The Los Angeles Clippers, Timaru and Learning To Accept Defeat
Just like the Hydro Grand Hotel in Timaru, Los Angeles Clippers have to bust it down and gets to re-building.
The Wildcard’s NFL Predictions - Week 14
Case Keenum, let me remind you, won two games in ten starts with the Texans (11 TD / 8 INT) and then won seven games in 14 starts with the Rams (13 TD / 12 INT). He’s now won eight from ten starts with the Vikings. Quite the reinvention, ain’t he?
Kiwi Steve in the NBA #7: Absolute Dominance (and some Xmas Shopping)
Once again, just as this team seems to hit its new rock bottom they then whip out a fantastic win to shut everyone up, this time with a Steven Adams performance for the ages. A new career-best scoring mark, achieved with perfect efficiency. Dude didn’t even miss a shot.
Sifting Through The Breakers’ Bad Weekend For Clues
The Breakers may have been underestimated at the start of the campaign and they may even have dropped a silly one to Cairns in their season opener but it takes a certain type of team to be able to rip off nine in a row after that.
The Wildcard’s NFL Predictions - Week 13
You though the Giants couldn’t sink any lower? You thought that Ben McAdoo would be the obvious scapegoat for all this? You thought that legacies meant something in the NFL, that two Super Bowl rings earn you a little job security?
Kiwi Steve in the NBA #6: Deja Vu All Over Again
Last week the Thunder beat the Warriors, beat them right off the court... but since then it's been back to the same old problems with three straight defeats. Won't somebody think of the children!?
The Tall Blacks Journey to the 2019 FIBA World Cup Has Begun
It’s been odd getting international basketball in the middle of the Breakers season. Odd but pretty exciting as the Tall Blacks finally get to play some meaningful games outside of major tournaments and double headers against Australia.
Kiwi Steve in the NBA #5: The Big Grudge
In which everything that's been wrong with OKC's season went wrong again in New Orleans before everything that's been right was oh-so-right again at home to the defending champs.
The Wildcard’s NFL Predictions - Week 12
Thanksgiving is here and the NFL has one more reason to show how much they love America while players expose the hypocrisy of that idea and fans spend lots of money to give the league reason for its bland and ceremonial patriotism.
The Boston Celtics Might Finally Be The Real Deal Again
You could hear the snap from the other side of the TV screen on the other side of the world. Less than six minutes into the season, Gordon Hayward came down hard after trying to challenge for an alley-oop pass from Kyrie Irving.
Kiwi Steve in the NBA #4: Right Calf Contusion
How long does a bruised calf keep you out of NBA games for? Steven Adams is your test case there, but he bookended the week with typically strong games, leaving damaged bodies in his wake.
The Wildcard’s NFL Predictions - Week 11
The last few Tuesday nighters have been tough to watch but this one looks like an exception. Quality TNF games on both ends? It’s gonna be a looong week.
Edgar Sosa & DJ Newbill Have Turned The Breakers Into NBL Frontrunners
By the time the clock ran out in Perth on Sunday night, the arguments were over. If you didn’t think the Breakers were the best in show before this weekend then doing the double on a home-away versus the Perth Wildcats had to have sealed the deal.
The Wildcard’s NFL Predictions - Week 10
“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?'"
Kiwi Steve in the NBA #3: Setbacks & Shackles
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.
The Wildcard’s NFL Predictions - Week 9
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.
Kiwi Steve in the NBA #2: Rebounding Claims & Aviation Issues
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.
Ili-Matic: The Rapid Rise of Shea Ili for the Breakers
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!?
The Wildcard’s NFL Predictions - Week 8
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 Case For D’Angelo Russell
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.