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Big Ben says he's ready to return
REMEMBER Ben Simmons? A decade ago he was the NBA's No.1 draft selection and Australia's great hope for a genuine superstar in The Show. But injuries and some head-scratching career decision-making derailed all that. Yet after sidelining himself for a year, he has designs on a comeback at Miami.
NBL championship beat the Knicks' NBA rout
ALWAYS far too anxious to copy the NBA or to claim it is the world's second-best league behind it, the NBL has just missed a golden opportunity to actually make a bold claim which genuinely stands up. The NBL's five-game 2026 championship was far more entertaining than the NBA's.
GOAT or GOTE? Answering an age old debate
WHO is the GOAT of the NBL, the GOAT of the NBA, the GOAT of FIBA? These are perennial debates (except maybe the last one) that lean into your personal favourites, recency biases, the state of the sport at the time and can never satisfactorily be answered. So why try? Because it IS a perennial debate.
Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE: Who's winning the NBL awards?
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WHO are the favourites to take the lion's share of the NBL's awards on Monday? Joey Wright and I select our choices for everything from MVP to Coach of the Year to Best Defensive at our Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE podcast this week, while also reviewing the run into the playoffs.
Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE: Bogey, Goorj drawing off-court attention
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HOW much of a fuss should the tweet on X by Andrew Bogut really have created? Was Bogey stirring trouble or drawing attention to a crisis in Adelaide? Should there have been a crisis meeting? Joey Wright and I work our way through it at this week's Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE podcast.
Temporary Emergency Site Shutdown
DUE to a sudden tragedy, Basketball On The Internet will shut down for a week, possibly longer, while we deal with these unforeseen circumstances. Apologies for any inconvenience. I hope to be back and reigniting the blog by Sunday, November 30. Thanks for your support, be well and tell the ones you love that you love them.
Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE: NBA gambling, NBL thrillers
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WHAT an extraordinary week this has been for basketball, from the NBL enjoying four amazing one-point thrillers in Round 6 to the latest troubling gambling and match-fixing drama in the NBA, and Joey Wright and I confront it all in a packed Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE podcast.
Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE: Pelicans series soars for NBL
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JUST how much did co-host Joey Wright and I enjoy the NBA-NBL series in Melbourne last week? You'll need to tune into out Time Out-NO FLOP ZONE podcast this week to hear our assessments of the visit by the New Orleans Pelicans and the performances by United and the Phoenix against them.
Brad&Boti: We need more serves of Rod Laver Arena
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HOW good was seeing top level basketball back at Rod Laver Arena? Brad Rosen and I were thrilled the NBA-NBL series took us back there and we discuss how well that went, along with a WNBL update and a full hard look at which teams performed in Round 3 on this week's Brad&Boti podcast.
Pelicans complete super successful trip Down Under
REFRESHED and with their game in greater tune and sync than in Friday's battle with NBL pacesetter Melbourne, the performance today of the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans against South East Melbourne reflected the chasm between the two elite competitions. That said, Akech Allir was very impressive.
