The Sport Blokes

143. Cocaine Horse!? You’re Taking the Plis(kova) - with the Jinja Assassin

Recorded 15 & 16 March 2023

 

(00:22) Basketball - NBL: Sydney Kings of the NBL once again after a gallant performance by the New Zealand Breakers (but was it the one that got away after stealing home court advantage in game 1?)

(12:54) Two Time World Air Guitar runner up and Australian champion The Jinja Assassin (with flashbacks)

(20:44) Around the grounds: Thoughts for Georgia Nesbitt; Australian Rugby League Commission makes changes to concussion rules with immediate effect; Karolina Pliskova not happy with Maria Sakkari; Tiger Woods: relationship expert; Cocaine Horse? 

(35:05) Basketball - NBA: Josh Giddey continues to impress while Ben Simmons continues to disappoint; Jeremy Sochan's new free throw technique reaps major rewards; OKC: To tank or not to tank? Fred Van Fleet gets his money's worth!

(51:32) Final Thoughts.

 

Check out Episode 95 to hear us talk about a range of sport & also our 1st interview with the Jinja Assassin in Episode 95.2.

 

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142. Basketball & Indore Cricket (with Throwback Hoops)

Recorded 5 & 8 March 2023

 

(00:22) Teeing Off (with flashbacks)

(04:30) Big Shoes to Fill (with Woody V & Robbie C from Throwback Hoops)

(05:46) Basketball: NBL. FIBA Break; Game 1 (BMW, Barry Brown Jnr); Injuries; Game 2 (Justin Simon, Kouat Noi, gutsy coaching)

(23:00) Cricket: Australian Women win T20 World Cup (again); WPL; Thoughts on the 1st three tests of the Aussie men in India and a look ahead to the final test (Selections, Aussie and Indian spinning stocks; the importance of practise matches; sweeping and other tactical errors; pitch conditions; Indian home losses extremely rare!; A look ahead to the World Test Championship & Ashes; Warner's test future and batters in the wings: Bancroft, Pucovski); Other Test series around the globe (Windies in South Africa; England in New Zealand with random stats)

(52:47) Woody's Party Trick II

(58:11) Time for a Chat...GPT

(59:12) US Basketball - NBA/NCAA (and a little bit more of NBL): Ja's got a gun; 76ers snap 16-game winning streak; Who can win it all?; Contenders pick the waiver wire; The smear campaign against Nikola Jokic; Looking ahead to the NCAA tournament (Bacot passes MJ at UNC; Jay Bilas misses Brady Manek?)

(1:23:00) Plugs. Check out Throwback Hoops on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0WRZ0vCJ-M4M55dFYOJ3bw. Twitter: @throwbackshoops. Email: throwbackhoopspodcast@gmail.com. TikTok: Woody_V83

(1:24:40) Final Thoughts.

 

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141. Specific Division

(00:22) Opening Bounce

(14:08) ...Opening Bounce?

(21:16) Trades

(1:06:08) Final Thoughts

140. Lactose Tolerance for Bad Juju

Recorded 18 February 2023

 

(00:22) Bat flip: Jason Gilbee milk enthusiast; Superb Bowl; Peter Bol thrown under the bus?

(22:42) Basketball: NBL. Did the South East Melbourne Phoenix choke to the Perth Wildcats?; Tasmania go into Cairns and clinch 3rd seed (in a game that isn't actually do or die - sorry Corey); Taipans replicate their late season performance by handily beating the Wildcats in spite of their injuries; Semi-finals: New Zealand Breakers v Tasmania JackJumpers: Home teams win amidst crazy travel schedules; Has Tassie admitted they should've been the Devils all along?; Sydney Kings v Cairns Taipans: Sydney win game 1 comfortably after shaking off the rust in the first half of game 1 (Cooks carries the team); Late game 2 controversies.

(48:32) Cricket - First test: A damning stat to start things off; Todd Murphy shines on debut; High expectations; Selections/Glass Houses

(57:39) Time for a Chat.... GPT

(59:29) More cricket: Second Test - Pollution; Will we win? We'll take a draw...; WPL; Women's T20 World Cup; Jimmy Anderson has had a decent career.

(1:08:14) Final Thoughts.

 

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The Sport Blokes talk NBL (18/02/23)

Recorded 18 February 2023

• Play-in: Did the South East Melbourne Phoenix choke to the Perth Wildcats? (Manek's start, Bryce's 4th, Rillie's coaching).
• Seeding: Doyle impresses as Tasmania go into Cairns and clinch 3rd seed (in a game that isn't actually do or die - sorry Corey).
• Elimination: Cairns replicate their late season performance by handily beating the Wildcats in spite of their injuries. Bul(dog) Kuol and the next man up mentality.
• Semi-finals: New Zealand Breakers v Tasmania JackJumpers 1-1: Home teams win amidst crazy travel schedules; Has Tassie admitted they should've been the Devils all along?
• Semi-finals: Sydney Kings v Cairns Taipans 1-1: Sydney win game 1 comfortably after shaking off the rust in the first half of game 1 (Cooks carries the team); Late game 2 controversies.
• Quick update on aftermath of Sydney at Cairns (Soares survives)

 

Full episode out soon!

139. Tsai of Relief

Recorded 8 February 2023

 

(00:22) Opening Bounce

(08:29) What Made Stu (and Nath) say Bloody Hell?

(11:11) Basketball - NBA: LeBron passes Kareem as greatest (regular season) scorer of all-time with a flashback to NBA Beau from episode 128 (thoughts on the moment - the lengthy delay; AD and Russ showing a lack of excitement; LeBron's teams' poor record in games where he passes milestones); Brooklyn rid themselves of Kyrie Irving, dealing him with Markieff Morris to Dallas for Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith and picks). NBA All-star selections/snubs; Dwight Howard 3 point specialist?

(41:20) Final Thoughts

 

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138. Novak’s Absolute Tear II (...18 seconds away)

Recorded 8 February 2023

 

(00:22) Opening Bounce: Tennis - Australian Open

(10:27) Basketball - NBL: Reflections on Round 18 of the NBL; Play-in/playoffs (semantics) and the health of the league; Predictions for Perth @ South East Melbourne Phoenix & Tasmania JackJumpers @ Cairns Taipans; The Gazeys; Quick hits

(38:16) Cricket: Dane van Niekerk falls 18 seconds short of her T20 World Cup dream; Australian Cricket Awards; Retirements; Australia's tour of India (who will be selected, pitch shenanigans); A huge opening stand may still not be enough for the West Indies?; Switch hitting; Summer test schedule (again... thanks Dominic and Clarkey) 

(59:23) Final Thoughts

 

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The Sport Blokes talk NBL (08/02/23)

Recorded 8 February 2023

• Reflections on Round 18 of the NBL
• Play-in/playoffs (semantics) and the health of the league
• Predictions for Perth @ South East Melbourne Phoenix & Tasmania JackJumpers @ Cairns Taipans
• The Gazeys
• Quick hits

Full episode out soon!

137. RefGPT (NBL Podcasts Live - with the NBL Pocket Podcast & Perth Bandits CEO Nick Tan)

Recorded live at the Backlot Theatre, Perth on 29 January 2023

 

Have you heard Part 1 yet? If not, be sure to check out the NBL Pocket Podcast and then come back here for Part 2 :)

Please also check out: Nick's Wildcats Videos & Full Court Fitness!

(00:31) Brief Intro

 

NBL Podcasts Live Part 2:

(04:50) Interview: Player agent Solomon Dech (with audience Q&A)

(20:03) NBL expansion? 

(30:20) The lead-in to the play-in: Reflections on predictions and thoughts ahead of the NBL finals.

(35:00) Questions and Thoughts from the crowd (including an SMS question - thanks Ben!)

(45:05) Final Thoughts

 

First time listener? Check out some of our other interviews, specials and collaborations:

Interviews:

• Beau Estes, voice of the NBA & NBL Top Ten Plays 'NBA': Episode 128. 
• Alex Loughton: Episode 38 , Episode 53 & Episode 103.
• Cody Ellis: Episode 65 & Episode 79.
• Pete Hooley: Episode 104.
• Brad Rosen: Episode 108.
• 'The Jinja Assassin' Alex Roberts (Australian Air Guitar Champion): Episode 95.2.

Collaborations:

• NBL Pocket Podcast: Episode 78.
• Throwback Hoops: Episode 92, Episode 122 & Episode 123.
• 'The Jinja Assassin' Alex Roberts: Episode 95.
• Jackson MacDonald: Episode 96.

Specials:

• Great Sport Chokes: Episode 72, Episode 75, Episode 102, Episode 106 & Episode 114.
• 2022 NBA Draft special (featuring Alex Loughton, Pete Hooley & Brad Rosen): Episode 107.
• NBA Re-drafts: 1990 - Episode 110, 1991 - Episode 117 & 1992 - Episode 131.
• Curses & Superstitions: Episode 124.

136. A Bloody Pain in the Neck!

Recorded 21 January 2023

 

(00:22) Opening Bounce - Fischer McAsey cuts his AFL career short; Will the NRL players strike?; The Melbourne Victory receive the penalties for their fans' pitch invasion; Cristiano Ronaldo needs geography lessons & Pride game dramas in the NHL.

(06:47) Basketball - NBA: RIP Chris Ford; Quick hits/random stats and stories; Where does Ja Morant's dunk rank amongst our favourite NBA dunks of all time?

(35:30) What Made Stu Say Bloody Hell?

(37:31) Super powers.

(39:37) Cricket: Thoughts on the end of the Aussie summer of test cricket (should Sydney still host the New Year's test? Should the Aussies have declared on Usman Khawaja? Should Davey Warner won man of the series? Should we be worried about South Africa's test team?); Australia cancels tour of Afghanistan on moral grounds; BBL: Should it be six runs for hitting the roof?; UAE T20 league not ICC sanctioned; India smash ODI record for biggest margin of victory against Sri Lanka.

(58:47) Final Thoughts

 

Perthlings: There are still a couple of tickets left for our very special collaboration with the NBL Pocket Podcast and Nick Tan (brought to you by the Backlot Perth and Full Court Fitness): https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com/live

 

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135. Exit Sakkari (Lovie produces a #2 for Houston)

Recorded 21 January 2023

 

(00:22) Opening Bounce - Tennis

(12:02) Basketball

(36:41) NFL

(54:38) Final Thoughts

 

Perthlings: be sure to keep an ear out for a very special collaboration with the NBL Pocket Podcast and Nick Tan (brought to you by the Backlot Perth and Full Court Fitness): https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com/live

 

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134. Champagne Super-over

Recorded 5 January 2023

 

(00:22) Opening Bounce

(06:04) Basketball

(23:41) Cricket

(49:56) Final Thoughts

 

Perthlings: be sure to keep an ear out for a very special collaboration with the NBL Pocket Podcast and Nick Tan (brought to you by the Backlot Perth and Full Court Fitness): https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com/live

 

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133. Crabs in a Bucket

Recorded 5 January

 

(00:22) Opening Bounce

(07:49) Basketball

(39:04) Football Codes

(1:08:55) Final Thoughts

 

Perthlings: be sure to keep an ear out for a very special collaboration with the NBL Pocket Podcast and Nick Tan (brought to you by the Backlot Perth and Full Court Fitness): https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com/live

 

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132. Bonus Beau & Additional Alex

Poor Stuey is recovering from major surgery so we've cobbled together an episode of (mostly) previously unreleased audio from episodes 128 with Beau Estes & 53 with Alex Loughton.

 

Enjoy & Happy Holidays from the Sport Blokes!!! :)

 

Perthlings: be sure to keep an ear out for a very special collaboration with the NBL Pocket Podcast and Nick Tan (brought to you by the Backlot Perth and Full Court Fitness): https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com/live

 

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131. Re-drafting the 1992 NBA Draft lottery with the benefit of hindsight

130. Qatar Heroes

Recorded 6 December 2022

(00:22) What Caught Your Attention and Whatdya miss?

(08:11) Football (Soccer) - The FIFA World Cup rudely overshadows the announcement of Round 1 of the AFL Fixtures

(21:53) Cricket

(38:18) Basketball - NBA

(57:01) Basketball - NBL (includes Trivia without notice!)

(1:06:22) Final Thoughts

 

Perthlings: be sure to keep an ear out for a very special collaboration with the NBL Pocket Podcast and Nick Tan (brought to you by the Backlot Perth and Full Court Fitness): https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com/live

 

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129. Perth Stink in Pink

Recorded 26 November 2022

(00:22) What Caught Your Attention and Whatdya miss?

(10:33) Basketball - NBA

(24:55) Basketball - NBL

(47.27) Football (Soccer) - FIFA World Cup

(44:03) Cricket

(1:05:55) Final Thoughts

 

Perthlings: be sure to keep an ear out for a very special collaboration with the NBL Pocket Podcast and Nick Tan (brought to you by the Backlot Perth and Full Court Fitness): https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com/live

 

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128. The GOATmentator ’NBA’ Beau Estes

Recorded 19 November 2022

 

What an honour and privilege it was to chat with the GOATmentator himself, 'NBA' Beau Estes! Most of our listeners will know him as the voice of the NBA.com top 10 plays or more recently the voice of the top ten weekly plays for the NBL, but Beau is a man of many talents who has led (and continues to lead) a fascinating life! It was a circuitous conversation (as conversations are) but we've done our best to provide some time stamps below:

 

(00:22) Introduction

(01:46) Welcome to Beau

(02:35) Early career – dreams of sports journalism; first NBA memory; inspirational broadcasters (Chick Hearn, Brent Musberger & Ernie Johnson); fandom (University of North Carolina favourites: James Worthy & Michael Jordan).

(10:02) The GOAT debate; memorable NBA highlights (Blake Griffin over Timofey Mozgov & Klay Thompson’s 37 point quarter); LeBron’s impending scoring record (and how NBA.com and the top ten plays will plan for it).

(17:40) Life as the voice of the Top Ten plays for the NBA & NBL and how it began (NBA TV; the process and how the NBL differs from the NBA); Favourite players in NBA & NBL.

(28:35) Mailbag: How do you watch the games from the US? (Includes discussion on: Sydney Kings, Melbourne United, Xavier Cooks, Keanu Pinder, Jock Landale, Isaac Humphries).

(33:06) Perth/Australia (includes brief discussion on the Goodwill Games and FIFA World Cup) and Brady Manek’s early career with the Wildcats.

(48:00) NBA talents/aspirants Mitch Creek, Luke Travers’ (Beau discusses Travers Summer League performance and his struggles in the NBL this season) & Kai Sotto.

(55:00) Victor Wembanyama (and the Oklahoma City Thunder’s war chest of draft picks)

(58:14) Sports Business Classroom

(1:02:25) Favourite Live Sporting moments

(1:08:10) Final Thoughts

 

Perthlings: be sure to keep an ear out for a very special collaboration with the NBL Pocket Podcast and Nick Tan (brought to you by the Backlot Perth and Full Court Fitness): https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com/live

 

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127. Smokin’ Hot Marathons

Recorded 17 November 2022

(00:00) Interview Sneak Preview 'NBA' Beau Estes/Intro Music

(02:59) What Caught Your Attention and Whatdya miss?

(11:25) Football (Australia) - AFLW/AFL

(17:19) Cricket

(33:50) What Made Stu (and Nath) say Bloody Hell?

(37:40) Basketball - FIBA/NBL/NBA

(58:10) Football (USA) - NCAA College Football/NFL

(1:05:41) Final Thoughts

126. Notstradamus predicted Saturday on Sundays

Recorded 9 November 2022

(00:22) What Caught Your Attention and Whatdya miss?

(10:15) Basketball - NBA

(29:28) Basketball - NBL

(44:03) Cricket

(54:48) NFL

(1:05:55) Final Thoughts