Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Underrated: Cooks, Magnay, Jones. Overrated: Cheatham, Davis, Harrell. 010
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Here's how the NBL1 men's conference finals were won (free): pickandroll.com.au/p/heres-how-...pickandroll.com.auHere's how the NBL1 men's conference finals were wonBreaking down how West Adelaide, Canberra, Southern Districts, Sandringham, and Geraldton claimed their titles. 020
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 07/08/202529-year-old Jonah Bolden signs with Illawarra. Liked his comeback season in Sydney, but took a little step back in New Zealand. In theory, an easy fit next to any Illawarra big, with his shooting, rebounding, mobility, passing ability 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 05/08/202524-year-old Johny Narkle joins a talented Illawarra DP group. Long and smooth athlete on the wing. Defensive playmaker. Impressive passer and cutter. Improved outside shooter and off the dribble player. Finally rewarded with his opportunity. 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 05/08/202529-year-old Jack McVeigh signs with Cairns. 📊 Scoring efficiency from NBL24: 010
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 22/07/202531-year-old Jo Lual-Acuil signs with Perth. Huge presence. Can create for himself or finish playing off others. His best games on defence are dominant, but inconsistency on that end was seen in Melb. Perth's roster is looking like an upgraded one on last season. 📊NBL22+24 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Part two of my NBL offseason writing — this time with discussion on the Breakers, Bullets, Phoenix, Hawks, and Taipans: t.co/ZLYKAssjS1t.cohttps://pickandroll.com.au/p/5-more-nbl-offseason-talking-points?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 02/07/202528-year-old Tim Soares signs with Sydney. Complements Cooks with his shooting, and has more length and defensive rebounding than Leaupepe for when that's needed. Good balance of options in the frontcourt. #NBL23 📊 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Jensen Bradtke signs as a DP with Brisbane. He was an immediate eye-catcher to start the NBL1 season and made himself a must add with his shooting at his size and age 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 03/06/2025#NBL26 | I wrote about the local talent in Tasmania, Adelaide’s offseason moves, Finn Delany, plus Perth and Sydney substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.com5 NBL offseason talking points: Tasmania's Australian talent, Adelaide's signings, plus moreExtended thoughts on the major player movement stories so far this offseason. 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Montrezl Harrell re-signs with Adelaide. This undoes some of Adelaide’s good work. Harrell doesn’t complement the rest of the personnel well enough for a title — you need Humphries’ best, and more defence. A Jack White type import would’ve been my target. Fans will love it though. 100
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 22/05/20257 straight seasons without a winning record, plus some other nonsense in recent history. A shock of a decision from Bryce Cotton and a massive get for the Adelaide 36ers. Wow. 010
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Finn Delany signs with Melbourne. Nice Jack White replacement. Not the same defensive value, but some bucket getting ability if he plays at his All-NBL best — great mix of bully-ball, open floor play, screen and roll, shooting. 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 17/05/202528-year-old Gorjok Gak signs with South East Melbourne. Backup C. Gak still hasn’t played all that consistently at this level yet but is an upgrade on the five-man depth from last season 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 17/05/202528-year-old DJ Mitchell signs with South East Melbourne. Backup power forward. Talented scorer and shooter, capable of some big games. Was an iffy defender. Minutes declined and interest dried up with that second year in Brisbane. 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 17/05/202527-year-old Matt Kenyon signs with Adelaide. Wing depth. Very willing defender 1 through 3. One of the better cutters and offensive rebounders for his size, but doesn’t get guarded on the perimeter — multiple 3PM in just 15 of 110 games. 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 30/04/2025The injured Sam Froling re-signs with Illawarra. No fuss, high character, local star. Froling’s a winner and will be back. Looking forward to watching Lachy Olbrich dominate in the interim 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 24/04/2025David Okwera re-signs with Perth. Loads of potential with shot-blocking, ball skills, shooting, switch-ability upside but still piecing it all together. More right-place right-time consistency needed to lock in a rotation spot. 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Lat Mayen signs with Perth. 38% on 125 3PA these past two seasons. Big size for a wing, or capable of minutes at PF too. Didn’t prove himself as a starter or stopper with Adelaide in his age-26 season, but slots in as a backup here giving Perth more quality depth 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Sunday Dech signs with Perth. Good depth, able to guard 1-3 and particularly helpful to them as another point of attack defensive option, where they’ve lacked in recent years. High character guy and handy three-point shooter. 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Kendric Davis signs with Sydney. Unquestionable talent with lightning speed and special on-ball scoring. Some smoke around last season with the character, so interested to see how he + his game mature with another year, new environment, championship expectations, and sharing a backcourt with Delly 010
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Dylan Windler re-signs with Perth. Big wing who got better as the season wore on at using his length to impact defensively. 40% catch and shoot bomber. #1 in DREB% among non-bigs. 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Ben Ayre signs with Tasmania. He’s got plenty of that JackJumpers competitiveness, and gets the most out of himself. Hit 41% of 157 3PA with SEM. It looks a neat fit as 2nd or 3rd string PG 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Rob Loe signs with NZ. Showed again that he’s still a rotation big. Savvy player on both ends with his passing, screening, positioning, and physicality. Good hands, and can hit the 3 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Great to see Tom Wilson get a contract with Melbourne United. Big time player at SEABL/COE/NBL1 level for years. Combo guard skills — shot maker and creator off the dribble, off ball shooter and mover, strong passing instincts 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Fabijan Krslovic signs with Melbourne. A handy backup big. Screen, pass, offensive rebound, move his feet decently defending PnR, dive on a loose ball. Hits an occasional 3. 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 11/04/202524-year-old Josh Bannan signs with Tasmania. Fills that big void at PF. Bannan’s got plenty of game off the bounce, with the jumper, and mixes it up inside. There’s a strong Aussie core in Tassie. 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Izayah Le’Afa signs with New Zealand. Nice add from the Breakers. Coming off a bad shooting year, but Le’Afa has shown he can knock down ~35% of his 3s, do some secondary ball-handling, and be one of the better defenders in the league. 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Matthew Dellavedova gets the terms he was after with Sydney, signing for his age 35-36-37 seasons. Adds value right across the board with his complementary game and leadership. Physical on both ends. The best lob pass in the league. 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Akech Aliir signs with South East Melbourne. Upside signing, but also already a clear upgrade on their backup C situation from NBL25. Much more mobility on both ends, as well as some shooting and scoring potential. More experience and strength will do him good. 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 09/04/202524-year-old Flynn Cameron signs with Adelaide for 3 years. One of the biggest gets of Free Agency, and an interesting show of faith in Adelaide. There’s All-NBL upside as a strong two-way guard/wing. Presumably starts at SF from day one. Let’s see how the rest of the pieces fall around him. 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Nick Marshall signs with Tasmania. A big wing with serious bucket-getting ability. Impressive turnaround jumper and a good athlete. High upside move from the JJs which could net them a new local star by the end of his contract. 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 07/04/202525-year-old Michael Harris signs with Adelaide. Yet to nail down a rotation spot at this level but has the catch and shoot abilities to play off the ball next to Adelaide’s main guys. 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 07/04/202532-year-old Shea Ili re-signs for 2 years. Back to back DPOY. Excellent pushing the pace in transition as well as getting to the rim out of pick and roll. Hard to understate his value to this team’s identity and success. 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Max length contract for the veteran Blanchfield— taking him through his age 34-35-36 seasons — clearly a nod to their value of character. Went 35-80 (44%) on 3s over his final 13 games. 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Isaac White signs with Adelaide. Backup scoring guard. A bit undersized but competes and has shown great deceleration+footwork to get his shot off in the paint regularly. Movement and spot up shooting chops, although consistency/volume still to come at NBL level 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Kyle Bowen re-signs with Melbourne. A really good defender + a handy passer and garbage man. Capable of starting alongside the right mix. Gotta keep getting those 3s up confidently. t.co/qedZ7sARqtt.cohttps://www.melbourneutd.com.au/news/bowen-extends-stay-with-united 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Flynn Cameron is a starter elsewhere in NBL26. Think there’s a good argument that Melb should’ve given him even more rope throughout the reg season so that he was more of a playoff impact player. t.co/enNC5rY60At.cohttps://brnw.ch/21wRGaY 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 30/03/202526-year-old Sam Waardenburg re-signs with Cairns. Star level capability — a big who can dribble, pass, shoot, and defend. Huge building block locked in for the Taipans. 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 30/03/202524-year-old Alex Higgins-Titsha gets elevated to Cairns’ main roster. Got his first chance at NBL level and showed plenty of talent and physical tools, playing both on the wing and as a big. Great story. 010
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 30/03/202538-year-old Jesse Wagstaff re-signs with Perth. Finished with a positive on-off differential yet again. 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 30/03/202527-year-old Kristian Doolittle re-signs with Perth. Went from DPOY hon’ mention in NBL24 to ~All-NBL in NBL25 on the back of extra offensive opportunity — became a prolific 1v1 scorer inside the arc. His bully ball, passing, and defensive versatility was a needle mover in the playoffs 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Tatum: "All year it's been about our bench... [Olbrich] is a matchup problem. [Hickey]'s energy, his determination... he was locked in from the scout of what he needs to do... because when Melbourne plays a 4 or 5 on him it kind of disrupted us for the first couple of games" 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Dellavedova: “We didn’t get a good rhythm. I need to do a better job of getting [Clark and Goulding] some easier looks, but we’re going to have some really good solutions of how to just fall into things a lot smoother on Sunday” 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Vickerman: “They didn’t allow Delly to be as much of a point guard tonight… we just didn’t ever quite find a really good rhythm to initiate offence and get it moving… the level of defensive intensity from Swaka [Lo Buluk] and Davo [Hickey] and those guys, they were outstanding” 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Great minutes from Lachlan Olbrich to finish as the best big on the floor in a time of need. 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Davo Hickey: "We had to dig deep... Coming into the game I was definitely a bit nervous, but when you've got the calibre of players that we do on your team, it's really easy to come into a game and just do your thing..." 000
Jordan McCallum @jordanmcnbl.bsky.social · 17/03/2025The great Sami Whitcomb www.basketball.com.au/news/sami-wh...basketball.com.auExclusive: Whitcomb on an iconic career that almost never happened | Basketball.com.auSami Whitcomb on her path to having one of the greatest individual WNBL campaigns in history. 010
