Aussie Hoopla Nbl & Nba Podcast

Cairns Taipans coach Mike Kelly joins Dan Boyce sits down to reflect on the Cairns Taipans season only weeks after falling short in the 2020 NBL semi-finals to the Perth Wildcats. Topics include... Coronavirus and its impact on Australian basketball (2:00) Reflection on Mike Kellýs interview on Aussie Hoopla last year and how recruiting players was different in his second season as coach (7:00) Nathan Jawai's season and the decision-making factors which led to him re-signing for 2019-20 (15:00) The pressure of year two as the Taipans head coach and the need to perform (17:00) Nailing your imports, how the Taipans recruited Scott Machado, Cam Oliver and DJ Newbill in the pre-season (20:00) Scott Machado's near MVP season and what led to him playing in Cairns (23:00) The Taipans slow start to the NBL season and what changed that led them to a 3rd place NBL finish (30:00) Falling short against the Perth Wildcats in the semi-finals (31:30) Majok Deng did he reach the potential Cairns thought he possessed in h