Hoops Heaven's Basketball Hustle – #NBL25 Episode 12

No reason Bryce Cotton can't keep going in NBL25 for Perth Wildcats, his future, scoring explosion in NBL, Brisbane Bullets, Sydney Kings, Tasmania JackJumpers, South East Melbourne Phoenix all building, NZ Breakers not so much, excitement for Montrezl Harrell return.

We open up with a discussion about NBL Heritage Round and the fun uniforms all round along with the scoring we saw across the league with the winning average score of over 106 points with every team seemingly wanting to now pay at a fast pace.

We then get our votes for Round 11 with Will Magnay from Tasmania JackJumpers the new leader in Damian Martin's Best Defensive Player award while no surprise that Bryce Cotton is now the clear leader from Simon Mitchell in the Sports Card World Player of the Year.

It's then time to discuss Bryce Cotton's remarkable form with another 89 points across two games in Round 11 while only taking 44 shots with that efficiency impressing Cody more than anything else that he is doing right now and he sees no reason for his form to continue.

We also look at the future for Bryce and if it's in the NBL it's hard to see him playing anywhere but the NBL but Japan and China will come with big offers, and the NBA might even still be a chance as he looks to make the most of the biggest payday of his career.

We also talk about the weekend the Wildcats had losing to the Illawarra Hawks and beating the Adelaide 36ers while scoring 226 points but conceding 226 and why to be a real contender their defence and rebounding does need to improve.

Rob Loe had another tremendous weekend for Melbourne United including celebrating like a big kid after a dunk but his former college teammate couldn't be happier to see what he's doing and how well he continues to play.

The Brisbane Bullets had a statement two wins two scoring 224 points against Adelaide and Melbourne with Casey Prather firing, Tyrell Harrison dominant inside and Mitch Norton bringing it all together even if they rightfully rode their starters heavily.

Things aren’t going as well for the New Zealand Breakers ever since they replaced Freddie Gillespie with Tacko Fall with them having now lost four straight but even if the players weren't happy with that, it's no excuse for a lack of effort.

The Sydney Kings have played 11 of 16 games on the road already and with 9 of 13 left at home, they are well placed to still make a run with Cody liking playing Jaylen Adams more off the ball and why the rest of the league can't afford to write them off.

The Cairns Taipans might be out of the finals hunt but Cody expects them to cause some havoc in the run home and could potentially ruin some seasons because now that they have their preferred starting five available, they are going to be dangerous.

Cody then talks about how expects at least two of the South East Melbourne Phoenix, Tasmania JackJumpers and Brisbane Bullets to end up making the top six before we get stuck into the TABtouch Round 12 Preview highlighted by Melbourne v Illawarra on Friday with Cody to be in attendance of.

All made possible thanks to the support of Hoops Heaven (www.hoopsheaven.com.au) and TABtouch (www.tabtouch.com.au).