The SA Shotclock is back for another week including the latest on SA’s local basketball leagues and the NBL1 Central 2025 season

TP is joined by Downtown Allan Browne to share their picks for their NBL1 Central All-Star Teams 2025 for the North and South Conferences for the fourth year in a row and with positionless selections but tribute to the traditional system, there are debates, surprises and lots of conjecture over both teams in one of the hardest years yet to select from.

They review the upcoming Round 10 in what is going to be pivotal viewing in who will contend and slide on the NBL1 Central season of snakes and ladders – plus the latest in WNBL Free Agency and some representation on the international stage for our state players as well as interstate last weekend. It’s certainly a feat to determine the best of the best of the best…     

Show List

0:00 – Introduction
8:00 – SA Basketball News – June Long Weekend Tournaments-Classics-WNBL Free Agency, Adelaide Thunder WNWBL-Basketball SA Life Member Inductees 2025-Boomerangs-Pearls-All-Asia and Spinners    
31:00 – NBL1 Central 2025 Women’s All-Star Selections
1:00:40 – NBL1 Central 2025 Women’s Mid-Season Award Leaders
1:07:00 – NBL1 Central 2025 Men’s All-Star Selections
1:52:30 – NBL1 Central 2025 Men’s Mid-Season Award Leaders    
1:58:32 – Women’s and Men’s NBL1 Central Round 10 Preview

The SA Shotclock is back for another week including the latest on SA’s local basketball leagues and the NBL1 Central 2025 season

TP is joined by former CABL and SA Premier League Writer but recently returned to the NBL1 Central Commentary Special Comments scene in James Woite about the last two rounds of action in the League – whilst also breaking down some key questions and where it’s all sitting heading into a crucial Round 10 just around the corner.

Our last of our mid-season regular features take us global as we talk to Women’s Basketball FIBA Global Expert Paul Nilsen as him and TP chat the rising leagues of women’s basketball, the recent influx from certain leagues for NBL1 Central, EuroBasket, WNBA and Caitlin Clark and the Women’s World Cup in Germany only just over a year away

It's the perfect listen for a trip home back across the border from tournaments and classics so sit back and enjoy the ride – as we see even more moments this week that may change the course of history for teams and individuals on the national and international stage…

Show List

0:00 – Introduction
6:00 – SA Basketball News – Trez, Kerryn, Lightning, Izzy and 3x3
26:00 – Paul Nilsen – Women’s Basketball FIBA Global Expert  
52:47 – Women’s and Men’s NBL1 Central Round 8 Review
1:29:44 - Women’s and Men’s NBL1 Central Round 9 Review

Catch up on our second interview of the week for the SA Shotclock as we look towards episode 32 next week

TP catches up with new Sturt Sabres import Sydney Mech as we chat college, crafts, snacks in no particular order plus how she met teammate Katia Stamatelopoulos and the lead up to tomorrow’s huge Kayo Freebies Game of the Week between the Sturt Sabres and the Forestville Eagles…

AN EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW OF THIS WEEKS SHOW

TP grabs the interview with the 2 x All-Star and MVP of 2023 of the NBL1 Central League Jordan "Jelly" Forbes as he chats Azerbaijan basketball at Gence, the return and why, the first matchup against the Bearcats, the new coach he's under and the upcoming heritage rivalry game on the Kayo Freebies Game of the Week between the Sturt Sabres and the Forestville Eagles Sunday...

The SA Shotclock is back for another week including the latest on SA’s local basketball leagues and the NBL1 Central 2025 season

TP is joined for his second of a mid-season series “Around the Courts” by fellow The Collective broadcaster and NBL1 West commentator and expert Eric McFarland and NBl1 East and North expert and podcaster Jacinta “Squin” Govind to look at what’s been happening with our SA linked, born and connected players.

“Downtown” Allan Browne joins the show to help us cover the SA Junior State Basketball Championships and the latest SA Basketball News plus we review the upcoming Round 8 of the NBL1 Central.

TP takes one of his deep dives into the impact of the splits margins and what recent history tells us about the change in advantage for teams as they head into the second round of match ups after the weekend – one for the numbers people not to miss.

Our show however was hijacked in 24 hours with the bombshell announcement and TP, Downtown and Eric have all the insight from Adelaide and Perth on the “Bryce Cotton Call” – and that leads the show off in spectacular fashion with an intro not to miss from the tip-off…

Show List

0:00 – Introduction
8:30 – “The Bryce Cotton Call” – the impact, the happenings and the connections that landed the super signing for the Sixers
18:19 – WNBL – Ready to Rise – a new image for a new league
24:45 – SA Junior State Championships Wrap
31:50 – Opals from SA selected for Asia Cup 2025 in Shenzhen China
36:30 – Eric McFarland on the reaction of “The Red Army” in the West
42:14 - Around the Courts – NBL1 West Womens and Mens with Eric McFarland
1:12:20 - Around the Courts – NBL1 East Womens and Mens with Jacinta Govind
1:37:30 - Around the Courts – NBL1 North Womens and Mens with Jacinta Govind
1:59:50 – TP’s Deep Dive – Significance of Splits in NBL1 Central 2025
2:13:40 - NBL1 Central Round 8 Preview – Womens and Mens

The SA Shotclock is back for another week including the latest on SA’s local basketball leagues and the NBL1 Central 2025 season

TP is joined for his first of a mid-season series “Around the Courts” by fellow The Collective broadcaster and NBL1 South commentator and expert Michael “Thommo” Thompson to look at what’s been happening with the SA linked, born and connected players plus how the Mt Gambier Pioneers are faring in NBL1 South 2025.  

Plus a quick review of Round 7 including the highlights of the NBL1 Central Kayo Freebies Game of the Week in the Men’s between the South Adelaide Panthers and the Forestville Eagles…

The SA Shotclock is back for another week including the latest on SA’s local basketball leagues and the NBL1 Central 2025 season

TP is joined by special comments for The Collective WNBL and Eastern Mavericks Guard Bella Schaftenaar for the biggest show of the season – Throwdowns, Showdowns and the Lightning Savings

TP and Bella bring you all the week’s action of the Trans-Tasman Throwdown between Australia and New Zealand – the build-up, the key moments, the pressers and much more especially for Adelaide’s biggest international basketball fixture in over 20 years  

After the throwdown are the showdowns and the biggest one in NBL1 Central this weekend is the Kayo Freebies Game of the Week in both the Womens and Mens between the South Adelaide Panthers and the Forestville Eagles – we speak to two men at the epicentre of the Grand Final 2024 rematch with a little bit more in it – Jarryd Hoppo and Greg Mays   

Then we thought it couldn’t get any bigger as TP goes “Under the Microscope” on WNBL 2.0 and particularly the last few months of the Adelaide Lightning situation – what’s been reported, what’s been done and how the Adelaide Lightning has been saved and even dives into the possibilities of what could eventuate moving forward. Plus all the reviews and previews of Round 6 and 7 of the NBL1 Central… The biggest show of the year by far – must not be missed… 

Show List

0:00 - Introduction
5:00 - SA Basketball News – NBL1 Central signings and player movements, 3x3 Womens
16:30 – Trans-Tasman Throwdown Build Up – Boomers and Opals
42:10 - Opals vs New Zealand Game 1 (Adelaide) w Presser (Paul Gorris and Miela Sowah)
57:35 - Boomers vs New Zealand Game 1 (Adelaide) w Pressers (Judd Flavell and Reuben Te Rangi / Dean Vickermann and DJ Vasiljevic)
1:19:40 – “Under the Microscope” WNBL 2.0 and the Lightning Savings
1:38:11 – NBL1 Central Mens GF 2024 Rematch Interview – Jarryd Hoppo (South Adelaide Panthers)
1:48:40 - NBL1 Central Mens GF 2024 Rematch Interview – Greg Mays (Forestville Eagles)
1:57:51 - NBL1 Central Round 6 Review – Womens and Mens
2:11:55 - NBL1 Central Round 7 Preview – Womens and Mens

We were joined by the globe trotting import McKenzie "Kenzie" Johnston to chat her career as she shares about settling into Australia after her college life in Montana. With stints in Germany and the WBBL (UK Super League) with the Leicester Riders - she thought she'd escape Lions by joining the pack at the Southern Tigers instead...

The SA Shotclock is back for another week including the latest on SA’s local basketball leagues and the NBL1 Central 2025 season

TP rides solo this week bringing you up to date with the latest on our squad selections and results on the state, national and international stage in the lead up to the Basketball Australia tournaments, National Junior Championships and Trans-Tasman Throwdown next week...

We were joined by the globe trotting import McKenzie "Kenzie" Johnston to chat her career as she shares about settling into Australia after her college life in Montana.

With stints in Germany and the WBBL (UK Super League) with the Leicester Riders - she thought she'd escape Lions by joining the pack at the Southern Tigers instead...   

Then we cover the ANZAC Round weekend results of the Mitsubishi Motors NBL1 Central - with plenty of standout performances and rising talent to keep an eye on for future rounds...

We are bringing back the lost arts in this episode...

The SA Shotclock is back for another week including the latest on SA’s local basketball leagues and the NBL1 Central 2025 season

TP is joined by fellow NBL1 Central commentator in Harrison "Chappy" Chapman for a quick one this week

We cover your Round 3 of the Mitsubishi Motors NBL1 Central then dive into your Easter Basketball weekend of Round 4 so far and what's to come for the weekend ahead.

The results have been gathered in this basket and are ready to share with you all in a compact easy to digest episode...