Tag: Bristol Flyers
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How Much Do Bristol Rely on Davion Bailey?
With just over four minutes left in the first quarter against Leicester, a Bristol baseline inbound finds Cam Holden at the top of the key. He passes to Davion Bailey, who has got free from his defender and drifted into the corner. Bailey misses the three-point attempt. Leicester miss at the other end, and Miloš…
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Choosing to Go Bigger
London Lions won every domestic trophy last season with the league’s best defence. Bristol and Cheshire’s recruitment suggest a response to the physical challenge they presented. London Set the Standard London allowed 102.3 points per 100 possessions last season, compared with 112.5 for Bristol, the next-best defence. Their length helped them pressure the ball and…
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Harder to Ignore
The SLB started the season unrecognised, in dispute with its governing body, missing the referees from the previous season, and with a FIBA taskforce hanging over the sport. However fragile it all felt, the ball still went up in the air. Room for Ambition The SLB Operating Rules were published at the start of the…
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The Reinvention Came Too Late
Bristol brought back less of last season’s rotation than almost anyone else in the league. Early on, it looked like they had changed well. The ball moved, the scoring was shared, and the defence was tough. But once the league caught up, they struggled to change again. Early Promise On 21 November, the Lions arrived…
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Bristol’s Scoring Is Shared. The Creation Is Not
Bristol’s offence can look balanced at first glance. The ball moves, different players score, and no one player dominates the shots. But the passing behind those baskets is much less evenly spread. Too Much Rests on Two A lot of Bristol’s offence starts with Joe Anderson. He gets them into actions and creates a bigger…
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What Should an SLB Club Be?
When Bristol Flyers were founded, the ambition was bigger than simply putting a professional team on the floor. Speaking on The Bristol Flyers Podcast last season about the club’s early days, former director of basketball Danny James made clear that the idea was there from the start. We set out a platform for what basketball…
