Hey,

Good morning! Getting it in a little earlier today (as it should be!) as I got a busy one ahead.

This week's 3-pointer:

🎙 Podcast: Tim Lewis

Back to regularly scheduled programming with the 100th episode saga out the way - you might recognise a 20 minute segment of this from that podcast, but the full convo proved to be super interesting. Tim Lewis has been involved at pretty much every level of the game and so had a ton of insight on the general state of British basketball - really enjoyable conversation!

🏀 BBL & WBBL Playoffs Underway

The WBBL semi-finals are set with no bigger surprise than Newcastle's upset over Leicester - tune in on the Sky Sports YouTube Friday night from Worcester. Meanwhile, Leicester and London are through in the BBL, with Newcastle and Plymouth holding slim advantages heading into tonight's Quarter-Finals (again, live on Sky Sports YouTube from 5pm).

🏫 Academy basketball returns

Competitive junior basketball returned for the first time in over 12 months yesterday as the EABL and WEABL Summer showcase got underway - it's great to have it back - stay tuned for updates from us covering it! Need to give massive credit to Matt Guymon and Neal Hopkins on making the push for this and making it happen.

That wraps up another week, as always, hit reply with any thoughts, questions or anything else!

With gratitude,

Sam

P.S. Check out the final BBL top 10 plays of the regular season, led by Jordan Whelan.