The NBL Pocket Podcast

Wildcat fans with heart rates higher than a portly part-time squash player, please... CALM DOWN! I purposely kept this one really low key just for you.  Topics: - Both Game 3s - Grand Final Matchups  - Travel schedule watch - The '4 Factors of Winning' according to RealGM.com - The 'special ingredient for success' 

A good look into both Game 1 & 2 of each series.  Looking specifically at:  - Wildcat lineups to ease the pressure on Cotton - The Kings best options  - Cairns' fight  - United's imports proving most everybody wrong. 

Brad & I talk: 1. Can the Taipans turn Damian Martin into a negative? 2. Can Dean Vickerman force the Kings out of their comfort zone? 3. Can Mike Kelly find the right front court matchups?  4. Will the Kings tether Bogut to Long? 5. Will any role players explode?  Plus a little chat about the 'Thinking Basketball' podcast episode 'Should the Board Man get paid!?, Brad's writing process and th...

Boti Nagy (of www.botinagy.com and the Brad & Boti Podcast) and I go through each NBL team highlighting whether we enjoyed watching them this season, the positives, the negatives and any major deficiencies to address for NBL21. We also assign each team a song that best sums up their 2019/20 season.  Timecodes below if you wish to skip ahead to your team:  ILL (14:17), SEM (21:46), ADL (29:26),...

A statistical/analytical/eye-test look into: - The NBL Awards - All games from Round 20 - Home Cooking? - Joey Wright's comments  - Attendances  - Kendall Stephens 0FTA in 339mins!

Homicide (@chomicide) and I talk about: - Joey Wright - The last few games of RD20  - LaMelo Ball's licence  - NBL Awards  - The Sydney Kings, Perth Wildcats and guarding Bryce Cotton - Deshon Taylor 

A very numbers and advanced stats look at what was Round 19 of the National Basketball League. The second last round of #NBL20 #SeeIncredible  Topics: - Joey Wright OUT of the 36ers - Trimble >< Randle? - Why CG43 is not on the MVP list - SEM's 'best' defensive lineups  - How useful is Steindl to the Perth Wildcats? - RD20 tips and likely Finals seedings  and much more... 

Adam Ryan (@inallairness) host of the Michael Jordan-era Podcast 'In All Airness'. Subscribe here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/nba-history-michael-jordan-era-more-in-all-airness/id568743612 Topics we cover: Getting guests (email request structure) Why the name ‘In All Airness’? Why a podcast not a website? Why NBA pre-1998 NBA Media in Australia in the 90s The 1989 ‘The Shot’ series  Sam...

John Casey and I spoke over the phone on Friday 24th Jan we spoke about: - His thoughts on #NBL20 - Andrew Bogut's Load Management  - Joey Wright and the Adelaide 36ers  - LaMelo Ball's injury  - Working in the HUB vs Courtside  - Calling basketball  - The art of question asking  - Being critical while retaining player relationships - 'Hot Takes' vs 'Analytical Analysis' & much more...  This i...

News, Round 17 Review, Talking Points and Tips #NBL20 #SeeIncredible #Basketball #KobeBryant 

Topics:  - Was Bogut's load management worth it? - Pull the pin on Melbourne United? The knee jerk import blaming - Wildcats vs Kings for the Top Spot and how much that means - Creek & Wesley struggling - The Bullets bigs - Boti Nagy on the 36ers - @chomicide's NBL 1st Team & Awards picks  - Round 17 tips and points of interest

1. Paul Smith vs the TrashTalk Podcast #MBL20, #WhoopsCapital and the Apparatchik  2. MEL UTD’s disharmony? 3. 1st look at Plumlee 4. RJ Hampton post injury  5. (Taylor) Braun, brains and beauty  6. Camm Oliver dips 7. (under)Shirtless H. Froling    8. ILL bench > ILL starters 

- What are PER and SEM's best lineups? - Bad feelings in the Melbourne United locker room... really?  - Dario Hunt and Majok Majok... what's a mother to do? - The cases for the Most Improved Player Award - should it be DJ Newbill?  

Boti Nagy of 'The Brad and Boti Basketball Podcast' and www.botinagy.com talks all things RD13 and how the major storylines will play out through the rest of the season:  - Melbourne United's struggles - The play of FIBAWC selectees and non-selectees (Creek v Cooks) - Is Boti a Kings and Will Weaver believer? - Is/could Bryce Cotton be the GOAT? - The 36ers 'buddy-buddy' lockeroom - The Breakers '...

Very lucky to have Matt Babcock (MattBabcock11) of www.babcockhoops.com on the podcast to discuss: - Ball, Hampton & Armstrong's draft stocks - The draft context and scouts on James Wiseman, Anthony Edwards, Cole Anthony & others - The scouting report on Aussie/Arizona's Josh Green - The Future of the Next Stars Program in the face of the draft age decrease (Matt says it may not happen as...

Trigger and I talk: - Dropping diarrhoea on the mic  - What to do about Casey Prather (OUT 6-8 weeks) - NZB coaching re-signing through 2022 - CNS' bench  - Teams relying on players at the age Trig retired at - Bogut's game - The Bullet's woes - The Hawk's drama and new imports  - Who makes the Top 4

The buzz word surrounding the New Zealand Breakers is 'culture'. Marc was kind enough to spend the time chatting with me about that culture -namely the Breakers former 'NO D**KHEAD POLICY', crowds being up 65% in NBL20 and the ins-and-outs of Glen Rice Jr before/during & after his time with the team. Find Marc on twitter @marchintonffx

FOX to ESPN, NBL on the social medias, how NBL Overtime is made, Summer-Winter, The Next Stars and more...

RD10 Review and a RD11 Preview #NBL20 #SeeIncredible 

#NBLOvertime's Liam Santamaria and I talk: - Do the Perth Wildcats have personnel problems? - Melbourne United's recent woes (Long, Barlow etc) - Who will we see fully healthy first: Cooks or Prather? - An SOS from Brisbane Bullets Island  - How team's off-season strategies are playing out - The Illawarra Hawks without Brooks - Cam Oliver's origin story (who passed, who was interested and who miss...

NBL Headlines, NBL Media, Round 8 Review, NBL Talking Points, 'Indecent Proposals' and Round 9 Preview. 

Phil and I talk about his beginning and end as the Boomers Head Coach and the similarities and differences between his time with the Boomers and Andrej Lemanis' tenure. We talk about incorporating NBA players, how Ben Simmons works on a FIBA floor and a quick chat about NBL20.