Aussie Hoopla Nbl & Nba Podcast

Mike Kelly is currently the associate coach of the Perth Wildcats and recently was named as part of the coaching staff for the Australian Boomers FIBA World Cup qualifying team. He joins Aussie Hoopla's Dan Boyce to talk about how the Boomers are preparing for the first round of qualifying games and how the Perth Wildcats are faring during a season heavily impacted by COVID-19. He also takes us through the ups and downs he faced as head coach of the Cairns Taipans from 2018-2021 and how it developed him as a coach. Topics include... Thoughts on the Perth Wildcats loss to the Sydney Kings this weekend (2:00) How do the Perth Wildcats split responsibilities among the coaching staff (5:00) Being named as an assistant coach for the Australian Boomers (7:00) How the Boomers coaching staff have been recruiting players for the FIBA qualifiers in February with most NBL players unavailable (9:00) How COVID-19 is making it extremely difficult to count players (14:00) The ups and downs of