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The SA Shotclock brings you the final top ten placings and winners of the Commentators Choice for the Player of the Year in the NBL1 Central 2025 season – plus wraps the NBL1 Central Awards yesterday in case you missed it in our Awards Shotclock Snapshot special

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 two co-hosts for the show where the awards for NBL1 Central will be presented including the prestigious Eiler and Woollacott Medals – Downtown Allan Browne to break it all down with us today.

Bella Schaftenaar joins us to reflect on the season, review the final round games of the season and cover the huge successes in the Asia Cup Women and U19 Women World Cups.

We aren’t messing around today – with so much to cover before tonight’s elimination final we are straight into it from the tip-off of the show.

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 James Woite to run you through the final parts of the NBL1 Central 2025 Rounds including reviewing Round 14 and previewing Round 15. While we’ll be talking about all the finals teams in the coming weeks it’s time to help out with the shopping for the bottom three in each division as we open up for the first time TP’s Supermarket to see what needs repurchasing and buying for the future for these teams -  how long before they are back buying premium quality goods at the top of the table??? 

Plus, SA Basketball News with the latest updates on the Asia Cup Women Reps in Shenzhen 

Show List

0:00 – Introduction – WNWBL - Adelaide Thunder vs Gold Coast Rollers
8:10 – SA Basketball News – Asia Cup Women’s 2025
25:08 – NBL1 Central 2025 Women’s Round 14 Review
52:47 – NBL1 Central 2025 Men’s Round 14 Review
1:32:00 – TP’s Supermarket – NBl1 Central Teams 8-10 2025 and their Championship Window 2:14:00 – Women’s and Men’s NBL1 Central Round 15 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 Chappy to run the rule over a busy First Nations Round featuring five days of basketball action split apart the last week with highlights a plenty – our First Nations players turned it on for the Round in the NBL1 Central.

They discuss who has pole position heading into the last two games of the season and who is hanging onto getting points into the finals with only ONE spot left in each finals bracket.   

A pleasant surprise and after pulling a few texts and messages – it aligned as the newest signing to the Adelaide Lightning and off the back off a season defining game of the week in the NBL1 Central – Jasmin Fejo joins us in a raw, emotional and passionate chat about the journey from her last WNBL stint to now.

Must listen material a plenty hear all of it in full today.  

Plus, SA Basketball News with the latest updates on the U16 Junior National Championships and the last news before the Asia Cup gets underway for our Women Reps in Shenzhen…

Show List

0:00 – Introduction – Chappy the play-by-play experience
7:20 – SA Basketball News – WNBL Free Agency, Asia Cup Women’s 2025, U16 National Championships Update     
21:00 – NBL1 Central 2025 Women’s First Nations Round Review
58:20 – Interview – Jasmin Fejo – Adelaide Lightning – Woodville Warriors NBL1 Central
1:34:50 – NBL1 Central 2025 Men’s First Nations Round Review
2:03:25 – Women’s and Men’s NBL1 Central Round 13 Preview
2:18:10 – NBL1 Central Norwood vs Eastern Result Update – Ladder Predictions Scenarios

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 James Woite – the perfect man to go over Rounds 12 and the double header Round 13 as they look at results, what history has told us about this time of the season and the possible connotations to the final two rounds of games including a thrilling finish for not only the final five but also ladder positions inside the five. 

With two games per club – fate will either be sealed or will remain in their own hands to create a legacy for years to come.

Plus, SA Basketball News with a mixed bag for our South Australian teams, players and representatives this week as we review the recent records of stories circling the globe…

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 Bella for a huge day of draws released in the WNBL and NBL and drafts with the NBA looking to possibly call upon one of our own – will it happen while we record it on air and will TP’s prediction of South Australian Lachlan Olbrich being drafted lower than 70 come true???

TP catches up with a man who was born in the paint, molded by it and it was game-changing for him – with a unique skill set from the start of his career we talk to Eastern Mavericks big man BJ Symons about why he loves the community of the country…  

Plus all of the round up from Round 11 of the NBL1 Central from a three-point party Saturday, the ladder defining double header upsets Sunday and some huge games to look ahead to as we get the final word from Bella for the Mavs Kayo Freebies Game of the Week Saturday Night…

*Editor’s Note – we said this was episode 34 in the recording but as you can see it’s Episode 35 of the season      

Show List

0:00 – On March 23 TP tweeted…
2:00 – Introduction – Dinner at the Schaftenaar’s last Sunday – new sponsor announcement
11:00 – SA Basketball News – NBL and WNBL Adelaide Home Highlights in draws for season, WNBL signings and free agency, 3x3 World Cup Mongolia update and SA Pearls and Boomerangs
27:50 – Interview – BJ Symons Eastern Mavericks NBL1 Central
47:22 – NBL1 Central 2025 Women’s Rd 11 Review – NBA Draft Update
1:18:10 – NBL1 Central 2025 Mens’s Rd 11 Review – NBA Draft Update
1:44:55 – Women’s and Men’s NBL1 Central Round 12 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 Chappy to dissect Round 10 of the NBL1 Central league as teams start to post their qualifying positions for the final five laps of the season and the race is very much open to most teams in both the Mens and Womens – the gaps however are starting to emerge.

TP catches up with a Jarvis from the Southern Tigers – but which one will appear for the interview – find out on the show today???

Plus, a huge range of announcements coming from the NBL and WNBL around the basketball calendar that already has both TP and Chappy reaching for their pen – but one particular one may have them already in the right city at the right time… And finally clearly there was a need for a code too – a Cheatham code to unlock the Sixers defensive menace and swing…     

Show List

0:00 – Introduction
5:25 – SA Basketball News – The Cheatham Code, NBL/WNBL Major Fixture and Signing Announcements, Hoopsfest, Womens 3x3 Series, Pearls and Spinners, Junior Classics Highlights
33:26 – Interview – Jarvis Doles of the Southern Tigers 
55:40 – NBL1 Central 2025 Women’s Rd 10 Review
1:27:55 – NBL1 Central 2025 Mens’s Rd 10 Review
1:59:40 – Women’s and Men’s NBL1 Central Round 11 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 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…