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Lilsanity

Published by Tommy Greer on December 20, 2013

Nothing can send an NBA player into a stat-stuffing frenzy more than lining up against my T. Grizzle’s Grizzlies in a week of fantasy basketball. Over the past few days it has been Portland Trailblazers PG Damian Lillard’s turn to put the hurt on my squad. Much like his team from Rip City, Lillard is often discounted or dismissed as… Read more →

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Bird Facts #4

Published by Adam Ballinger on December 20, 2013

This story legitimizes Larry’s ‘Hick from French Lick’ nickname. He was the number one pick in the NBA draft and how did he preparing for the upcoming season? By playing some rec. league softball and mushroom hunting of course. The most amazing thing about it all is that he claims to have never had the same feel for the ball because of the nerve damage that… Read more →

Magic Memories

Published by Liam Santamaria on December 19, 2013

TBT: For this week’s Throwback Thursday we’re taking you back over 20 years to 1992 and the birth of the South East Melbourne Magic. The Magic, coached by a long-haired Brian Goorjian, were the result of a merger between the Westside Melbourne Saints and the Eastside Spectres and the video we’ve dug up this week is the marketing clip that… Read more →

Europa Europa

Published by Tom Hersz on December 18, 2013

The best of the rest … who’s got next? There has been a long history of successful European players in the NBA including Drazen Petrovic, Vlade Divac, Toni Kukoc, Arvydas Sabonis and Rik Smits. However, ever since Don and Donnie Nelson struck gold with a skinny shooting forward out of Wurzburg, Germany, and Gregg Popovich turned an unknown 19 year… Read more →

All in the Game – ‘Can’t Live Without’

Published by Jenna O'Hea on December 16, 2013

This week I am going Downtown with the help of my good friend Candace Parker. We are going to compare the three things we could not live without while we are at home, with the three things we could not live without while we are abroad. It is very common for professional women’s basketball players to spend half of the… Read more →

Music of the Traffic – Week 8

Published by Tom Hersz on December 15, 2013

NBA Fantasy: The return of Kobe Bryant made the biggest headlines in NBA circles this past week. After his first game where he struggled, I was asked if he was currently unplayable in Fantasy teams. My response was that he could be great or terrible or anything in between - it is just too early to know. I added that… Read more →

The Wright Man for the Job

Published by Daniel Meers on December 14, 2013

They call it ‘The Joey Factor’. It’s the ability of current Adelaide 36ers Head Coach Joey Wright to get guys to play for him. Not many coaches can do it, but Joey can. Even after he was forced to spend a year in the wilderness, teaching young kids how to play at the Runaway Bay Seahawks in Queensland, Wright still… Read more →

Jenna O’Hea - 200 Brilliant WNBL Games

Published by Roy Ward on December 13, 2013

Ten years, several career threatening injuries and more trainings, flights, buses and ball games than the rest of us mere mortals can imagine have paved the way for Jenna O’Hea to reach a major career milestone. The 26 year old Dandenong Rangers guard will play her 200th WNBL game when her side faces Sydney University Flames at Dandenong Stadium on… Read more →

Holy Hoops – Joe Ingles with Ricky Rubio

Published by Joe Ingles on December 11, 2013

At the conclusion of his last Holy Hoops column for Downtown, Joe Ingles asked for readers to tweet their choice for this week’s edition. The options: an interview with somebody high-profile or a Twitter Q & A with Joe. Well, the people made their choice loud and clear and our man Joe has delivered in spades. Ladies and Gentlemen….. Ricky… Read more →

Fighting for the Inches

Published by Tommy Greer on December 11, 2013

The Inside word: Sunday’s game against the New Zealand Breakers could yet prove to be a season defining win for us Melbourne Tigers. The Breakers were breathing down our necks on the standings and have come into form over the past couple of weeks. It was the proverbial danger game as a loss would have seen us plummeting towards the… Read more →