Without question, Homicide is the NBL's superstar up in Townsville. He brings an energy to the game that gets the crowd up and his teammates ready to play (no matter what city he's in!). The Crocs look to Corey as a leader, a weapon that's no longer a secret around the league. From playing college ball, streetball, NBA camps, pro ball in Brazil, China, Croatia, and now Australia, Homicide may have found his new home, just like D-Mac did at the similar age of 30.Last season Homicide put up 22-5-5 (pts/rebs/asts) and this year after 3 games he's looking to be back to his best averaging 23-8-4.
As for this season so far? The headline after Townsville's first game was "36ers thump Crocs" as Townsville left some of their game back on the plane before landing in Adelaide. 6 days later they had a date with the South Dragons, who just knocked off the Wildcats and look to be a top 3 or 4 team this year with their new recruits. Homicide led the upset with 22 points, 9 in the fourth, taking home the win 91-89.
The next game the Crocs had was 2 days later, another big test against cross-town rivals, the Cairns Taipans. Cairns also look to be a team that will contend for the championship if healthy. The underdog Crocs got the job done in another close one, 100-96. Corey finished with 31 points leading the most impressive comeback so far this season.
When I saw how tough the teams were this season; the Tigers, Dragons, Taipans, Breakers, 36ers and Wildcats looked to be favourites for finishing in the top 6 playoffs. The Crocs have the best scoring point guard in the country, but on paper there's about 4 teams that look deeper. Now the Crocs just knocked off 2 of them, we could be seeing a glimpse of this seasons sleeper that could sneak in under the radar.
25% of Townsville fans vote Homicide as their favourite player, while the other 75% of votes are spread out amongst the rest of the players.
If you need a reason to get to an NBL game this season, get a glimpse of Homicide and the Townsville Crocs when they hit your town.
Note: Homicide is the first streetball player not in the NBA (and first ever NBL player) to have his own shoe named after him. K1X recently released the "187" Homicide signature shoe. To check it out and grab yours go to http://www.k1x.com.au/
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2 comments:
good to see some different style artticles on the NBL keep it up guys
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you need to check out episode 9 of The O.T. with JR and DJRod - we have an interview with Homicide which is WELL WORTH tuning in
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