A weekly sport podcast by fans for fans (with a focus on basketball, cricket and football). As well as regular episodes on recent news and involving interviews, other episode topics include: great sport chokes, sport curses, sporting families, revisiting old drafts and more! We’ll cover anything but we have a strong love for NBL, NBA, NCAA, AFL, NFL, test cricket, ODI, T20I, BBL, WBBL, Sheffield Shield, IPL, tennis, WNBL, WNBA & ALFW (not the Hundred because that sucks). MAILBAG: sportblokes@gmail.com or @sportblokes on Twitter. Music and artwork @danntozerillustrations on Instagram/danntozerillustrations on Facebook.
Episodes
Friday May 07, 2021
Friday May 07, 2021
Recorded 5 May 2021.
[00:25] What caught your attention and Whatdya miss?
[06:08] Basketball: Josh Giddey declares for NBA Draft (We provide context about his dad, the league and insights as locals who have watched a lot of him this season; comparisons to some other former NBL players who have recently played in Australia/New Zealnd: LaMelo Ball, RJ Hampton, Mojave King, Harry Froling, Jae'Sean Tate). [18:13] NBA: Comparing the top teams in the NBA 5 years ago to now; Kevin Porter Junior goes off for 50 & 11; Has Jokic sewn up MVP?; Luka's Ts; Halliburton done for the season; play-in ponderings; dueling stats. NBL: Perth end Melbourne's winning streak at 11; Hawks cut Deng Adel; Pinder speaks out against decals; Will Magnay to the Wildcats?; Andrej Lemanis to leave at season's end.
[38:07] What Made Stu Say Boody Hell?
[39:08] Cricket: IPL suspended indefinitely; Stuart MacGill briefly kidnapped.
[45:37] This Week in Sport History.
[49:00] Football: AFL: Tips; Collingwood and Port Adelaide in jumper wars; Spotlight on: Dogs & Tigers, Cats @ Swans (Nath rants about marks again); Are Brisbane back?/Should Port be concerned?; Tim Kelly dominates in derby; Brisbane and Freo trade fixtures; Dogs undefeated streak over; Benny Brown gets a win against his former team (in a brief scare) but Adam Tomlinson done for the season; Petracca signs on till 2029; Bayley Fritsch and Paddy McCartin lucky at the tribunal?; Jesse Hogan has dream start at GWS/Toby Greene re-signs till 2026.
[1:04:12] What Are You Amped for?
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