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TOTW Rd12: An apple a day for the newbies
THEY have done it yet again! For the fourth time in their debut NBL season, Tasmania's gutsy JackJumpers have claimed our award as the Team of the Week, this time for their road heroics in Wollongong over finals wannabe Illawarra. The JJs equalled the record for made threes in a 40-minute NBL game, Josh Adams 8-of-11.
NBL Rd12: Hawks join Fraud Squad, Kings out
SYDNEY may have tried everything possible to throw away its NBL win over Perth in the last 78 seconds, but it is a genuine Final Four candidate, the Illawarra Hawks now confirmed as members of the NBL Fraud Squad, joining Brisbane, Adelaide, Cairns and New Zealand as Fool's Gold.
Bob's Corner: Aloha from Hawaii
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BOB'S CORNER: We're lucky our USA correspondent and former import BOB CRAVEN has checked in this week with a few savvy items as he and his wife are enjoying a holiday in Hawaii. But you can't keep a good man down, even when he's sipping pina coladas, so here's a brief round-up to enjoy.
B&B: Brad and I take a Joey Time-Out
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FORMER Adelaide 36ers, Brisbane Bullets and Gold Coast Blaze coach Joey Wright and I have a weekly "Time Out" podcast on Piranha Media but with Joey away, we invited Brad&Boti colleague Brad Rosen to join me for a visual treat. We also doubled it up as this week's Brad&Boti pod so this one is slightly different!
NBL Rd12: Look out for the Fraud Squad
GOOD news for Sydney fans. The Kings have finally exited the Fraud Squad offices, leaving Brisbane, Adelaide, Cairns and New Zealand to contemplate how they will blow or blister in their next NBL game, while Illawarra considers whether it should check in.
TOTW Rd11: Phoenix lowered, Bullets blanked
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WHAT a round of NBL action when the potential grand final preview between Melbourne and Perth is obscured by two magnificent dunks, first by Cairns' Tahjere McCall, then by Sydney's Jaylen Adams, making our Team of the Week selection truly challenging.
WCQ: Opals carve a Korean barbecue
WITH easily its best first half of the tournament, Australia today smacked Korea 79-61 in Belgrade, but had this FIBA World Cup Qualifier wrapped up 51-20 by the main interval through some intense defence and great offensive ball movement. Captain Sami Whitcomb and veteran Cayla George dominated the early going.
WCQ: Serbs served up a ticket to Sydney
SERBIA qualified today for the 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup in Sydney from September 22 when it surfed home on the back of a roaring home crowd in Belgrade to punch its ticket 78-71 over Australia, the Opals' cause set back by the unexpected loss of starter Steph Talbot to a notorious disqualifying foul.
Bob's Corner: The Big Ben Blockbuster
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BOB'S CORNER: The big blockbuster trade which rival club managements spent weeks talking down actually went down on trade day, February 10, with Aussie star Ben Simmons shipped from Philadelphia 76ers to Brooklyn Nets for James Harden, as BOB CRAVEN reports.
WCQ: Slick Opals clean up Brazilians
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DEFENCE. Attitude. Aptitude. The Opals were back last night, erasing Brazil 65-52 in their FIBA World Cup Qualifying clash in Belgrade, and not even loosely resembling the lost and ageing combination which crashed to near desolation just six months ago at the Tokyo Olympics.
