tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730129487734839682011-11-29T21:07:23.802+10:00Dodge Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10989801682213400197noreply@blogger.comBlogger3961100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-473012948773483968.post-59521616537219174842010-12-22T12:09:00.001+10:002010-12-22T12:11:11.520+10:00

Could Allen Iverson be ending his career in Australia?? I came across this article this morning and by the sounds of it, there is a chance it could actually happen. I won't believe it until I see him in an NBL uniform, but it would be a fantastic coup for the league not to mention the team that signs him.NBA legend Allen Iverson keen for Sydney Kings finale | The Daily TelegraphALLEN Iverson has

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In a landmark day for Australian and New Zealand basketball, today saw the first NBA game with THREE ANZAC's in it. With Milwaukee playing in Portland, Andrew Bogut, Patty Mills and (Kiwi) Sean Marks all played in the same game.It wasn't a great night for Bogut who's team was on the wrong end of a beating (80 - 106). Without his starting point guard Brandon Jennings (fractured left foot), Andrew

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I'm sitting here watching the replay of the Bucks vs Mavs game on OneHD ... I know the result because I was following the box-scores during the day. I've just text a friend of mine who's a Dallas fan, he's devastated that they lost this game at home (despite being up 42 - 22 in the middle of the 2nd quarter) ending their 12 game winning streak.Anyway, I mentioned the other day about Andrew

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There was talk leading in to the Portland vs Phoenix game today that Patrick Mills could be the starting point guard thanks to an injury to Andre Miller. While this didn't eventuate, Patty did see some serious court-time entering the game after just 4.5 minutes.Here's his line from today:BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF +/- PTS Andre Miller, PGDid not play Patrick Mills,

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The starting five for the Milwaukee Bucks should bow their heads in shame after today's performance. Sure, they got the win against Orlando ... but superstar Dwight Howard didn't play and the Bucks' starters shot a combined 14 of 34 from the free-throw line. I haven't picked up a basketball for about 2 years and I GUARANTEE you I would make at least 20!Milwaukee Bucks STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A

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Last I saw Dennis he was drinking his way through Celebrity Apprentice. Here's his latest controversy ...Rodman sorry for 'having sex' in interviewBad-boy basketball star Dennis Rodman has apologised after giving a phone-in radio interview while having sex.Rodman, a recovering alcoholic, admits he was 'intoxicated' when he called in to a Miami morning radio program on Tuesday morning to talk

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Here's the Kirk Penney update, unfortunately he was cut by the San Antonio Spurs and his dream of returning to the NBA looks to be over."Making it" in the NBA is often about being in the right place at the right time and like many of his NBL counterparts (Gaze, Heal, Anstey, etc), it seems that Kirk just couldn't find that place. The NBA's loss in the NBL's gain and it will be great to watch Kirk

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Its probably wise that the NBA chooses to open the season with just three games, otherwise fans may not be able to control the surge of ecstasy that the first day of the season brings.I'm not sure I've mentioned this before ... but I love you OneHD, thank you for starting the season with a double-header.The 2010/2011 NBA season tipped off with the much-talked about Miami Heat travelling to Boston

Dodge Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10989801682213400197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-473012948773483968.post-55726169612931458392010-10-26T18:38:00.004+10:002010-10-26T19:34:22.528+10:00

I was lucky enough to have one of my friends (thanks Nick!) hook me up with a ticket to the Gold Coast Blaze's home-opener on Sunday. I've got a friend's 40th coming up at Hyatt Coolum so I planned a quiet one this weekend and the Blaze game was the highlight. The first live game of the NBL season is always a highlight and after some major changes to the lineup, it was going to be interesting to

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I've mentioned it a couple of times before, but I want to make sure everyone knows and understands ... I love ONE HD.Last season, it was "just" bringing the NBA back to free-to-air TV, this season they have added the NBL and in the last week they've also added NBA Classics.The new season of the NBL kicked off on the weekend and its great to see from the story below that TV ratings for the games

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One of the reasons I've been blogging less is because I've been working on a number of other things (plus its been the NBA & NBL off-season).The basketball related one is that I've been putting together an NBA Tour with my friend Jeff, former GM of the Brisbane Bullets.We have some great contacts in both the NBA and College basketball that will give you an "insiders" look at the sport that

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For a basketball fan like myself, its two days until (my) Christmas!!Not only does the NBL season get underway on Friday night but our fantasy NBA league has its draft at 11pm on the same night. Basketball overload on the way!Draft night has been one of the highlights of the calendar for the last couple of years for me. Half our league gets together for dinner and drinks first, a lot of crap is

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I got word a few days ago that Kirk Penney has been signed by the San Antonio Spurs. Going from the article below, he's actually been signed to the training camp roster, so he's still in with a shot of making the roster.He's got a long way to go yet but if he can bring his World Championship form with him to camp, there's no reason he won't get picked up. As any Aussie who's been to the NBA will

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Going in to the NBL season, which is now only 12 days away from tip-off, the defending Perth Wildcats have shown they are still the team to beat by winning the pre-season Top End Challenge.A comfortable 20 point win the final against a surprising Cairns Taipans gave them the pre-season title and this is reflected in the current betting odds for the NBL season:Winner

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Its a say day in the NBL blogging world ... I randomly checked John Rillie's website only to see the following:Welcome to johnrillie.com JohnAdventure ToursBooksBroadbandBusiness EducationCar RentalCheap DvdsEducationFinanceFlightsFlowers

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Thanks to the crew at Dime for pointing out the latest series of NBA 2K commercials. I didn't bother watching the first when it came out, but checked out the second one today and they're pretty funny.Josh Smith: "Can't eat sushi in Utah brother ... land locked" ... funny stuff(Edit: added another two vids today)

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I woke this morning to find a post on Facebook from PokerStars about former NBA All-Star Gary Payton playing on their Million Dollar Challenge.GP's nickname was The Glove ... or lesser known as The Mouth, so Jason Mercier had very little chance of ever getting a word in against both Daniel Negreanu and Payton.Check out the action below:

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Thanks to a tweet from Mark Cuban, I came across this great documentary series called Behind the Glory that did a feature on him.If you don't know Mark Cuban, he's the owner of the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA. More than that tho, he's a business idol of mine. To find out how he got to where he is and why he describes himself as the luckiest man in the world, watch the clips below.

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Good to see one of our blog favourites getting some respect on the international stage. After an impressive performance in the World Champs, Kirk Penney has people thinking he can get back in the NBA.I was pleased to see the following story on Dime this morning, unfortunately no mention of his feats in the NBL, but hey, can't have everything.Kirk Penney Is Back Banging On The NBA’s Front Door |

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Plenty of big news coming out of the NBL launch today in Sydney. Great to see the league securing some sponsors and hopefully its another step back in the right direction.NBL rebounds with iiNetThe resurgence of the National Basketball League has continued to gather pace with Basketball Australia announcing today that iiNet, Australia’s fastest growing Internet Service Provider, has signed a

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In what has likely been the biggest summer of free-agency in the NBA ever, its easy to miss a few names changing uniforms. Sure, everyone knows about the LeBron and Bosh decision, Amare moving to NY but there are so many other less well-known stars whose change will impact the upcoming season. If you haven't been following the NBA news closely, Dime have you covered. Click on the title below to

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If you haven't been watching the World Championships, you're not alone. The time difference between us and Turkey plus the coverage only being on Foxtel, means that many Aussies haven't been following the tournament to closely. I am one of those, but have stayed up to date with the results on Twitter and Dime magazine. Full credit to guys like Mookie from A Stern Warning and DJ Rod for staying up

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Here is the new NBL commercial that will be shown on One in the lead-up to the upcoming season. After first viewing, I don't mind it ...

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Irony??Big-Joe Tertzakian is on the side of the road, half way down the toowoomba range because the bus caught on fire! :( we're all out, fire extinguisher is empty... now what? :(17 minutes ago via Mobile Web · Comment · LikeUnlikeDanielle Casson Watch it burn???glad u all got out tho!x14 minutes ago · LikeUnlikeKarissa Louise Milikins awwthats kinda of funny but14 minutes ago ·

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If you've been following the news about a potential resurrection of the Brisbane Bullets back in to the NBL, you would've heard there was a meeting last night to discuss the future and get people organised to assist with the task.I messaged a few of my friends to find out if they were attending but none were and while I thought about it, I didn't make it there either. I guess I don't have the

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Thanks to the team at the Townsville Crocodiles for putting this interview on YouTube. Here's Patty Mills on Sports Tonight discussing his chances of staying with the Portland Trailblazers and also the progress of the Australian Boomers.

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A lesson in "How to leave town but not be booed when you return" from Zydrunas Ilgauskas.Despite signing with Miami Heat, it seems Big Z will remain a crowd favourite as he took out a full page ad in the Cleveland paper to thank the city for his time with the Cavs.I imagine this went down a lot better with the fans than a "The Decision" TV special ...

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I came across this article on Dime this morning which lists their pick for the top 5 free-throw shooters in the NBA.Its a part of the game that many overlook ... but not me. Click on the title below to read the full story. No surprise to see my guys, Steve Nash & Ray Allen on there.The NBA’s 5 Most Clutch Free-Throw Shooters | Dime Magazine (dimemag.com) : Daily NBA News, NBA Trades, NBA Rumors,

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A friend asked me on Facebook whether I had heard anymore about the Brisbane Bullets returning to the NBL, so I did some research and came across this. I might see if I can make an appearance at the meeting on the 11th and find out exactly what's going on and where they are up to.Darren Lockyer pipped by Billy Slater in NRL poll, says Mark 'The Ear' Oberhardt | Courier MailSOME months back, The

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Thanks to Mookie from A Stern Warning, I've just found out that Aussie David Andersen has been traded to the Toronto Raptors. With Yao Ming likely to return to the Rockets this season, the trade is probably a good one for Andersen especially now that Hedo and Bosh are no longer in Toronto.David could see some minutes in a young inexperienced Raptors team looking to make a fresh start. I was

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I'm not quite sure why this is "news-worthy" but it was obviously a slow sports day on the Gold Coast. Good to see (former Brisbane Bullets) team manager Big Joe getting some love in the paper.Blaze's Big Joe navigates Sydney Gossip News | goldcoast.com.au | Gold Coast, Queensland, AustraliaBLAZE team manager 'Big Joe' Tertzakian has absolutely everything under control in his job of running the

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Last year it was LA Lakers back-up guard, Jordan Farmar playing in the WSOP, this year its Dallas Mavericks swingman Shawn Marion.I was checking out the coverage on Poker News when I saw his face on one of their videos. Check out the interview here.Here's a story about Marion playing in the World Series, click on the title to read the full story.Shawn Marion tries his hand at the World Series of

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Trail Blazers announce summer league roster | OregonLive.comSean Meagher, OregonLive.comThe Trail Blazers announced their summer league roster Wednesday. Rookie picks Luke Babbitt and Armon Johnson will be joined by Jeff Pendergraph, Dante Cunningham and Patty Mills.More from the team: PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Trail Blazers announced their roster for the 2010 NBA Summer League. The team,

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After the NBA Championships were over, the next major event on the calendar is the NBA Draft. While there were no big-name Aussies in the draft to wait for (like the travesty that was last year with Patty Mills), its still a fun event to watch. Having not had the chance to watch a lot of college ball this year, I didn't know many of the players but since it was quiet at work, I watched coverage

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Yes, I know it was over a week ago ... but I'm a Celtics fan and it was hard to watch the Lakers come from behind to win the NBA championship. Games recognises game tho and the Lakers were the better team.Boston had their chances but some cold shooting and a lack of rebounding saw them lose the final two games and miss their shot at another title. Full credit to Boston for making it this far and

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Thanks to DJ Rod and the Townsville Crocs Facebook page for bringing this Andrew Bogut interview to my attention.

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Thanks to Robbo for pointing out this article on Twitter this afternoon. Like fellow Aussie Eric Bana, Andrew Bogut's other love is clearly cars.The superstar and the muscle car | Courier Mail By Neil Keene From: The Daily Telegraph IT'S hard to keep a low profile when you're 213cm tall and a millionaire sports star to boot.But that's just what

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This isn't really a fair fight ... Steve Nash doesn't rep Adidas but he's the only player that would give David Beckham a run for his money.

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Rajon Rondo may have finished off the game getting the win for the Celtics, but if it wasn't for Ray Allen's shooting in the first half, Boston never would have had a chance.His 8 three-pointers set a new record for most threes in a finals game, surpassing Michael Jordan (6) and Scottie Pippen (7).Ray's stat line for the night was great, but to put it in perspective, he had 27 of his 32 in the

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Chappelle's ShowTrue Hollywood Stories - Princewww.comedycentral.comBuy Chappelle's Show DVDsBlack ComedyTrue Hollywood Story

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MEDIA RELEASE27 May 20102010/11 NBL SEASON TO TIP-OFF 15 OCTOBERBasketball Australia has released the schedule for the 2010/11 National Basketball League season, with the Sydney Kings scheduled to make their highly-anticipated return to the NBL on the same day the competition begins play on Friday 15 October.The Kings, who will return to the NBL after a two-year absence, will face long-time

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Thanks to the crew at Dime, I stumbled across this Sports Illustrated "Hot Clicks" highlight package of Steve Nash's top 10 career assists. Its my boy Steve Nash so I had to share it ...

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After Amare Stoudemire dominated game 3 of their series against the Lakers to the tune of 42 points, 11 boards ... I came across this story about him today. Great to see him doing his best for his fans.NBA Star Uses Group Buying to Sell Playoff Tickets on FacebookPhoenix Sun’s power forward Amar’e Stoudemire has teamed with AtCost.com and Razorgator Tickets to turn his Facebook Page into a

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While reading Dime this morning I came across a post about a new Steve Nash shirt in honour of his one-eye game. Looking a little deeper in to the website selling the shirt I came across this comedy GOLD!Who Wants to Sex Mutombo? $20-$25 One night Dikembe Mutombo walked into a Georgetown bar and the place went silent. Dikembe responded, “WHO WANTS TO SEX MUTOMBO?!” Available Colors: Black,

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Here are the highlights from today's NBA Lottery. As you can see, most of the later picks went to plan except for the Warriors and Wolves who fell down the order.Its funny watching some of the reactions from team representatives ... obviously my boy Danny Granger would have liked a higher pick than 10th. Also, Aaron Brooks from the Rockets must be trying to look intelligent with those

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By ninemsn staffA Texas high school student who led his school's basketball team to the state finals has been exposed as a 22-year-old Haitian man posing as a teenager. Guerdwich Montimere, a naturalised US citizen born in Haiti, registered himself as a 16-year-old student at Permian High School for the 2009/10 school year, the Associated Press reported. Using the pseudonym Jerry Joseph,

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Great to see my boy Steve Nash lead the Suns to a 4 game sweep of the Spurs and advance to the Western Conference Finals. What I didn't realise until after the game was how he did it and that the Spurs yet again put the hurt on him. Check out this video below for the highlights:What they don't really focus on is the fact that Nash had that great last quarter despite playing with just one eye (

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Definitely the most surprising individual performance of the NBA playoffs, came yesterday from Suns back-up point guard Goran Dragic.Here's his ridiculous stat line:Bench Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts

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The big news today from the NBA is that Australian Andrew Bogut was named in the All-NBA Third team. This is significant because its the first time ever an Australian had earned an All-NBA honour. Bogut had a great year and if it wasn't for a couple of injuries, I'm sure he would have gone one better and made the Second Team. Maybe next year tho ...For the full story, click on the title below.

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The other big mover and shaker so far this NBL off-season has been the Gold Coast Blaze. They took huge strides forward last season but weren't content with their semi-final finish and have definitely shaken things up again.(Click on the links below to read the full story on each signing)First they signed veteran forward Stephen Hoare.They then brought in some youth and rebounding with Tom

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For the last couple of seasons, the knock on the Townsville Crocodiles is that they have been under-sized. They've essentially had Russell Hinder and (insert import name here) as their only bigs, surrounded by a gaggle of guards and swingmen.After announcing they wouldn't be resigning current MVP Corey Williams, they have dramatically changed the balance and the look of their team. Firstly they

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MEDIA RELEASE27 April 2010NEW RULES FOR NBL IN 2010/11The National Basketball League will introduce a number of adjustments to their rules for the 2010/11 NBL season, Basketball Australia has announced.Four major changes are being introduced for the new NBL season, which will start in mid-October this year: - The shape of the keyway will adopt the new standard FIBA rectangular shape;-

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Thanks to the crew at Dime for pointing this out, the NBA have announced their top ten plays of the year:

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Slightly belated highlights from game 2 of the Boston Celtics series against the Miami Heat. No KG, no worries as Ray Allen takes over and gives the Heat far more than they can handle. Here's his line:Boston Starters Min FG 3Pt

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Just a ridiculous shooting display for Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks last night. Check out his line from their round 1 match-up against the Spurs: Dallas Starters Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off

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(I had planned to blog daily but my schedule over the last week just didn't permit)I woke up early on Tuesday morning and since I hadn't drawn the curtains in my room I could see there was a major storm happening outside. It was black and there were flashes of lightening ... I thought to myself its a good thing basketball is played indoors!I went downstairs to hoe in to the buffet but a few

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I say Day 0 because the tournament doesn't actually get underway until tomorrow so today was the day before day 1.I was up at 4:40 in order to finish my packing and get to the airport in time for my 6:30 flight to Adelaide. When I checked in to Virgin Blue I noticed my seat number looked like it was down the back but for some reason I didn't think to change it. Having dated a Virgin Blue flight

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Its Saturday night and not long to go before the Footlocker Elite Classic - High Stakes Hoops which begins on Tuesday.I booked my flights last week and I arrive in Adelaide early on Monday morning and fly back the following Monday night. My role for the week is basically Jeff Van Groningen's right hand man ... what exactly that involves is really anyone's guess right now! Basically, I'll be

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I've now about the possibility of this for the last week or so and heard confirmation yesterday but its finally official.MEDIA RELEASE26 March 2010 NBL SIGNS DEAL WITH NETWORK TEN ONE AND TEN THE NEW HOME OF AUSTRALIAN BASKETBALL Following a thrilling 2009/10 National Basketball League season that marked a renaissance for the NBL and just days after announcing the rebirth of the Sydney Kings,

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Sydney Kings return to NBLBy: NBLSydney’s newly announced team to play in the National Basketball League from season 2010/11 will be known as the Sydney Kings once more, the club revealed today, with one of Australia’s iconic sporting brands to return to the NBL. At a press conference held at the Newington College in Sydney this morning which highlighted the team’s commitment to building

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MEDIA RELEASE18 March 2010 NBL SET TO RETURN TO SYDNEYThe National Basketball League is building on the success of the 2009/10 season and will welcome a new team to the league in 2010/11.Sydney will once again have a team in the National Basketball League, with Basketball Australia announcing today that a club based in the New South Wales capital would be included amongst the nine teams to make

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With less than a month to go until the High Stakes Hoops tournament, its time to catch up on everything that's been happening.First, I mentioned last month that the Footlocker Elite Classic would be having an international draft. Well, the draft took place on Friday and the results are below.Foot Locker Elite Classic – High Stakes Hoops Draft a Success « The Foot Locker Elite Classic – High

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I follow Andrew Bogut on Twitter and saw a post from him earlier:SO they got my youngfella @BJ3nnings3 at 5th in the rookie rankings? What a joke. Even though he doesnt care bout ROY. 5th?? 5th?? LIKE 5th? about 7 hours ago via web So it got me wondering what the current rankings were so I found this article. Here's their breakdown of the top 5. 1. Stephen

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From today's Bucks vs Celtics game, Andrew Bogut throws down the biggest dunk by an Australian in a long, long time.

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Now, I've mentioned it many times before, I'm not about the flash dunks, I'm more about the beautiful pass or the big triple with time running down. Saying that tho, I was watching the boxscore of the Portland - Denver game yesterday when I saw a line that surprised me:6:26 Andre Miller makes slam dunk (Martell Webster assists)I actually remember thinking to myself at the time "wow, Andre

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Forget about your high-flying dunks, for me this is the play of the year so far.As a small-man in a big-mans world, its great to see Stephen Curry going to work in the paint. Up against one of the best shot-blockers in the league, Curry shows the Birdman some of his Pistol Pete style tricks.

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Just announced at the Adelaide Dome:‘Foot Locker Elite Classic – High Stakes Hoops’ Set To Attract Overseas Stars Revolutionary ‘Overseas Player Draft’ Unveiled Elite Classic Basketball (ECB) today unveiled a revolutionary ‘Overseas Player Draft’ which will see up to twenty-four high-calibre international players join the ranks of the ‘Foot Locker Elite Classic – High Stakes Hoops’. ‘The

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ECB Announcement - For Immediate Release:‘The $10,000 Game Breaker Challenge’ECB officials are proud to announce the first annual ‘$10,000 Game Breaker Challenge’ that will be held during the Foot Locker Elite Classic – High Stakes Hoops event broadcast live on ONE from 6-11 April, 2010.The ‘$10,000 Game Breaker Challenge’ is a three-point-shooting competition that will be conducted throughout

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My boy Tux shot me an e-mail today with the below article and it was so good I just had to share it. Its all about the top shooters in the NBA and includes my boys Ray Allen and Steve Nash, so how could I not post it?Its from the site Basketball Free For All which is a blog Tux reads and I will need to make sure I do too from now on.The League’s Best Shooters « General « Basketball Free For

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I haven't seen my parents for a little while so after the Reds snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in the rugby, I went round to their place and stayed the night. Other than catching up with them and doing the good son thing, they have Foxtel so I got to watch the NBA All-Star Saturday night.Saturday's events start with the shooting stars, the skills challenge, the 3-point contest and then

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I mentioned it at the start of the season that I really liked the look of rookie Stephen Curry. Sure, he has the NBA pedigree from his dad Del but he proved he could flat out shoot leading the NCAA in scoring last year.Drafted by the Golden State Warriors, he got off to a slow start in his rookie season and there was tension with Monta Ellis before game 1 even began. Over the last month or two

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The announcement for who would be competing in the NBA All-Star three-point contest came on the weekend. The big names are Chauncey Billups and Paul Pierce, but the contest is so different from game action that it will be interesting to see how the lesser names go and whether or not Daequan Cook can defend his title.Click on the title below to read the full story and check out last year's contest

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Watching Chauncey Billups in action last night its not hard to see why they call him Mr Big Shot. Billups exploded for a career high 39 points including 9 from downtown.Here's his stat line:Denver Starters Min FG 3Pt FT

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I mentioned in a post a few month's back that one of my good friends had organised Premier Anna Bligh to be the number 1 ticket holder for the Gold Coast Blaze. I speculated at the time that the over/under on how many games she would attend was 4 ... my friendly quickly e-mailed me and said that was way too high. Anna got her #1 singlet at the end of last year but until last night was yet to

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Going in to this round the Gold Coast Blaze were looking a little shaky having dropped two games in a row, had been without Adam Gibson for a couple of games and then lost playmaker Ayinde Ubaka to injury.Saturday saw the Melbourne Tigers come to the coast with momentum on their side and their season on the line. With the Breakers also finally stringing some wins together the Blaze needed a win

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I was down in Melbourne for the weekend so I'm just getting to catch up on things now, but on Friday afternoon Jeff Van Groningen was on Inside The Game TV with Kevin Brooks & Brett Maher.I've been meaning to check out this show for a while now, so when JVG was the special guest and the hot topic was the Foot Locker Elite Classic - High Stakes Hoops, I made sure I didn't miss it. If you didn't

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Fittingly on Australia Day in the US, Andrew Bogut recorded a new career high 32 points (and 9 boards) in today's game against the Dallas Mavericks.The game was shown on One HD so I got to watch the end of it during lunch. Bogut was a perfect 9 of 9 from the field in the second half and finished the game a red-hot 13 of 14 from the field. He proved unstoppable against defenders Dampier and Gooden

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After the big announcement yesterday the Australian basketball world has been a buzz! Twitter conversations were all about it yesterday, people were talking about it on message boards and everyone was wondering what was going on and how it effects the NBL and its players.If you missed the actual announcement, here's a clip from Sports Tonight:A lot of people jumped to conclusions one way or the

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Its been a tough season for one of our NBL favourites, Kirk Penney. Coming off an MVP season in 2008/2009 his team was tipped as the favourites for the NBL title and he is their team leader (along with CJ) and number 1 scoring option. A few months later and Kirk has been injured for much of the season and the New Zealand Breakers find themselves outside the top 4 and looking like they will miss

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Elite Classic Basketball (ECB) today announces an exciting addition to the Australian sporting calendar.“Foot Locker Elite Classic - High Stakes Hoops”The 'Foot Locker Elite Classic - High Stakes Hoops' will see eight teams playing for a total prize pool of $250,000 in a short, sharp and lucrative event.Network Ten and ECB have created a partnership which results in ONE broadcasting the 'Foot

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This news just in from the Twitter world regarding the return of the Brisbane Bullets to the NBL (start at the bottom and read up): DanielEade @DJ_Rod I just got off the phone, Sydney's bid is more advanced but both will be excepted. 29 minutes ago from web in reply to DJ_Rod (Roger's edit: I assume Daniel actually

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I've been meaning to post about this for the last week or two since the rumour was confirmed. EA Sports are bringing back one of the greatest basketball games of all time, NBA Jam.I for one cannot wait as I was a massive fan of the game ... and one of the best players! I used to go to college next to a TimeZone and when the full-size arcade game appeared it almost blew my mind. Sure, it was

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After Sundiata Gaines' winning shot last week, it was quickly followed by another the next day.This time it was Jamal Crawford from the Atlanta Hawks. Like Gaines in Utah, this wasn't the Hawks star (Joe Johnson) taking the final shot. Crawford comes off the bench for Atlanta and has to be favourite for Sixth Man of the Year award. Down by 2 at home with 3 seconds to go against the Suns, here's

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The double-header on One today was Boston vs Chicago and then Utah vs Cleveland. Its a quiet time at work so I got to watch a fair bit of the second game and I'm glad I did.My first question was what's up with those Utah Jazz uniforms? Green and yellow, just looked strange for the Jazz.On to the actual game and Cleveland led most of the way but thanks to the Jazz reserves they made a charge in

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On the back of the most obvious press release ever from the NBL about how close the season is, and with just one month until the regular season finishes, its time to start thinking about the playoffs.The New Zealand Breakers have just announced Kevin Braswell as a second import for the remainder of the season. The Breakers are yet to find form and haven't been able to close out games in the final

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A strange source of NBA and basketball shooting information, I came across this list thanks to a Twitter post from business guru Guy Kawasaki.Click on the title below to read the full story.Top 10 NBA 3 Point Shooters of All Time | Top 10 Lists | TopTenz.netThe NBA has changed many times over, but the biggest change was made in the addition of the 3 point shot in the 1979-80 season. The 3 point

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Much like Nathan Jawai's NBA debut, nothing too exciting about Patrick Mills' first time on-court. But with so many Portland injuries the prospects of more game time in the near future are looking good. And frankly ... after the last 6 months and what he's been through, it was just great to finally see him get in the game.Portland

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Its been a big week for Patrick Mills since my update about him last week. He played just two games in the D League but did enough to get the call-up to join the Portland Trailblazers in the NBA.Game 1 for Mills playing with the Idaho Stampede so the young Aussie come off the bench. He exploded for 38 points including 7 triples, 12 assists, 3 boards and 3 steals.Game 2 saw Mills again come off

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Heading in to the new year and now two months in to the NBA season, I thought it was time to check out who the individual basketball shooting leaders are.Three-point shooting percentage: Jared Dudley (Suns) 50.5%Daniel Gibson (Cavs)48.8%Paul Pierce (Celtics) 47.3%Anthony Parker (Cavs) 46.1%Chris Paul (Hornets) 45.8%Three-point makes per game: Danny Granger (Pacers) 3.1Danilo Gallinari (Knicks)

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Thanks to the guys at NBA Mate for bringing this one to my attention. It seems it will be a little while before we see Patty Mills in the NBA (I'm not giving up yet). He's off to the D League as per the story below. I did laugh at the last paragraph ... I don't think it will be Trail Blazers fans following his progress, it will basically just be his Aussie fans.NBA Development League: Patrick

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I was looking forward to the NBA game on OneHD today between the Rockets and the Hornets and it certainly didn't disappoint.From my point of view it had just about everything you could hope to see:A back and forth, close gameChris Paul triple doubleGreat shooting from both teamsAn offensive explosion from David WestGreat shooting from both Aaron Brooks (pictured below) and Shane Battier for the

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I'm about to head up the coast to spend Christmas at my brother's place but it would be remiss of me not to make mention of the basketball shooting display put on by J.R. Smith from the Denver Nuggets.J.R. Smith's season got off to a slow start as he was suspended for the first 7 games of the year. He's had some good performances, scoring more than 20 points on 3 occasions but nothing compared to

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It had been a few weeks since I'd seen a Gold Coast Blaze game live and with the Wollongong Hawks in town, the top of the table clash seemed like the perfect opportunity.With their Brisbane Bullets and Northside Wizards connections, a number of my friends were also at the game and thankfully we weren't the only ones and there was a decent crowd in attendance. They still have a long way to go

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The MVPuppets are back in a new series of Nike commercials. Thanks to the crew at Dime for bringing them to the attention of those not in the US.

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Its been a fairly unexciting last few weeks in the NBA if you're following the hopes and dreams of David Andersen and Nathan Jawai. If you've checked out a Portland Trailblazers game lately you've no doubt seen Patty Mills in plain clothes sitting behind the bench watching the action.Thankfully tho there is some good news ... Andrew Bogut has returned from his most recent injury and is putting up

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Clearly I have been out of the loop for too long as I was stunned to receive this press release today.The Gold Coast Blaze are sitting in 2nd spot on the NBL ladder, on the back of a 5 game winning streak, and now sign ex-Brisbane Bullet Craig Bradshaw to replace Pero Cameron. If this was fantasy basketball that deal would certainly be vetoed by the commish as being unfair.If you didn't already

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I'm going to ease back in to blogging this week as things have slowed down at work and I'm getting things tidied up. Sure, its the silly season so there is plenty going on but I'll have a bit more time on my hands and will get back in to the swing of things.Fantasy basketball has been going pretty well, for most of the last few weeks my team has either led or been top two in our league. I'd

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I'll get back to my normal blogging frequency within the next few days when corporate travel season slows down. This is the last week of madness before things die down for the Christmas holidays and then I can get back in to the world of basketball.For now tho, here's a quick summary of the Gold Coast Blaze over the last weeks. The team is really starting to come together and heading in to round

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