Catch up on all the latest headlines from around the basketball world in today’s edition of In the Post.

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Broekhoff fresh, fit and firing

Ryan Broekhoff has revealed “this honestly feels like my first season” as he prepares to put together a bounce back campaign with the South East Melbourne Phoenix.

ESPN spoke to Broekhoff, Simon Mitchell and Mitch Creek about Broekhoff’s mentality heading into the season. Click here to read.

Tassie “needs to improve”

Tasmania JackJumpers guard Sam McDaniel has bluntly declared the team “needs to improve” after their 30-point loss to the Perth Wildcats in the NBL Blitz yesterday.

Click here to read the full story via The Advocate.

Breakers deal with “wakeup call”

While New Zealand captain Tom Abercrombie says the Breakers’ COVID situation is a “wakeup call”, the squad is maintaining a good attitude as they navigate the challenges ahead.

Read the full story via Stuff by clicking here.

Hawks used to “old record” COVID

Illawarra Hawks veteran Tim Coenraad says his team wasn’t fazed by tonight’s preseason game against New Zealand being cancelled due to COVID, saying it is like an “old record”.

Read Coenraad’s thoughts here via The Illawarra Mercury.