Tag: Newcastle Eagles
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Newcastle’s Offence Is Unique and It’s Working
Newcastle’s offence is built differently from the rest of the SLB. While most teams rely on ball movement and structured play to generate open looks, the Eagles put the ball in the hands of their best scorers and let them go to work. Their system is built around players who can create and finish their
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Do Bristol Rely Too Much on Keddy Johnson?
Since returning from injury, Keddy Johnson hasn’t just been a key part of Bristol’s offence—he is the offence. No player in the league carries a bigger scoring burden for their team. Since his return, he has been Bristol’s top scorer in 73% of games—the highest rate in the league. No other team is as dependent
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Game Notes: Newcastle Eagles 97 – 78 Bristol Flyers
Marc Steutel doesn’t let up—not even in a blowout win. When Newcastle scored, he was immediately shouting for his team to track back, his intensity unwavering. When Bristol found the basket or Newcastle turned the ball over, his expression betrayed no surprise—he looked like a man who’d already envisioned that exact misstep a hundred times
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Venue Ownership in the SLB: “It’s Everything”
With the collapse of the BBL over the summer and the formation of the new SLB, calls for stability and sustainable growth within British basketball have become louder. SLB Interim Chair Vaughn Millette recently captured this vision during an interview with Hoopsfix. When asked about the importance of each franchise owning and controlling its venue,
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Jordan Spencer’s Difficult Transition to Starting
Jordan Spencer’s journey this season has been marked by a shift from spark plug scorer off the bench to playmaker in the starting lineup—a transition that’s tested his adaptability and raised an important question: Is he more valuable as a facilitator among the starters, or as an aggressive scorer leading the second unit? Early Impact
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Cheshire Expose Newcastle’s Hidden Weakness
With 5:35 remaining in the second quarter between Cheshire Phoenix and Newcastle Eagles in the SLB Trophy, Cheshire guard Cameron Holden stepped over half court and delivered a precise bounce pass to Skyler White, the league leader in 3-point attempts per game, who found himself in space on the wing. Newcastle’s Mike Okauru tried to
