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FANS ONLY Podcast: All-Star Weekend, NBL Crowds, Top Selling Jerseys, Jack Bendat and more

  • February 24, 2022
  • Dan Boyce
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This episode host Dan Boyce put out an open invitation to NBL fans to join him on a ‘fans only’ episode of Aussie Hoopla to discuss the biggest stories in Aussie Hoops and provide a fan’s perspective for fans to listen to.

Fans joining Dan on the show this week are;

Matt Corcoran – Bullet’s Fan

Brendan Boyd (1/3 of the Basketball Blokes Podcast)

Taylor Cowper – Wildcats Fan

 

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Topics covered include…
  • The NBA All-Star Weekend and its NBL flavour this year (2:00)
  • NBL Next Stars is it sustainable? (16:00)
  • Thoughts on the NBL’s highest-selling jerseys (21:00)
  • The exposure gained from Asian players Zhou Qi, Liu Chuanxing and Kai Sotto can the NBL maintain the interest and the Asian pipeline next season (28:00)
  • NBL crowd numbers… the good and the bad (33:00)
  • What we like and what we don’t like about the Tasmania JackJumpers (40:00)
  • Adelaide, Brisbane and Cairns… which team is in the most trouble of missing the playoffs? (48:00)
  • The passing of Jack Bendat and his legacy and impact on the NBL (58:00)

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