Tag: Pat Robinson


  • Everyone Wants Cheshire Phoenix Players

    Everyone Wants Cheshire Phoenix Players

    Eight players appearing for other SLB clubs this season began their BBL/SLB careers at Cheshire Phoenix. They are spread across six teams, giving most of Cheshire’s opponents a former Phoenix recruit. Their continued presence in the league is a credit to Cheshire’s recruitment, but keeping players has proved more difficult. Starting at Cheshire The table…

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  • Harder to Ignore

    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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  • Leaning All the Way In

    Leaning All the Way In

    Pat Robinson dribbled towards the paint before kicking the ball out to Skyler White at the top of the arc. Owen McCormack saw the danger and closed out hard to stop the three. White took one dribble to his left as McCormack flew past him, then shot. The ball dropped, as it had 258 times…

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  • BPM Leaders in the SLB

    BPM Leaders in the SLB

    What is BPM? BPM stands for “box plus minus” and it’s a way of converting basketball box scores into a single value that represents a player’s overall contribution. It can also be presented as both an offensive BPM (OBPM) and defensive BPM (DBPM) to give some more insights into their contribution on both ends. There…

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  • Cheshire’s Death Lineup

    Cheshire’s Death Lineup

    No five-man lineup in the SLB has been more effective this season than Cheshire Phoenix’s Pat Robinson, LaQuincy Rideau, Michael Diggins, Frankie Policelli and Skyler White. It offers a useful picture of Cheshire’s roster construction at its best, with roles that fit cleanly together and a lineup shape that makes sense. This post uses Prophe(s)y…

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  • Court Vision MVP Race: 2025–26

    Court Vision MVP Race: 2025–26

    For the first two months of the season, the MVP conversation looked to be settling before it had fully formed. Joel Scott’s early performances stood out, quickly establishing him as the standard everyone else was measured against. His hamstring injury in early December reopened the race. The players below have shaped the league since, each…

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