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About Ball Don’t Lie<\/p>\nJason Chainey breaks down NBL1 North Round 1, standout performances and early season trends<\/p>\n
Jason Chainey joins the latest episode of Ball Don\u2019t Lie with a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 that stretches across Australian and international basketball, bringing a coach\u2019s lens to the NBL1 North season. With experience as a WNBL head coach and assistant, time in the WNBA training camp environment, and roles across QBL and NBL1 programs, Chainey has seen the game from every angle. <\/p>\n
Now working in player development at Southwest Metro and stepping into commentary, he blends pathway insight with on-the-ground experience, making him an ideal voice to break down Round 1, emerging talent, and the trends shaping the NBL1 North season.<\/p>\n
Round 1 Takeaways \u2013 Standouts & TrendsJess McDowell-White dominated \u2013 triple-double + 5 steals, one of the performances of the round Strong WNBL carryover form translating straight into NBL1 impactMultiple big scoring nights across the women\u2019s comp (100-point team games already appearing)Early signal: top teams look offensively loaded and cohesiveLISTEN NOW<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s Standout \u2013 \u201cSmack\u201d Sets the ToneExplosive return game after long layoff \u2013 18 points in Q1, controlled the tempo Ipswich\u2019s ceiling highlighted with:Elite pick-and-roll chemistryDepth (Merrick Small, Mitch Polaine)Future boost with Lamar Patterson (LP) return loomingEarly takeaway: Ipswich already looks like a title-level offenceEmerging Performers to WatchDang Kuany \/ Mayotte-type breakout roles \u2013 increased opportunity translating to productionHarry Huber (South West) \u2013 strong minutes, attacking the paint, development pathway success storyKody Stattmann (Cairns) \u2013 27-point impact, leading veteran presenceKai Woodfall (Brisbane) \u2013 33 points, OT win, 9 threes, clutch scoringCoaching Insight \u2013 What Wins Early SeasonTeams with continuity + WNBL\/NBL crossover players are ahead earlyExperience still matters: veteran-heavy teams executing late-game situations better\u201cKnowing how to win\u201d = real edge, especially in tight finishesAbout Ball Don’t Lie<\/p>\n
Ball Don’t Lie Australia has been covering the NBL1 North for multiple years. Host Mal Crawford is being joined weekly by current and former players, coaches, commentators, GMs to breakdown the North. With deep dives into games and team breakdowns across the league from as far south as Gold Coast, as north as Cairns and every team in between. Don\u2019t forget predictions, side bets and of course some silly games along the way. <\/p>\n
Mal Crawford has been hooked on basketball since being taken to his first junior comp when he was in Year 2 of primary school, by his basketball loving Mum. Mal is the play by play commentator of the Brisbane Capitals as well as the Ipswich Force. He can be heard on multiple Game of the week broadcasts on Kayo every season and has been called up to the NBL1 National finals as a commentator to boot. Mal has been covering North with Commentary and podcasting since the rebrand to the NBL1 North five seasons ago. <\/p>\n
What to expect from Ball Don\u2019t Lie Australia throughout the season:
Breakdowns of the big games of the roundPlayer and Coach interviewsPredictions across the round, seasonWeekly ladder looks, whose up and whose down and whyFun Games such as \u2018Crackem\u2019, \u2018Whose that teammate\u2019 and others that listeners can play along with that put guests in the hot seat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jason Chainey breaks down NBL1 North Round 1, standout performances and early season trends Jason Chainey joins the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-624898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}