In the 2002 book titled “The Punch”, acclaimed sports writer John Feinstein looks at how one punch derailed the career of Kermit Washington and had a vast impact on the playing career of Rudy Tomjanovich. In the 2015/16 NBA season, could one punch derail the Clippers season, or worse, the core foundation they’ve worked so hard to build these past… Read more →
Marcus Thornton’s season has been inglorious. His team is last on the ladder, he’s shooting 36.6 percent from the field and he was the victim in the Illawarra beer-pouring incident. The Sydney Kings’ import guard joined the team after averaging 20 points per game in his senior college season and being drafted in 2015 by the Boston Celtics. Despite those… Read more →
WINNERS Jerome Randle To quote Downtown’s Editor-in-Chief, “Jerome Randle told us seven weeks ago, we just weren’t listening.” Randle had MVP promise from day one, but this week the gap between the Sixers star and the pack was so large you could’ve flown a plane through it. Randle was firing from the get go against Sydney on Wednesday night. As… Read more →
The NBA All-Star Starters were announced this week and as always, there was plenty of discussion around how fan voting impacts those players who are truly deserving of a roster spot. Your 2016 NBA All-Star Game starters… https://t.co/39Tg3pRqyC pic.twitter.com/JpTtyhRNFq — ESPN (@espn) January 22, 2016 This year, Kobe Bryant’s farewell to the league has robbed at least one player of a… Read more →
Make no mistake, the NBL’s revival this season is as much about the personalities as it is about the standard of play. They’re the reason why stadiums are filling up across the country and why we tune in to Fox Sports five nights a week to catch the action. There is no bigger personality than Melbourne United guard Chris Goulding…. Read more →
The Illawarra Hawks found themselves in a world of trouble on Sunday afternoon. Down 11 midway through the fourth quarter in New Zealand, the Hawks had lost offensive destroyers Kirk Penney and Oscar Forman to injury and foul trouble respectively. AJ Ogilvy soon joined them. Kevin Lisch was the only man capable of digging the Hawks out of their seemingly… Read more →
Matthew Dellavedova’s performances in the 2015 NBA playoffs didn’t just give people ammunition for criticisms about his style and enable a highlight-worthy duel with Stephen Curry. They also underlined the imperfections in his outside shooting. But after converting on 31.6 percent of three-pointers during the last postseason, Dellavedova is shooting 43.2 percent on triples in 2015-16. “The playoffs and Finals… Read more →
WINNERS The NBL & Heritage Round There’s nothing that lights a fire in a fan’s belly like seeing their favourite team running around in its strip from the golden age, especially as Australian basketball sits on the cusp of entering another one. Not only did fans around the country grow up watching their hardwood heroes of yesteryear wearing these jerseys,… Read more →
The Brooklyn Nets made a major change in the direction of their franchise last week as they fired Head Coach Lionel Hollins and “re-assigned” GM Billy King, vacating that position. It was a clear signal that ownership, led by Russian Mikhail Prokohrov, is far from content with where they’re at and where they were headed. Having little talent and no… Read more →
Last week, Kanye West previewed the track “Real Friends” in the lead up to the February release of his forthcoming album “Swish”. In line (loosely) with the subject matter of this track, we revisit some touching #RealFriends moments from the pro game. Hit us up in the comments if you’d like to share your treasured on-court #RealFriends memories. Kevin McHale: Stephen Jackson: Chris Gatling:… Read more →
