“I’m not going to lie. That was one of the most embarrassing pregame speeches I’ve ever seen. It wouldn’t have been as bad if his teammates got riled up, but the looks on their faces like, 'What just happened?'"
Perhaps it was some Rick + Morty inspired sci-fi heroics because when Kiwi Steve went all the way up and dunked on Aussie Aron Baynes… woah mate. Dropped the hammer so hard that Baynes is lucky his top knot even survived.
Ah yes, Jimmy G. The NFL’s most handsome backup… or at least he was. He's off to San Francisco and a bunch of other people are off to a bunch of other places and WC's picks are back in hot form.
Steven Adams is going about doing some magical things this season. It’s very early days but he’s teasing career bests in scoring and rebounding while thriving as much as anybody on the roster for the additions of George and Anthony.
It’s not like there weren’t people out there talking this up as a breakout season for Shea Ili. The signs were all there: the performances for Wellington and for the Tall Blacks, the state of the roster, the arc of his career, the faith and trust of Coach Henare… but seriously, how good has he been!?
That’s three wins in a row for the Dolphins now and it may not have been easy against the Jets but they got there thanks to the fourth quarter heroics of… Matt Moore! Plus all that other stuff going on in the NFL - good fun.
The Nets rebuild has started from the ground up, as they all do. They refurbished the front office, hired a new coach and set about dealing away the players they had no use for and developing those that they did.
We're back! And so is Enes Kanter, whose first game since leaving the Thunder was in Oklahoma City against the Thunder... and his Stache Bro mate. Three games in we've already seen Steven Adams filling the box score up like he fills up those jandals of his.
Green Bay Packers fans got to learn how to spell a new word this week because Aaron Rodgers is probably done for the whole season with that broken collarbone. You really can’t overestimate how much of a devastation that is.
Basically everyone who has ever written about basketball for The Niche Cache (and most who read about it) would have grown up during the peak years of the Chicago Bulls. The Michael Jordan years.
The one major debate about the starting five was whether DJ Newbill would get to start ahead of Kirk Penney and which of the pair would therefore be tasked as the sixth man. Turns out it’ll be Penney, no worries.
Week six of the National Football League and the New York Football Jets still have a (slightly) better record than the New England Football Patriots. Probably not for much longer though.
Whisper it quietly but what do the Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos, Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers all have in common?
The Breakers tip off their new season on Sunday against the Cairns Taipans at Spark Arena. A new season with a blank slate, with refreshed expectations. A new season with three new import players. With a new intake of development players.
It’s a business, they say. There’s no room for sentiment. As a fan you learn to accept this quickly with injuries and trades and retirements and all that ensuring that even the greatest, most loyal players will eventually, one day, move on.
The Wildcard is still recovering from a terrible round of picks last week and we're not gonna talk about the protests. No we're not gonna talk about the protests at all... with several exceptions.
Don’t call them Anthem Protests. Nobody is protesting the national anthem of America, they’re protesting the racial injustice that pervades the country at almost every level. They’re not protesting the flag either, just because they unfold a big one out on the field while they sing a song about it.
Melo’s on his way to OKC and going in the other direction are Enes Kanter, Doug McDermott and a second round pick. Melo waived his no-trade clause for this and he also waived his trade kicker.
A couple things have happened with Kiwi Steve over the last week or so. One is that both ESPN and Sports Illustrated dropped their annual player rankings, which each saw Adams dropping a few places...
How about the bloke Todd Gurley aye? A dude who last year couldn’t find a space to run through if he was crossing the street and now here he is jumping over dudes.