Australian Boomers Head Coach Andrej Lemanis today announced the final team of 12 that he will be taking to Spain next month for the FIBA World Cup. Perhaps the biggest surprise – the omission of teenage phenom Ben Simmons – was leaked last night when Simmons took to Twitter to air his disappointment. In the end, Lemanis chose to take… Read more →
The 17-man Australian Boomers squad has been sweating it out at Basketball Australia’s National Centre of Excellence in Canberra the past few days. The training camp kicked off on Wednesday and Head Coach Andrej Lemanis and Assistant Coach Luc Longley will be announcing the final World Cup team early on Monday morning. Ok, so with 12 spots up for grabs,… Read more →
The Motor City has seemingly been operating without all its parts for the last five years as the once ruthlessly proud Pistons franchise has transformed into the NBA’s problem child. Detroit signed Josh Smith and Brandon Jennings, two of the league’s most polarising players, to a combined $80 million last year, while holding the rare distinction of failing to crack… Read more →
Are the Charlotte Hornets finally recovering from the ‘Jordan era’ and returning to their glory days? Is the Buzz back? Or is it simply a name change? There is no questioning the success of Michael Jordan’s playing career. However since his return to North Carolina, when he gained control of basketball operations of the Charlotte franchise in June 2005, the… Read more →
In early May we published my Top 100 Fantasy Basketball Dynasty Rankings to help you plan for next season. Since then we’ve had the NBA Draft, Free Agency in full swing, and just a few major players named LeBron, Pau Gasol, Pierce, Parsons, Lance, Ariza, Deng, Hawes, Jimmer (kidding) moving teams, which will have a ripple effect for Fantasy Purposes. If… Read more →
Grizz & Tizz From Way Downtown Episode 39 is now available for download on iTunes. Tommy Greer and Liam Santamaria are joined in the studio by two-time Olympian and 2014 Euroleague champion Joe Ingles. The boys chat with Ingles about winning the Euroleague with Maccabi Tel Aviv, this week’s Aussie Boomers camp, the upcoming FIBA World Cup in Spain and his plans for the future… Read more →
As the world responded with ‘Coming Home’ montages to LeBron James’ announcement, a few teams have been quietly assembling some intriguing signings. There’s no doubt that Cleveland made the greatest splash of all, while Charlotte may have struck a bargain with Lance Stephenson’s three years, $27 million deal (either that or they’ve just contracted the Solanum virus). Forecasting the off-season’s… Read more →
As NBA GMs finalise their free-agency movements, Dante, Delly and others battle it out in the Las Vegas heat and Patty Mills and Aron Baynes show off the Larry O’Brien Trophy, we take a look at ten young NBA players who are primed to take their games to another level in the 2014/15 season. I followed two key rules to… Read more →
From the moment Gregg Popovich selected Tim Duncan with the first pick in the 1997 NBA Draft, they seemed to be on the same page; an instant chemistry if you will. I mean, look how happy Pop is in that clip! He knew right away that he was getting something special in Duncan, while Duncan was smart enough to realise… Read more →
Well, well, well… it sure has been a long time since I’ve been Downtown. It’s about time I updated you all. I am currently in the middle of my WNBA season with the Seattle Storm. Some of you may be aware, some of you may not, but this is my first season with Seattle after being traded from Los Angeles… Read more →