Tag: London Lions
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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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How a Dynasty Starts
In the second season of Tesonet’s ownership, London Lions completed the first quadruple in franchise history. Two years after the club needed rescuing, they won everything. The league, the Trophy, the Cup, and the Play-offs. Under a first-year head coach, with a defensive identity no one else in the league could match, London returned to…
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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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SLB Cup Final Preview
The Great Britain Men’s long list for the most recent FIBA World Cup qualifiers included 20 names. Five were from London Lions. Two were from Manchester Basketball. Only one other Super League Basketball player made the squad — Bristol Flyers guard Jonathan Brown. London and Manchester have both spent the season competing in Europe with…
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London’s Rotation Logic
Coaching philosophies are easy to articulate in isolation. They are harder to sustain when the environment changes. For teams competing across multiple leagues, the real test is not whether a coach has a philosophy, but how that philosophy adapts under pressure. Does it scale when the opposition improves? Does it hold when margins shrink? For…
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Becoming the Manchester They Want to Be
Manchester Basketball began this summer with a plan that reached beyond domestic competition. Their intended entry into the Basketball Champions League was blocked when the British Basketball Federation refused to issue the required International Letter of Clearance — seemingly ending the chance to test themselves in Europe before it began. But they didn’t change course.…
