Injuries, team fit and other circumstances are enough to make us completely forget about how good a player is/was/can be. There's a bunch of names I'm looking forward to seeing in the NBA next season including Ja Morant, Markelle Fultz, Ben Simmons, Victor Oladipo and more.

The Olympics started a conversation about the best style of basketball in the world. The 3PT era has taken over, I like it but I also don't. The WNBA and NBL have a good balance with it all. Plus Rickea Jackson, hello and welcome to my must-watch players.

Everyone starts with one favourite player, for me that guy was Gordon Hayward. It's cool reflecting on how you started following the league and your 'guys' growing up. It's now come full circle with Hayward announcing his retirement.

The end of the Olympics has left me feeling super optimistic about the future of Australian basketball and it's largely due to two 21 year olds, Josh Giddey and Jade Melbourne. They both started for the Boomers / Opals and more than carried their own.

Olympic LeBron has me reflecting on his career and there’s two storylines that are head and shoulders above the rest. One - how does someone stay at the highest level for so damn long that they can play with their son on the exact same NBA team? Wild. And Two - LeBron’s journey to bring Cleveland a title and fulfill his promise still gives me shivers. To end, I have to talk about the Boomers campaign and in particular Josh Giddey and Jock Landale who are the face of this team.

I'm in Vegas for the Summer League and it's been a great experience already. NBA players in the flesh, rubbing shoulders with royalty oh and there's basketball happening as well. Hello Bub Carrington, you have my attention, Stephon Castle looks like a stud and Cody Williams had a hell of a game in Utah's opener.

The NBA offseason means a ton of moves and I don't care about players re-signing right now, the guys landing on different teams have my attention. The Warriors dynasty is done with Klay out, Paul George is suddenly a 76er and let's drop some words about the Boomers team yeah?

One of my favourite days of the year - NBA draft time. Utah killed it, Matas Buzelis' personality stock continues to climb in my mind, the French guys are taking over, Spurs got a winner, emotions are pouring out - another elite few days are done so let's talk about it.

Fine, I'll bite and do a big board a day before the 2024 NBA Draft is on. Here are my top 20 prospects from the draft and how I talk myself into each one of them. Let the draft day chaos begin.

The Celtics and in particular Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown got that monkey off their backs. They work together, they got that ring, they told everyone to be quiet. Boston are champions.