a career-high 31 points in the road win at Bendigo, adding 10 boards and four assists in a super performance.
Bryce 53, Phoenix by 40, surprises for United, JJs
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BRYCE went off for 53, the Phoenix doused the Hawks by 40, Brisbane made a game out of it against United and the Breakers took care of a depleted Tassie to bring us to Sunday in NBL Round 5 with more questions than answers, other than one. That Mr Cotton is quite good at basketball.
Casey, Tyrell ignite Bullets, Tyger roars, Phoenix phalter
CASEY Prather and Tyrell Harrison breathed life into Brisbane's season by tag-teaming Perth into submission, Tasmania again beat the odds - and the whistle - to dethrone the Kings, and Bryce Cotton was sufficiently near his best, in the first half at least, for Adelaide to send South East Melbourne back to the NBL drawing board.
Hobart hosting Boomers-Tall Blacks FIBA clash
AUSTRALIA's Boomers will face their age-old cross-Tasman rival, the New Zealand Tall Blacks, late next month in Hobart as part of the qualifying process for the 2027 FIBA World Cup, current national captain, Olympian Will Magnay, rapt to open the series at the home of his Tasmania JackJumpers.
Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE: Geelong, trades, import status
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BACK when he was an import player in the NBL and setting the record for free throw attempts in a game - Bryce Cotton eat your heart out! - Joey Wright was The Man at Geelong. Now there's talk Geelong may return to the NBL and we're all over it at our Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE podcast.
Brad&Boti: WNBL tipping off as NBL imports go
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THE WNBL is about to launch and Brad Rosen and I are excited to preview the teams ahead of Round 1 at our Brad&Boti podcast, but there was plenty to savour from the NBL's fourth round too and we get stuck into it, isolating the players and plays of the week.
Xu coup a head turner for Perth as WNBL tip-off nears
TOWNSVILLE is almost unbackable as favourite to win the 2025-26 WNBL championship but Perth's Han Xu coup has thrown a 211cm wrinkle into that confidence, although banking early wins without her will be critical for the Lynx who open their campaign in Adelaide on Sunday.
