Anstey: Aussie prospects after NBA Summer League
One player has already earned a contract. Other Aussies are likely headed home. CHRIS ANSTEY was at NBA Summer League – and got tough feedback on Dante Exum’s comeback hopes.
One player has already earned a contract. Other Aussies are likely headed home. CHRIS ANSTEY was at NBA Summer League – and got tough feedback on Dante Exum’s comeback hopes.
Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving are on the brink of leaving the Brooklyn Nets in ruin. CHRIS ANSTEY examines the disaster and the defining roles Patty Mills and Ben Simmons may now play.
For most basketballers, the NBA Draft period brings a heap of attention they lap up. For CHRIS ANSTEY, the contingent of scouts taking notes on his every move in the NBL caused only angst.
Steph Curry’s unwavering commitment to growing the careers of his teammates and making sacrifices to put the Golden State Warriors first is why his superstar legacy will always burn the brightest, writes CHRIS ANSTEY.
We doubted their coach, their recruitment … even their name. But, as CHRIS ANSTEY writes, the JackJumpers have proven critics wrong.
It was supposed to be a fan Q&A with Josh Giddey. But, as CHRIS ANSTEY writes, Luc Longley had other ideas.
You don’t have to rank them, just appreciate all they’ve done. CHRIS ANSTEY picks out his inaugural inductees to ‘The Shrine’, a homage to the greatest imports in NBL history.
CHRIS ANSTEY sat across from a club CEO, who issued a zero alcohol demand along with a personal barb. Resisting the urge to get up and leave, he delivered his counter argument as coach.
CHRIS ANSTEY was Leon Rose’s first NBA client 25 years ago. LeBron James, Allen Iverson, Dwyane Wade joined him on a billion-dollar client list before the Knicks came calling, yet Rose never changed.
Kids torn from schools. Families uprooted from communities. The human side of the NBA trade period should be better understood, writes CHRIS ANSTEY.