Tag: Leicester Riders
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What This Season’s College Recruitment Tells Us
A player’s college career helps shape what comes next, and different coaches look for different things in that experience. Looking at which college graduates SLB clubs recruit, and what those players have done since leaving, can reveal the thinking behind a squad. Straight Out of College Every club enters 2026/27 with at least one player…
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How Many Rabbits Can Be Pulled Out of a Hat?
Last season, Leicester looked settled, with a clear core and defined roles. This season, Leicester kept having to become something else, until the question became how many times a team can be pulled apart and still find a way to compete. Before It Started In The SLB Show’s Leicester season preview, Johnny O’Neil already sounded…
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What Does Tomiwa Sulaiman Give Leicester?
Tomiwa Sulaiman’s individual offensive numbers are poor. He uses few possessions and has not scored efficiently when he does. Leicester’s impact data suggests he has still been helping them. That is what makes him worth examining. Not because he has had a good offensive season. He has not. But because the gap between his box-score…
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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…
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The Missing Years in British Basketball
Ages 18 to 22 are a decisive phase in a basketball player’s development. This is when players begin the transition from prospect to contributor, completing their physical growth and learning to survive possessions at higher levels rather than dominate them at lower ones. At this stage, development comes from minutes, not just training. Playing through…
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Don Carey Jr and RaeQuan Battle Fit Together
Don Carey Jr leads the league in assists per game. RayQuan Battle leads it in points per game. That alone would make Leicester’s backcourt stand out. What elevates it is how cleanly those roles are defined – and how little they compete with one another. Carey organises and shapes possessions. Battle finishes them. Together, they…
