Good to see Alex Toohey back on the floor. He just dropped 18 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block for the Santa Cruz Warriors - Golden State’s NBA G-League affiliate - in a win over Stockton; he was 7/12 FG (1/2 3PT, 2/3 FT) and a +29.
Sam Mennenga so far in NBL 2026-27:
40 points + 18 rebounds
27 points + 13 rebounds
36 points + 11 rebounds
28 points + 5 rebounds
29 points + 17 rebounds.
This is a 6’9” 240 pound PF with real athleticism and oh by the way, is shooting 45% from 3 on the season at volume.
What a cool moment. Raheim ‘RJ’ Brown Jr., fresh off his 16th birthday, gets his first NBL points with this three-pointer on the buzzer to cap off the Adelaide 36ers win. Brown Jr. is one of Australia’s top 2010-born prospects, and a fan favourite in Adelaide.
Breakout game for Duke commit Luke Paul: 12 points (4/6 FG, 2/2 3PT, 2/2 FT), 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals in ~18 MIN for Cairns vs ILL. The 17yo got his first start of #NBL27; offence had great flow while he was on the floor. 3-ball looks smooth + had strong traffic finishes.
This guy has gone from apprentice welder, to Juco Basketball, to mid-D1, to one of the better centers in all of College Basketball, and now one of the best young bigs in Europe… 📈
His progression has been quite amazing 👏
Hey there! A new article on my #Substack "Scouting Factory" is online. I've talked about him, now it's time for his complete report. My favourite rookie of this szn former @BoilerBall 🇦🇺Oscar Cluff (@CluffOscar 2001, C - @korfezbasket)👇🏻#BoilerUp#scouting https://t.co/BVGrS3R42e
Rabbi Mizrachi unpacks what happens if a crocodile eats a Jew during Shabbat
SUMMARY:
Key Points and Halachic Issues
Immediate consequence: The person swallowed is presumed dead after a few minutes inside the crocodile due to the lack of oxygen and other fatal conditions.
Primary halachic dilemma: Normally, one is forbidden to kill animals or perform certain types of work on Shabbat, including lighting a fire or killing animals. However, saving a life overrides these prohibitions.
Saving a dead person: Since the person is already deceased, saving a life imperative no longer applies; hence, desecrating Shabbat to save life is not relevant here.
The question arises on whether desecrating Shabbat is allowed for the sake of the deceased person’s honor and dignity - to retrieve the body from the crocodile before digestion finishes.
Concern about the body: Waiting until after Shabbat means the crocodile will have digested the body, potentially leaving only small, unrecognizable remains (“like chickens”). This raises issues of properly honoring the deceased and providing a proper burial.
Halachic conclusion: It is not permitted to desecrate Shabbat directly to retrieve the body from the crocodile’s stomach.
However, there is a permitted indirect method to address the situation: involve a non-Jew (e.g., a policeman with a gun) who can be instructed to kill the crocodile by shooting it on Shabbat.
Since the non-Jew is acting, the Jew does not violate Shabbat restrictions.
After Shabbat concludes, the stomach of the crocodile can be opened to retrieve the body.
Made a pretty substantial update to my metric for quantifying “Basketball IQ.”
Same idea as in 2024: measuring on-court decision-making, not grading anyone’s intelligence.
The full table is live. Top 10 in the image.
#NBA
ALBANESE’S $9.6M TAXPAYER WEBSITE TELLS PEDOPHILES: “DON’T BEAT YOURSELF UP” FOR FANTASISING ABOUT KIDS
Your money is funding StopItNow! Australia, a government backed site that treats sexual attraction to children as something to “manage” with self acceptance, not stop.
The linked modules say:
• Treat child fantasies “like a wave” that will pass, go for a walk, do a puzzle, journal, cook.
• Don’t try to change the attraction. That could be “akin to gay conversion therapy”
• If you’re only into kids, “focus your attention exclusively on the physical sensations” while masturbating.
• “Don’t beat yourself up, it simply does not feel realistic to never have sexual fantasies about children”
• Show “compassion and self acceptance.” Having a sexual interest in kids can feel “lonely”
This is what Labor calls “prevention.”
Attorney General Michelle Rowland’s office is defending it as a royal commission recommendation.
Ongoing funding: $4 million a year.
Coalition Senator Matt O’Sullivan: “The protection of children must come first.”
The starting point is unequivocal, child sexual abuse is reprehensible and criminal. This risks normalising a sexual interest in children.
Albanese’s Labor is spending millions of your dollars giving comfort and coping strategies to people who fantasise about minors, while comparing efforts to change that attraction with historical attempts to change homosexuality.
Child safety is not a self help exercise.
It is not “mindfulness.”
It is not taxpayer funded compassion for predators.
The Albanese government has now stooped to the level funding pedophiles “feel better” guides.
You cannot make this crap up.
Australian basketball’s next big thing 📈
Ahead of the @HungryJacksAU's NBL Rookie Round, go behind the scenes with @Adelaide36ers guard RJ Brown and get a glimpse into his life as a rising basketball star 🤩
Watch now: https://t.co/3azBhc1GdA
Dash Daniels is leading SEM in 3PT% (37%) on 1.7 makes per game 🔥
Through 9 games, he’s averaging more 3’s made per 36 than: Joe Ingles, Kendric Davis, Jack Mcveigh, Anthony Dell’Orso, Matthew Dellavedova, Jaylon Brown, Dylan Windler, Brandon Knight and many more known shooters.
There are only 11 players in the NBL currently beating Dash in both 3’s made per 36 and 3PT% (min 100 minutes played).
Among 70 players with at least 100 minutes played, Dash ranks in the top half for 3PT%, 3PT makes per 36 & total 3PT’s made.
If Dash can maintain or even improve these numbers over the next 12 months, there is no reason he can’t make the Boomers WC team & play alongside Dyson 📈🔥
Madi Ryan is the best female hooper that Australia has produced, since Lauren Jackson. Generational talent. I truly believe that she is the best 17 year old in the world.