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Hammer shooting challenge - thumbs up

Interesting yesterday I was told that the NBL pay the commentators not FOX fwiw.

I can't wait till Heal takes on Rotnei Clarke so Rotnei can show him NO ONE CAN STOP THE ROT and to be compared to Heal by Gaze is an insult as Rotnei will always be known to be a class above.If Rotnei shot as many shots as Heal and played in 48min games he would be averaging 25pts + a game for sure.

In 2001 I had the opportunity to shoot around with Hammer, along with 3 other blokes

He tells us he'll hit 50 free throws in a row if we give him 3 chances.

First attempt.....11.

Second attempt....66 in a row.

He told us his record was 134.

The NBL deserve props for upping the broadcast effort this year they way they have.

Williams is still an annoying commentator trying to make bold confident claims everytime he talks "i'm telling you now..." *mute*. BUT, his Fantasy segments are good and it's well shot.

The live crosses when there are double headers are a good idea as long as you have the right commentators: Redhage was a fail to begin with, but Casey is good at it.

I'd love to see the hammer shoot around, it sounds like a good idea.

The scorebug looks good, I don't understand why SKY always has to alter it: they did it lastyear and again this year. Why????

Great segment. While watching it, I was just waiting for heal or Cadee to mention the car accident. Luckily not a word was said!

Can’t wait for him to get Casper or CG43 out there, maybe a trio shootout ?

Cadee was involved in an accident?

Having seen Heal messing around prior to getting ready to go on air, I'm kinda surprised he missed one.

I also thought it was a good segment.

I’d say that 99% of Hoops’ readers would not be aware of Cadee’s West Sydney connection, just his accident...

Thumbs up from me for the segment

Ah Yeah, full credit to you, Kobe, for that Cooke thread. Jumped the gun a little, but good shit.

Got any hot takes on the Taipans?

Well obviously 90% wouldn't know (you said it as if I didn't know that about the TV viewing n00bs) but the original anon using it as evidence for the spot as being impressive on a specialist forum like this one doesn't hold sway. Good concept though, can't wait to find out something I don't know.

put himself in a position*

You hit the nail on the head Manu. He can never be wrong if he just corrects and doesn't out himself in a position where he could be wrong with an original thought. Actually there was that Cooke thread which isn't going to well for him :)

FWIW I agree with you on the above point.

Great segment though, really enjoyed it.

Kobe, look I'm not taking the piss out of you or anything, but do you ever feel the need to dish some original thoughts or discussion points?

It just seems to be correcting people all the time. If you really know your stuff, I'd like you to hit us with your own thoughts. Again, not taking the piss, just saying.

True, but lauding it on a forum with hardcores like us isn't getting by me.

Wow, what a revelation - who would have thought the Cadee family were West Sydney supporters, after all they were involved behind the original Westars. Anything non-obvious said?

The best thing about this segment is it puts the player in a situation they are comfortable in. And the quality of the interview benefits from it.

Great segment. Very natural and well edited.

At least Cadee had an easy way of saying that Heal is a c**t with his backstory.

Wow, what a revelation - who would have thought the Cadee family were West Sydney supporters, after all they were involved behind the original Westars. Anything non-obvious said? and how was Heal's chucking.

At what stage of the broadcast was this shown?