Tag: Super League Basketball
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Kevin Allen Is the Structure
Some players give you structure. Kevin Allen is the structure. Four games into the season, Caledonia are learning how to make that work. Allen’s arrival has defined their offence — first as a seductive answer to their scoring needs, then as a challenge to fit him in, and now as something they might be able…
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What To Do With the London Lions?
The London Lions have built a team that fits neither competition. In the SLB they’re steady; in EuroCup they’re struggling to stay afloat. The same roster that never looked like losing against Bristol can’t stay in a game against Budućnost. Through the opening weeks, London have beaten every SLB opponent comfortably, posting the league’s highest…
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Talent Is Everywhere, Opportunity Isn’t
British basketball has no problem getting kids onto the court. Sport England’s Active Lives Children and Young People survey shows basketball is the second most-played team sport among children, helped by outdoor courts — varied in quality but found nationwide — that make it easy to pick up a ball and play. The challenge comes…
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Bristol Are Trusting the Game Itself
Bristol have started the season with a different kind of rhythm. Three SLB games so far have produced four different leading scorers — Zach Anderson in the opener, Cameron Holden and Jonathan Brown tied as joint top scorers in game two, and Will Yoakum leading in game three. This is a roster built on balance,…
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Sheffield Are Betting on Continuity
Atiba Lyons has been head coach in Sheffield since 2008 — seventeen years on the sideline, a rare constant in British basketball. In a league defined by churn, where imports cycle in and out and rosters are rebuilt every summer, his presence has given the Sharks a stability most clubs can’t match. Continuity is the…
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A Ball in the Air
The opening night of the second season of the SLB was meant to be about the basketball. Six teams took the floor with refreshed rosters and a summer of preparation, eager to prove the league was more than an improvised debut. Instead, it arrived in the shadow of refereeing uncertainty and FIBA intervention. When the…
