The career of Townsville Crocodiles point guard Steven Marković has come full circle. After making a splash in the NBL as a teenager in 2004 and 2005, Marković spent almost 10 years playing in Europe before returning to Aussie shores last year to join the Crocs. One thing’s for sure, the dynamic playmaker is enjoying being home. “Yeah it‘s good… Read more →
In 2001 Lenny Cooke was the top ranked high school basketball player in America. He was the reigning MVP of the ABCD All-America camp and the ‘experts’ had him pegged alongside names such as LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudamire. The world at that time was Lenny Cooke’s oyster and what seemed like an open door to the NBA… Read more →
These days, San Antonio attaining a 50-win season is about as bankable as Jennifer Lawrence. The Spurs are currently on track for their 17th consecutive winning season (their 24th of the past 25 years). Yet, here we are in late February, and the same old question, “are the Spurs still among the NBA’s elite?” still lingers…. We are sometimes fast… Read more →
James Harden is obviously struggling with the transition from 6th man cult figure to franchise player and worldwide celebrity, as he is finding it hard to get even his simple footwear shopping done without getting mobbed. This is something I, along with most NBL players, can relate to. Heading down to the local Woolies to pick up some celery sticks… Read more →
The trade deadline has come and gone and if you missed all the action, check out the Fantasy Fallout I wrote shortly afterwards on Friday morning. The deadline is a last gasp effort for contenders to acquire the missing pieces for their playoff run and for the lottery bound teams to sell assets or expiring deals for cap space and/or… Read more →
This past week exposed the NBL’s biggest short coming. I’m not referring to the league’s tribunal and penalties system – I’m talking about the NBL’s lack of self respect. If those in charge of our men’s professional league want the current competition to become a world class league they can’t act with such fecklessness and self interest when faced with… Read more →
The NBA Trade Deadline ended earlier today and while it was looking like one of the quietest deadlines in years, a couple of larger trades emerged late. Here’s a quick rundown of the deals that went down and the fantasy impact to the players involved from biggest to smallest. Pacers send Danny Granger and a 2015 2nd Rounder to Sixers… Read more →
Round 19 is Heritage Round in the NBL – a round of action dedicated to celebrating the league’s rich history. In the spirit of Heritage Round, I’ve decided to take a trip down my own basketballing memory lane for this week’s Throwback Thursday (#TBT). Come with me as I reminisce about the place in which I first fell in love… Read more →
A couple of weeks ago we posted the Golden State Warriors edition of the catchy Pharell Williams track ‘Happy’. Well, after Mr Williams brought the house down at the Smoothie King Center right before the NBA All Star Game yesterday, it seems only right that we follow that up with this fun clip from the 2014 All Star Weekend in… Read more →
He’s a high energy ball player, an animal on the boards, extremely active defensively and possesses impressive passing skills for a big man. Let’s face it…. Mika Vukona is to the NBL what Joakim Noah is to the NBA. Hoop-heads, here for your reading pleasure is Downtown’s list of 2014 NBL/NBA comparisons. This list of comps was super fun to… Read more →