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NBA East: It's a Lance...
INDIANA guard Lance Stephenson last season earned a degree of infamy for showing the cut-throat signal to Miami megastar LeBron James during their Eastern Conference semi final, which the Heat then duly wrapped up.
Get core right and she'll be apples
MARK Bradtke hated Tony Ronaldson and Brian Goorjian with such a passion, he went out of his way to avoid his Melbourne basketball contemporaries.
Random dribbling: Weighing in
HOLD your horses there Hawks fans. My latest insider-trading has Stevie Weigh shooting the rock with Cairns Taipans next season.
"New" NBL ideas #2
THE ideas have been pouring in about what direction the "new" NBL should take in season 2014-15, expansion a very hot topic.
Jackson on MJ, Kobe
THE man best qualified to make the comparison NBA and basketball fans the world over have been making for years - Phil Jackson - says Michael Jordan was a greater leader than Kobe Bryant.
NBA East - Knicks find coping mechanism
NEW York coach Mike Woodson gambled and lost when he tinkered with his line-up before Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semi final against Indiana so today he tried something old ... and new.
NBA West - Spurs-Grizzlies next
GOLDEN State needs to get Andrew Bogut and David Lee back fully healthy to build on their 2012-13 achievement under coach Mark Jackson.
NBA East - Heat moves on
THE Heat are the first team through to an NBA Conference Final after putting down Chicago's challenge 94-91 today in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semi series.
NBA West - Thunder rolled out
THE dream is over for the OKC Thunder, though it really bit the dust when Russell Westbrook was ruled out of any further Western Conference finals play.
From rough cut to Opals coach
BUILDING relationships is a key to the Opals' future international success according to newly appointed head coach Brendan Joyce.
Vale Tanya, Peter
IT IS entirely appropriate this is National Volunteer Week and Basketball Australia has jumped aboard, honoring the thousands who offer their time, skills and passion to help our great game prosper.
Random dribbling: Boom boys
CALM down now Boomers squad analysts. Cam Gliddon, Igor Hadziomerovic and Ben Simmons all have been added to Andrej Lemanis' first Boomers squad.
Sending a wrong message
BOOMERS coach Andrej Lemanis last Saturday endorsing the continued relevance and importance of the NBL could not have come at a more important time.
LL had a Cool J
READ the initials LL and who is the first person you think of? Leroy Loggins? Lisa Leslie? Lyle Lovett? Lex Luthor? Lana Lang? Lois Lane?
Quick shots
IT'S official, finally, Shawn Dennis has been charged with the job of reinventing the club as new coach of the Townsville Crocodiles.
Boomers squad 2013
BASKETBALL Australia today officially revealed Andrej Lemanis' first Boomers squad for next month's series against China.
Our man for all seasons
ANDREJ Lemanis credits Brian Goorjian for steering him into coaching, and his time with Ian Stacker in Townsville for helping awaken his desire to one day coach Australia.
Random dribbling: Good day at the office
KYRIE Irving will be confronted by the Big V when he returns to the capital of the Big V, Melbourne, hopefully in July.
"New" NBL Ideas #1
TAKE it as read there won't be any significant on-court rule changes when the new self-governed NBL tips off in October.
Latest NBL Player Ratings
THESE are the latest external Player Points System ratings as posted by the NBL today, 35 successful reviews made since their initial release.
