See the Game Differently


  • Guest Post: Predicting the SLB Playoff Race

    Guest Post: Predicting the SLB Playoff Race

    About Me I’m Grant, a.k.a jumpshot_theory, and I’ve been a basketball fan for a long time, since Channel 4 started showing NBA content in the 1990s. After some time away from the sport, I started watching the BBL (as-was) three or four years ago when my kids got some cheap tickets for the Sheffield Sharks

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  • The Untapped Potential of the SLB Cup

    The Untapped Potential of the SLB Cup

    Knockout tournaments capture the imagination of sports fans like nothing else. The FA Cup has been a staple of British football for over a century, delivering underdog stories, giant-killings, and moments that unite communities. A basketball equivalent should be a perfect fit—giving lower-league teams a shot at top-tier opposition while also helping British basketball establish

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  • Game Notes: Sheffield Sharks 105 – 97 Surrey 89ers

    Game Notes: Sheffield Sharks 105 – 97 Surrey 89ers

    Donovan Clay’s free-throw technique is anything but conventional. Standing at the line, he leans far to the left, his right shoulder almost square with the rim. When he shoots, the ball travels back across his body on a diagonal path that looks wrong—until it drops through the net. Not once did his shot look clean

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