Hoops Analysis
“The NBL is the second best league in the world” It’s a comment we’ve heard from numerous Australian basketball personalities, most employed by the NBL, but is it really? It’s a hard statement to measure, especially when you have to consider things like style of play, player salaries, local talent, and rules related to import…
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Kai Sotto is a burgeoning superstar, poised to be a cultural icon for the Philippines in the same way Yao Ming is for 1.4 billion Chinese today. A great hope and trailblazer for an influential hoops market. Born and raised in the Philippines, 19-year-old Kai stands at a giant 7ft 2 (2.18m) and will follow…
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The Phoenix Suns have reached the NBA Finals for the first time in 28 years. This year, unlike any other before it, the Suns has what they believe is their competitive advantage – emotional intelligence. Jeff Bower, the team’s Senior VP of Basketball Operations has credited a program developed by Sydney based company Genos International…
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The Curry “Flow” 8 is the first signature shoe released under the new “Curry” brand and they get off to a good start! Although the “Curry” sub-brand has a long way to go before it matches the “Jordan” sub-brand time will tell but the first release for the brand is a great way to kick…
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Adam Gibson is set to join an elite club, the 450 Club. The South East Melbourne Phoenix co-captain will play his 450th NBL game on Sunday in Brisbane, something only 28 men have ever done before. “A lot. It was kinda like football back in the early days. A lot more contact and that was…
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A player who enters the NBL with NBA experience is always exciting news. Fans will get excited when their team signs an NBA Free Agent. The NBL commentators will be sure to mention it during every telecast game and any newspaper article will be sure to reference it while speaking about said players’ NBL performance that week…
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In the heat of the game, the decision to make a change – or to stay the course – is one instance when coaches can impact the outcome of the game in real-time. Whether it is a change in the coverage of an action, how an individual player is defended, or where to attack offensively,…
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“I wanna be like Mike” to quote the 1992 Gatorade commercial. This advertisement campaign was merely a promotional ploy focused on selling sugary beverages, but it is also an example of how endemic the belief that Michael Jordan has no equal on a basketball court and how this myth has been spread through society. Michael Jordan’s…
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With the NBA refusing to allow players under 19 years of age to be eligible to play in the league and college basketball rife with allegations of fraud and corruption, the NBL has decided to provide an interesting alternative for high school players aspiring to reach the NBA. As part of the NBL’s “Next…
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The first thing that I notice when I sit down with Isaac Humphries is his 7 foot frame towering over me. He barely fits into the chair at the café table where we sit for our interview. Unfortunately there aren’t any other chairs available, but he doesn’t look perturbed – I get the impression that…
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