Seven years ago, I joined up with a brand new professional basketball league. I provided stats and other duties for this nascent hoops circuit, and I haven’t looked back since. And that’s a good thing. This Saturday, the National Basketball League of Canada commences its seventh season with a league-high ten teams – four in…
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A new adventure for a former Albany Patroon
For the past six seasons, I’ve operated as the statistician with the National Basketball League of Canada. For the last four of those seasons, I’ve worked in one capacity or another with David Magley, a member of the 1983-84 Albany Patroons championship squad. Two of those years were when Magley coached the Brampton (Ontario) A’s,…
Read MoreGet an Albany Patroon to run your sports league
I have never shied away from my love for the long-departed Albany Patroons basketball team. Two championships, five regular-season titles, and a slew of NBA players and coaches came from our little Continental Basketball Association team. And today I want to take a moment and salute one of those former Patroons and his successful involvement…
Read MoreRoyce White: Breaking through anxiety like a bolt of lightning
If you’re a pro basketball fan, you might have heard of Royce White. He was drafted in 2012 out of Iowa State by the Houston Rockets (first round, 16th overall), who hoped that the 6’8″ power forward with gigantic hands would help build the team for years to come. Unfortunately, Royce White was dealing with…
Read MoreNBL Canada begins its sixth season
Six years ago, three men – Vincent Bernier, Ian McCarthy and Andre Levingston – broke their teams away from the independent Premier Basketball League and formed a new professional basketball circuit, the National Basketball League of Canada. I joined up with them for the 2011-12 season, and have remained with the NBL even after those…
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Celebrating “Mr. 40 Day” in Chicago
Tony Bennett is a star with the National Basketball League of Canada, where he helped the Windsor Express earn a 2015 NBL championship. Prior to his NBL years, he starred in the Premier Basketball League and in the Continental Basketball Association; and while in college, he helped Bradley University advance to the Round of 16…
Read MoreNever bet against Tony Bennett. Never.
When you make a prediction in your NCAA brackets, or you pick a team to win the Super Bowl, there’s a distinct possibility that you’re not going to have a correct pick. And you throw your hands in the air and say, “Well, my bracket got busted, there’s always next year.” Then again, you’re not…
Read MoreMy 2016 National Basketball League of Canada playoff picks
Yep, it’s that time once again. The National Basketball League of Canada has just finished its fifth regular season, and is now headed toward its postseason. This year, all eight teams – four in Ontario, four in the Maritimes – will participate in the playoffs. And since I don’t participate in the NCAA basketball bracket…
Read MoreNBL Canada’s new weekly wrapup show (with Chuck Miller content)
For the past five seasons, I’ve worked behind the scenes with the National Basketball League of Canada as their league statistician and director of player clearances. It’s a fun job and I enjoy it very much. Heck, when you can get league coverage in the New York Times, that’s not too shabby… And yes, there…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Goin’ to the Hoop
I never thought I would see this in my lifetime. There’s a rap song dedicated to New York Knicks rookie Kristaps Porziņģis. No kidding. Brace yourself. Now what do you think would be more brain-banging than a rap song about Kristaps Porziņģis? Okay, how about a SECOND rap song about Kristaps Porziņģis, complete with snow-drifting…
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