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The NBL Pocket Podcast

by The NBL Pocket Podcast · English · Sport

A pocket-sized podcast covering each round of the NBL. Round-by-round recaps, league news and stats. New episodes weekly. Find me on X at @nblpocketpod

New episodes: Every two weeks
Typical length: 37 min
Latest: 16 Sep 2026
Language: English

Latest episode

16 Sep 2026 · 45 min

291: 'The NBL is better than the NBA' - Welcome to a new season: NBL27!

Subscribe and follow The NBL POCKET PODCAST on Patreon and Twitter Topics: - NBL > NBA... whoa, let me explain! - NBL27 musings (Joe Ingles, TV coverage wishlist, Cotton vs Gaze MVP, Andrew Bogut's coaching) - The Hawks, Wildcats & Phoenix colluding to screw over LK - Strength of schedule(s) talk - Over/Under rankings Connect with the show via Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: @nblpocketpod Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nblpocketpodcast Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C

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E290 · 6 Apr 2026 · 29 min
290: It's becoming harder and harder to hate the Sydney Kings (NBL26 Champions)
Topics: - How entertaining were 3-of-the-5 games in this series?! - The two (2) major takeaways from Game 5 - A 'fat f***ing c***' versus a 'c*** with a big, fat f***ing mouth' - Looking ahead to NBL27 for Sydney and Adelaide's rosters - Bryce Cotton is a modern day gladiator - No NBL Finals games finished in the Top 30 ratings on FTA... is there a fix? and a look under the hood: NBL Pocket Podcast stats Subscribe and follow The NBL POCKET PODCAST on Patreon and Twitter - Connect with the show via - Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew…
E289 · 21 Mar 2026 · 32 min
289: Well, that was Game 1... 🏳️
Topics: - Perth Wildcats and South East Melbourne Phoenix season autopsies - Game 1 thoughts - Finals thoughts heading into the Kings-36ers series Subscribe and follow The NBL POCKET PODCAST on Patreon and Twitter - Connect with the show via - Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C
E288 · 9 Mar 2026 · 37 min
288: Phoenix and Kings to win SF series', Poor Play-In attendances and Who is Chris Goulding to you Melbourne United? 🫵
- Over/Under look back - NBL26 reg season recap - Semi Final predictions, thoughts & premonitions - Awards gripes? - Play In attendances - A look ahead to NBL27 for the eliminated teams - Mail bag Subscribe and follow The NBL POCKET PODCAST on Patreon and Twitter - Connect with the show via - Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C
E287 · 22 Feb 2026 · 37 min
287: Award runner ups and least likely nominees
- Award runners up and least likely nominees - A new NBL All Star Game idea? - Deep dives into Melbourne United and the Adelaide 36ers - Ignite Cup - and some love for @hoopafterwork - check out his content Subscribe and follow The NBL POCKET PODCAST on Patreon and Twitter - Connect with the show via - Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C
E286 · 9 Jan 2026 · 36 min
286: Melbourne United are just fine (when/if Shae Ili returns)
- Concerns for Melbourne United? - Cotton vs Gaze vs Loggins? - JaVale McGee and the NBL referendum on bigs - Who's the best seven-footer of the NBLPP generation? - The financial future of the league in a competitive marketplace - Expansion? Behave! Subscribe and follow The NBL POCKET PODCAST on Patreon and Twitter - Connect with the show via - Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C
E285 · 18 Nov 2025 · 38 min
285: NBL 'please explain' statements - F**k you Dabble!
We give some love to: - Josh King of SEM - The NBL of the 2000s and; - Boti Nagy & Joey Wright (Time Out: The No Flop Zone) While dumping on: - NBL ownership prospectuses - This season's 3P% & blowout margins and; - Dabble (SURELY the Dabblers aren't having this!) Subscribe and follow The NBL POCKET PODCAST on Patreon and Twitter - Connect with the show via - Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C
E283 · 14 Oct 2025 · 37 min
283: Will this NBL season be boring?
Topics: - Who Melbourne's biggest challenger? - What coaches need to be cut? - What imports need to be sacked? - Will this season be without surprise? Subscribe and follow The NBL POCKET PODCAST on Patreon and Twitter - Connect with the show via - Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C
E282 · 29 Sep 2025 · 49 min
282: Is it too early to forecast NBL26? Has a clear Top 4 emerged?
Topics: - Is the NBL App the worst in Australian professional sport? - A quick 'whip around' and 'first impressions' of each team after two rounds - How Jaron Rillie and JaVale McGee are the most emblematic storylines of the NBL - Who is the bigger coaching fraud on the sidelines? Lash, Goorjian or Wells? - Who's better out of MEL or TAS? Subscribe and follow The NBL POCKET PODCAST on Patreon and Twitter - Connect with the show via - Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Website:…
E281 · 18 Sep 2025 · 20 min
281: NBL26 Outrights (from POINTSBET)
Get the win totals here from POINTSBET: https://pointsbet.com.au/sports/basketball/NBL-Futures/2409971 Subscribe and follow The NBL POCKET PODCAST on Patreon and Twitter - Connect with the show via - Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Booktopia: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/c/2324741/607517/9632 Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C
E280 · 18 Aug 2025 · 2 min
280: Trailer NBL26
WELCOME BACK!
E279 · 24 Feb 2025 · 59 min
279: Finals picks, Ex-Stars dump fest and a final f**k you to the Adelaide 36ers' season
Lots of foul language in this one - BE WARNED! Topics: - Our issues with the Award winners - Finals Picks - NBL Ex-and-Next Stars Team... is this for real?! - The probability of Cotton's return in NBL26... - Season Grades - The FIBA break and the NBL's year-on-year momentum killing and schedule suicide - Thumbs up or down: Schueller's firing - A Sydney Kings autopsy - Seriously... f**k you Adelaide - Who on Earth are Altor Capital? Subscribe and follow The NBL POCKET PODCAST on Patreon and Twitter - Connect with the show via - Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph…
E278 · 26 Dec 2024 · 16 min
278: NBL Christmas WISHES and New Year's RESOLUTIONS (every team)
Subscribe and follow The NBL POCKET PODCAST on Patreon and Twitter - Connect with the show via - Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Booktopia: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/c/2324741/607517/9632 Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C
E277 · 2 Dec 2024 · 55 min
277: A mid-season hodgepodge
Topics: - MVP talk - CHAMPS talk - Are NZB for real? - Cotton's 59 vs Batemon's 51 vs Goulding's 47 - A Sydney Kings (7W-5L) deep dive... are they any good? - The NBL app gets a thumbs down this season (so far) - The LK puff piece *vomit* - Harrell and Davis' suspensions - fair or unfair? Subscribe and follow The NBL POCKET PODCAST on Patreon and Twitter - Connect with the show via - Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Booktopia: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/c/2324741/607517/9632 Website:…
E276 · 8 Oct 2024 · 30 min
276: Perth, SEM and NBLxNBA get DUMPED | Tyler Harvey and your tweets get PUMPED
Hi everybody! Subscribe and follow The NBL POCKET PODCAST on Patreon and Twitter - Connect with the show via - Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Booktopia: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/c/2324741/607517/9632 Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C
E275 · 30 Sep 2024 · 4 min
275: The Best of Ai-AC
It's in the title^
E274 · 25 Sep 2024 · 43 min
274: Hoops or Whoops fest?, Early Import impressions, Over/Under predictions and a NBL Media whip around...
Subscribe and follow The NBL POCKET PODCAST on Patreon and Twitter - Connect with the show via - Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Booktopia: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/c/2324741/607517/9632 Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C
E273 · 18 Sep 2024 · 1 hr 4 min
273: NBL25 Preview: Kings and Wildcats are good | United, Hawks and JackJumpers are mediocre | Bullets and Taipans are better than you think | While the 36ers, Phoenix and Breakers are BAD
Subscribe and follow The NBL POCKET PODCAST on Patreon and Twitter - Connect with the show via - Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Booktopia: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/c/2324741/607517/9632 Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C
E272 · 26 May 2024 · 1 min
272: a BREAKING NEWS update!
Subscribe and follow The NBL POCKET PODCAST on Patreon and Twitter - Connect with the show via - Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Booktopia: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/c/2324741/607517/9632 Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C
E271 · 31 Mar 2024 · 54 min
271: Island DEFENDED | Congratulations to the JackJumpers
Topics: - Finals Predictions revisited - The lopsided Roth vs Vickerman record - JJ’s road to the Championship - Jack McVeigh = Finals MVP - Did Melbourne crumble in fourth quarters? - Contract situations going forward for MEL and TAS - The NBL's expiring TV rights deal - FOXTEL's switch from OzTAM to Kantar TV ratings systems - A final farewell from NBLPP for NBL24 #NBL24 #EveryMomentMatters #MelbourneUnited # IllawarraHawks #PerthWildcats #TasmaniaJackJumpers Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected]…
E270 · 22 Mar 2024 · 47 min
270: An NBL24 forum with Boti Nagy
Boti Nagy joins Andrew and Joseph in a wide-ranging chat about the NBL24 season TOPICS: - Player, Team and League successes - Player, Team and League fails - Boti drops some breaking stories - What news story should have been a major news story, but wasn't... - Mahmoud AbjectFailure and the Sydney Kings lost season - The history and future of officiating in the NBL - Singing the praises of Brian Goorjian's return #NBL24 #EveryMomentMatters #MelbourneUnited # IllawarraHawks #PerthWildcats #TasmaniaJackJumpers Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew…
E269 · 13 Mar 2024 · 54 min
269: 'Live by design, not by default' - Playoff 1 and 2 breakdown
Topics: A look back at both games and series A look ahead to the Grand Final A look further ahead for the eliminated teams A look into United's new owner Aaron Sansoni ($4M for 10%*) #NBL24 #EveryMomentMatters #MelbourneUnited # IllawarraHawks #PerthWildcats #TasmaniaJackJumpers Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Booktopia: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/c/2324741/607517/9632 Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C
E268 · 23 Feb 2024 · 1 hr 16 min
268: The NO BULL detour
Thumbs UP Thumbs DOWN: Awards | Team grades and forecasts for the Bottom 4 | Play-In & Off Predictions | Refereeing all year | NO BULL tour #NBL24 #EveryMomentMatters Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Booktopia: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/c/2324741/607517/9632 Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C
E267 · 13 Feb 2024 · 54 min
267: Trevor Kraus author of 'Ticketless: How Sneaking Into The Super Bowl And Everything Else (Almost) Held My Life Together'
Do you want to get into major sporting events for free? Trevor Kraus, author of 'Ticketless', has the trade secrets for you. #NBL24 #EveryMomentMatters Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Booktopia: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/c/2324741/607517/9632 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com.au/Ticketless-Sneaking-Everything-Almost-Together-ebook/dp/B07MG2T5C9 Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C
E266 · 31 Jan 2024 · 44 min
266: Spotting dirty through three sacks of clean laundry
Topics: Did Sydney fumble DJ's bag?, Moving right passed a Josh Giddey gag, NBL Pride round double standards RE: Andrew Bogut's tweet(s), Ninnis' extension and do we all owe Simon Mitchell an apology? #NBL24 #EveryMomentMatters Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Booktopia: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/c/2324741/607517/9632 Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C
E265 · 18 Jan 2024 · 37 min
265: Sydney Kings and Perth Wildcats deep dive
Sydney Kings and Perth Wildcats deep dive #NBL24 #EveryMomentMatters Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Booktopia: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/c/2324741/607517/9632 Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C
E264 · 5 Jan 2024 · 11 min
264: NBL midseason: F**k - Marry - Kill (every team)
Breaking down every team in the NBL - making declarative statements about 'what we like' - 'what we love' - and 'what we HATE' LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE ONLY VIA PATREON #NBL24 #EveryMomentMatters Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Booktopia: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/c/2324741/607517/9632 Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C
E263 · 20 Dec 2023 · 19 min
263: NBL midseason: F**k - Marry - Kill (every team)
Breaking down every team in the NBL - making declarative statements about 'what we like' - 'what we love' - and 'what we HATE' LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE ONLY VIA PATREON #NBL24 #EveryMomentMatters Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Booktopia: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/c/2324741/607517/9632 Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C
E262 · 4 Dec 2023 · 31 min
262: Josh Giddey update, 36ers schedule schemozzle, position-less All-NBL Teams for the better and 'are the Brisbane Bullets the most charitable team in basketball?'
Come back Canion! #NBL24 #EveryMomentMatters Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Booktopia: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/c/2324741/607517/9632 Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C
E261 · 14 Nov 2023 · 48 min
261: Hutchy's SEN is not worth muchy, Hawks haemorrhage their HC and a Sydney Kings reality check
Topics: - NBL Ewing Theory candidate(s) - Jackomas gets jettisoned - SEN in the toilet? - SEM flops against MEL - Valentine and Sydney reality check incoming #NBL24 #EveryMomentMatters Patreon: patreon.com/nblpocketpodcast Twitter: Joseph @nblpocketpod Mastodon: Andrew @[email protected] | @[email protected] Booktopia: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/c/2324741/607517/9632 Website: https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/bnqSYK4C

About The NBL Pocket Podcast

A pocket-sized podcast covering each round of the NBL. Round-by-round recaps, league news and stats. New episodes weekly. Find me on X at @nblpocketpod

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New episodes: Every two weeks
Typical length: 37 min
Latest episode: 16 Sep 2026
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