Watch Melbourne Tigers star Lucas Walker surprise Magpie skipper Scott Pendlebury during a game of basketball. Scott was representing the Victorian Country basketball team. Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has revealed conversations with Magpies captain Scott Pendlebury helped coach Nathan Buckley avoid being sacked in 2017.
Credit: AAP. In a league that boasts champions left, right and centre, none stand above Scott Pendlebury.Over the last three seasons, Pendlebury has registered 362 tackles.
"He can pick what's going on and change and modify things out on the ground. "But,'' Mowbray added, "that's evolved. I reckon that’s a fair assessment if all goes well.When all is said and done, and people start going down the afltables rabbit hole to find just who was best at what, I expect many to come away astounded by the numbers of Pendlebury across the board.The Collingwood captain rebounded back to excellent form and led his team to the Grand Final, only to see his Magpies fall agonisingly short, beaten by the West Coast Eagles in the dying moments. It was the kind of injury that prevented him from doing everyday activities – getting out of a chair, doing up his shoes, or the worst, picking up his child.Scott Pendlebury is an NBA fan at heart. "He's not a computer but he has a capacity to absorb a lot of information and synthesise it,'' said Mowbray.
Collingwood captain Scott Pendlebury will miss the Magpies’ next two AFL games with a quad strain. We have all heard about his “basketball background” to the point where it has become a meme, but as we start to head toward the twilight of Pendles’ career, his legacy in the game is something that may start to become very important. In his 15th season, there's no sign he's ready to call a time out.Burns observed that Pendlebury had the rare talent to make adjustments, in response to the opposition, during games. Some will argue that he has already reserved a spot, but as Jerry Seinfeld taught us in his dealings with the car rental industry, reserving something and actually receiving it are two very different things.
The kick was king, and it was not uncommon to see prolific ball-winners finish games with the number of kicks in the twenties, and the number of handballs on their stat sheet amounting to a big fat goose egg. He’ll catch Boomer Harvey as well.I know I’d happily take it for my club.
"I would draw a defence and he would draw an offence to beat it,'' said Crawford-Wynd, who still lives two doors from Pendlebury's parents, Lisa and Bruce in Sale.
That is simply quite amazing. A smart coach like Worsfold would keep it in their memory banks for the next time.As we approach the second outing of the interrupted 2020 season, Scott Pendlebury is starting to eye off a position in the AFL Pantheon of Greatness. He's got that better balance now.'' Stretching, yoga and even cutting out caffeine in order to allow his body to recover better have all been part of the Pendlebury regimen over the last couple of seasons.Some will argue that numbers don’t matter, but you know what – numbers do not lie, and they are an accurate reflection of just how good Pendles has been for the past 15 years. A six-time All-Australian, he's a chance for a seventh jumper, must be the clubhouse leader for Collingwood's best and fairest (he's won five, six would equal Buckley).
Asterisk or not, a premiership as captain would be the ultimate reward for a player who has almost done it all in this league.You know that was for the umps that day. Of course, recency bias means that players like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain are bumped down the list a little too easily for my liking.Besides Pendlebury there are only two 300 game players at Collingwood – Tony Shaw and Gordon Coventry, who achieved 300 due to their awesomeness.
Scott Pendlebury says Matt Nielsen would “be awesome in the AFL” The Australia Men’s basketball team lost a nail biter in their first game of Olympic Competition 75-71 to Brazil , a team which boasts four NBA players in Leandro Barbosa (Indiana), Anderson Varejao (Cleveland), Nene Hilario (Washington) and Tiago Splitter (San Antonio) and has experts predicting them as medal chance.
However he’s not keen for his young family to travel up to Queensland and be forced into a strict 14-day lockdown.
He may have a bit left in the tank yet, and I sincerely hope he does.No mature player will be too sad about a contracted season.
Pendles sits on 4015.