Damian Martin

Let's not take anything away from him.

But he was running with Damian Martin for a while as

the point guard

and then Mitch Norton as the point guard.

They're the three teams and there's a long way to go in the season, but they're like, I don't think some of these get fixed with a couple of in said, because when they go out of the game, how's it going to look? Yeah.

Anyway, And I get that their view might be Flynn Cameron does that Damian Martin combo guard sort of tough guard role.

I understand all that.

I get all that.

Um, talent attraction.

So the list age profile, Optus Stadium, credible flag window make this a powerful offer, especially for WA-connected players.

It's proven with the attraction, proven with the retention.

Um, there is a, a sizable amount of south, um, Victorians on their list-

They've got him in the leadership and consultancy space.

They spend a lot on their wellbeing and their mindfulness.

Um, you know, so the conversations I've had with players and different people around it, just in terms of what they have as a football program, it's no secret, um, that they've been able to retain their players but also, um, you know, become that really high-performing club.

So, uh, really good job.

And Jase, an awesome guest on today.

We had Damian Martin last week to sort of preview Trev's return to RAC Arena and Bryce Cotton's 300th, which didn't go to plan for them, as we'll speak about later.

a little bit later on.

But Zylan Cheatham, Adelaide 36ers big man, someone the league is very fortunate to have, not only the way he plays on the court and what he's done for the Adelaide 36ers, but he's obviously signed an extension here.

I just find yours and Drewie's.

I like Jason, I even like Damian Martin.

You talk a lot of basketball, that makes sense to me.

And rather than, I get it, the NBL want you to tell stories, but I find some of the commentators get away from the game and they're too much about themselves.

Anyway, we're going to move on from that.

Of course, we'll touch more NBL with Damian Martin.

But, Chase, we're going to go to the channels.

We'll tip off real quick.

for Perth Lynx fans and WNBL fans.

But, you know, in the next couple of weeks, we'll start touching on more of the WNBL and have a guest on to sort of preview the start of the season.

But Jase, I'm going to go on to some, before we go on to Damian Martin's interview, I'm going to go on to a little left field.

Now we pride ourselves on this show of covering everything to do with Australian basketball and things that other people probably don't cover in Australian basketball.

Well, that's some big shoes to fill.

You know, Damian Martin is the ultimate guy that was around.

But look, there are similarities between them.

I wouldn't say that Dash is the next coming of Damian Martin, but the way they approach...

Defence, the way they approach each possession and how competitive you have to be on each possession.

And also, importantly, how to just impact winning and how to impact successful basketball.

I couldn't agree more.

I don't like this last-minute sort of thing where, oh, we've just got a guy in where you've got a position that you had a problem with for a Ever since Bryce Cotton left, if we're talking about the birth situation, they haven't really had that point guard since Bryce, since Damian Martin has retired.

You know, you're sort of going, okay, Mitch Norton's not there.

Who's the point guard? And they struggled last year with that.

I don't think it's going to happen for some period of time, but I'd really like someone to be studying it or thinking about how you could potentially improve adopt a different philosophy and have success.

I mean, you could argue that when Bryce Cotton was in Perth, you know, he's more of a shooting guard and you had the Damian Martin who arguably wasn't the, you know, the...

How would you classify Damian Martin back then in terms of a top five point guard? I suppose he kind of was.

To be honest, they were both utility

guards, right? Yeah.