Sponsored by:
Specialising in Action, Team and Portrait Photography.
---
Advertising opportunities available.
Please contact me.
---
BA never the correct answer for top level leagues
IT doesn't matter if it's Lindsay Gaze building the South East Conference in the 60s, John Raschke igniting the NBL in the 70s or Ted Powell initiating the WNBL in the 80s - Australia's success in devising appropriate leagues to carry the game forward has never had squat to do with Basketball Australia.
NBL, NBA movers and groovers
SOUTH East Melbourne Phoenix have landed one of the steals of NBL free agency, securing on-court terror Ben Ayre out of Cairns for two years. And Brisbane Bullets have maintained a tradition of snatching established Taipans players by signing import PG Shannon Scott on a two-year deal.
NBA steps up a playoff gear
THE NBA Playoffs are well-and-truly out of the first round and into the Conference semi finals, perhaps the biggest surprise the unexpected demise of one of the championship contenders Milwaukee Bucks, with Australia's own Joe Ingles, eliminated in five games by Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat.
Dream World Cup group for Boomers
AUSTRALIA will need to negotiate the Japanese home crowd in Okinawa in its FIBA World Cup Group E where the Boomers also have drawn Germany and Finland for the right to advance. Germany, at #11, is their highest-ranked opponent, Finland at #24 and Japan #36. Brian Goorjian's Boomers are ranked #3.
Euroleague penalty a disgusting joke
THE 5-match suspension handed out by the Euroleague to Real Madrid's French forward Guerschon Yabusele for his heinous and disgraceful body slam of an unsuspecting Dante Exum is almost as disgusting as the act was in itself, unnecessarily injuring the Aussie combo guard.
Disgrace leads to Dante's infernal injury
THE foot and facial injuries suffered today in a Euroleague match by one of Australia's finest players, Dante Exum, is an absolute disgrace and should lead to the long-term expulsion of Real Madrid's French forward Guerschon Yabusele, if not court action for assault occasioning bodily harm.
B&B: Abercrombie shares a pod 'exclusive'
BRAD Rosen and I have been working to get New Zealand Breakers and Tall Blacks icon Tom Abercrombie onto our Brad&Boti podcast for months and we finally succeeded. It's one of our fave interviews and we even secured an exclusive from the Breakers' stalwart regarding his future as a player. Is he hanging up the boots?
Isaac's challenge to stay healthy with 36ers
THE Adelaide 36ers choosing to revisit big-man free agent Isaac Humphries is a calculated gamble after he followed two injury-interrupted seasons with the Sixers with another at Melbourne United last season. Let's be blunt. Humphries healthy is as good an NBL big man as you will find.
NBA Playoffs: Sixers first through
THE Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference are the first team through to the second round of the NBA playoffs after erasing Patty Mills' Brooklyn Nets in a straightforward 4-0 sweep, despite All Star centre Joel Embiid being held out with an injury.
Walker leading 3x3 Aussie team to Japan
ONE of Australia's most seasoned campaigners and popular players, Lucas Walker, will spearhead Champions League Basketball's 3x3 team at the FIBA World Tour opener in Utsunomiya, Japan next week, bringing the experience of an NBL championship at Perth Wildcats with him.
