Justin Robertson

What Does the Next NBA Phenom Look Like?

In what feels like no time at all, the future of the NBA is staring at us right in the face. Scottie Barnes acts like the cornerstone of the Raptors. Jalen Green tore it up on the back end of the season at Houston. Cade Cunningham has a license to do…

Patty Mills Has to be The 2022 Australian Of The Year

Patty Mills has been making Australians proud since he picked up a basketball. No-one seems to embody the traits of being both a talented athlete and a revered public icon who is loved by everyone. He’s been a beacon of hope to the indigenous…

How Javin DeLaurier Kept Believing in Himself to Reach the NBA

Javin DeLaurier’s heart was pounding. Halfway through the third quarter he got pulled from the court for what seemed like no reason at all. Up to that point he had five points, seven rebounds, and his Wisconsin Herd were trailing the South Bay Lakers…

Meet the OKC Thunder's Secret Weapon: Montreal's Luguentz Dort

When Luguentz Dort was ready to face off against the Utah Jazz, little did he know the night would become extraordinary for the wrong reasons. Shortly after the warm up, NBA officials were huddled in a tight group near the Chesapeake Energy Arena…

'I Just Want to Make Her Proud'

By the age of two, it was clear Chase Claypool would be an athlete. He climbed the monkey bars with ease. Only a few years later, he would be playing baseball and trying gymnastics, however briefly. There was a foray into BMX riding and karate, which…

'He Was an Underdog:' the Inspiring Life and Puzzling Death of Rasual Butler

Rasual Butler grabbed the keys to his black Range Rover and got in the car with his partner, Leah LaBelle. It was a Tuesday night, Jan. 30, 2018. The former NBA player and the contemporary R&B singer headed to Pinz, a bowling alley in Los Angeles'…

Orazio Fantasia feels the pinch as Stratton's schoolyard tactics raise AFL eyebrows

Essendon’s 19-point victory over the Hawks at Marvel Stadium on the weekend will go abundantly overlooked. The crucial win puts them 6-6 and within arm’s reach of the top eight. Dylan Clarke did another stop-job. This week’s scalp: Jaeger O’Meara.…

New AFL role points to progress in acceptance of mental health issues

In late February Jack Steven stood up in front of his St Kilda teammates and told them he was taking time away from the club to deal with mental health issues. Saints football manager Simon Lethlean told reporters: “Jack’s decision to put his hand up…

"Sky's The Limit": What Can We Expect from Jonah Bolden?

On the eve of the 2018-19 NBA season, Complex AU spoke to Jonah Bolden and his coaches Phil Handy and Jordan Lawley about the journey from Australia to Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center, and where the road might lead from here. When Jonah Bolden…

AFL preliminary finals: your guide to the final four teams

So far we’ve seen predictability, upsets, sellouts, a Jim Stynes tribute, ticketing debacles, unofficial secret plots and intriguing goal celebrations – which has left us with the best four teams of 2018. One team is on a mission to claim…

AFL preliminary finals: your guide to the final four teams

So far we’ve seen predictability, upsets, sellouts, a Jim Stynes tribute, ticketing debacles, unofficial secret plots and intriguing goal celebrations – which has left us with the best four teams of 2018. One team is on a mission to claim…

Melbourne Demons burst out of AFL ambiguity and into premiership contention

We’ve all seen the Nathan Jones celebration embedded in pixels on Instagram by now. The one where he’s pumping both arms toward the crowd after nailing a crucial goal at the start of the final quarter. That goal sent Melbourne fans into convulsive…

Melbourne Demons burst out of AFL ambiguity and into premiership contention

We’ve all seen the Nathan Jones celebration embedded in pixels on Instagram by now. The one where he’s pumping both arms toward the crowd after nailing a crucial goal at the start of the final quarter. That goal sent Melbourne fans into convulsive…

Essendon have regressed but the answer is not to offload John Worsfold

The Bombers, now sitting on a plebeian two wins and six losses, weren’t supposed to be in rebuild mode. But based on their uninspired output so far this season, they have looked streaky, panicked, and more like a development team headed for a wooden…

Inside the NBA Journey of Sudanese-Australian Mangok Mathiang

Early one Sunday evening, Mangok Mathiang answers his phone. Initially his tone seems disenchanted. His Charlotte Hornets affiliate ball club, the Greensboro Swarm, just lost a tight one against the Long Island Nets 125-122 at the Fieldhouse Arena.…

What's Eating The Western Bulldogs?

The Western Bulldogs entered 2017 as the reigning premiers looking to defend their title. But a rash of losses – including four of the past five – has some critics wondering if they will even make finals. The on-field issues have also led football…

The Bombers Love Football Again

Worsfold’s youthful Bombers are starting to gel, build momentum and breathe again after the Supplement Saga. All there is to know about the Bombers – the same Windy Hill Bombers that became handcuffed for the 2016 season during ASADA sanctions but…

​How Clayton Oliver Could Become AFL's Next Superstar

It was another industrious endeavour for Clayton Oliver against Essendon over the weekend. One of the most underrated players in the AFL throughout the last six weeks, the 19-year old delivered yet another remarkable blow on the stats sheet,…

​Has Essendon's Anzac Day Medalist Joe Daniher Finally Arrived?

It took less than two minutes for Joe Daniher to impose himself on the annual Anzac Day classic against Collingwood on Tuesday. The six-foot-five, 95-kilogram frame snapped a right-footed goal from a set shot thanks to an Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti…

The Sydney Swans Have Slumped To The Best-Worst Team In The AFL

There hasn't been much joy or cause for celebration for the Swans so far in 2017. In four weeks we've seen upsets, some left-field results from out-of-form teams and one-third of the games decided by three goals or less. The Swans have been erratic…