On today's episode of Beyond the Fence we're joined by The Pick and Roll's Michael Houben to run through the ins and outs of the upcoming NBL season:

- What to expect from the Tasmania Jackjumpers

- New imports

- Team by team breakdowns

- An international Next Stars flavour

- And much more

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Ambitiously gathering 30 NBA experts to chat about their team? Yeah we can do that. Beyond the Fence presents the most patchwork NBA season preview series you can think of, continuing with the Central Division.

The following guests were kind enough to volunteer their time, intellectual property and, after 30 minutes with Ben, their sanity (timestamps included):

- Chicago Bulls - Mark K - 00:01:26

- Cleveland Cavaliers - Chris De Silva - 00:34:13

- Detroit Pistons - Duncan Smith - 01:02:28

- Indiana Pacers - Solo Recording - 01:32:54

- Milwaukee Bucks - Tim Wray - 02:00:40

Ambitiously gathering 30 NBA experts to chat about their team? Yeah we can do that. Beyond the Fence presents the most patchwork NBA season preview series you can think of, continuing with the Pacific Division.

The following guests were kind enough to volunteer their time, intellectual property and, after 30 minutes with Ben, their sanity (timestamps included):

- Golden State Warriors - Mark Delucchi - 00:00:40

- LA Clippers - Lucas Hann - 00:42:36

- LA Lakers - Ryan O'Connell - 01:17:21

- Phoenix Suns - David (IV Point Play) - 01:43:37

- Sacramento Kings - Tony Xypteras - 02:16:19

Thank you to all our guests, make sure to follow their great work covering their teams throughout the season.

Ambitiously gathering 30 NBA experts to chat about their team? Yeah we can do that. Beyond the Fence presents the most patchwork NBA season preview series you can think of, continuing with the Atlantic Division.

The following guests were kind enough to volunteer their time, intellectual property and, after 30 minutes with Ben, their sanity (timestamps included):

- Boston Celtics - Steve Smith - 00:00:32

- Brooklyn Nets - Jac Manuell - 00:27:01

- New York Knicks - Geoffrey Campbell - 00:54:01

- Toronto Raptors - Joshua Howe - 01:22:31

- Philadelphia 76ers - Ben Mallis - 01:58:10

Thank you to all our guests, make sure to follow their great work covering their teams throughout the season.

Ambitiously gathering 30 NBA experts to chat about their team? Yeah we can do that. Beyond the Fence presents the most patchwork NBA season preview series you can think of, starting with the Southeast Division.

The following guests were kind enough to volunteer their time, intellectual property and, after 30 minutes with Ben, their sanity (timestamps included):

- Atlanta Hawks - Graham Chapple - 00:00:30

- Charlotte Hornets - Richie Randall - 00:30:06

- Miami Heat - Giancarlo Navas - 00:57:54

- Orlando Magic - BeyondTheRK - 01:36:01

- Washington Wizards - Ben Mehic - 02:10:22

Thank you to all our guests, make sure to follow their great work covering their teams throughout the season.

We were robbed of the proper news during the summer break, so Ben and Tim return to give proper thoughts on all the Formula 1 dominoes, plus some recent race recaps:

- The shuffle at Alfa Romeo

- RUSSELL TO MERCEDES!

- The return of Albon

- A literal spa at Spa

- The Orange Army at home in Zandvoort

- RICCIARDO/NORRIS/MCLAREN MONZA WHAT!!!!!

- Some thoughts on the Schumacher documentary

And much more

The Formula 1 summer break is winding down, so Ben brings back F1 (and unfortunately, regular) guest Tim Wray to review the first half of the season, including:

- A championship battle?

- Breakthrough year for Max

- Bottas and Perez

- Good Norris vs. underwhelming Ricciardo

- Ferrari resurgence

- Decent midfield battles

- Haas...

- ANY DANGER OF DRIVER NEWS?

- And much more

Some big news has hit the trading card community so we've gathered our experts in the stonks to run it through (and Ben because it's his show). Mitch Doyle and Tim Wray join Ben to discuss:

- Fanatics buying licenses

- Impact on the hobby

- Delays in product release

- BGS/PSA backlogs

- Shill bidding

- Summer League

- Second year fatigue?

- Stonk tips

- And much more

The post-Olympics void is here but never fear, football's back, with the EPL starting this weekend. Friend of the show and football watcher Matt Bungard from NRL Boom Rookies joins Ben to break down the new season:

- Fans in full stadiums again!

- The top four "race"

- Ben White the defensive saviour

- Lukaku, Sancho and Grealish

- Brentford are good?

- Who's going down?

- Leeds sophomore slump?

- Question time

- And much more

A smorgasbord of Olympic chatter, with Tim Wray joining Ben for all the rundown:

- Boomers finally get their medal

- Golden generation and Paris 2024

- How good's water based events

- Titmus vs. Ledecky

- Jess Fox and Melissa Wu breaking through

- Fast Italians

- Moments of the games

- Question time

- And so much more