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No 'I' in TEAM as new Hall of Fame shows
IT always has been a source of amazement and amusement to me that for a team sport such as basketball, our state and federal "Halls of Fame' consistently induct individuals and overlook teams. So congratulations to Basketball Australia for today inducting its historic first ever TEAM into its Hall of Fame.
How to lose polish on an Opal pendant
IT never cease to amaze how often, readily and easily Australian basketball's administrators at any and all levels - federal, state, club - can make a botch of even the best of ideas. Case in point this week? The Australian Basketball Players Association and its noble plan to recognise every past World Cup and Olympic Opals player, as has occurred for the Boomers.
Mr Grumpy bids his final farewell
THEY say the two certainties in life are death and taxes but in the case of Ian Thornton, there were a few more. "Did you hear the one about the Irishman, the Englishman and the Scotsman who walk into a bar?" That was the other certainty. Ian always had a joke up his sleeve.
NBL, WNBL, BA launch HoopsFest in Perth
PERTH in September will exclusively host the self-proclaimed "largest basketball festival ever" with the inaugural joint NBL, WNBL, BA "HoopsFest" initiative, featuring all 10 men's teams playing the 2024-25 season's opening round, a women's preseason tournament and the under-18 national club championship, featuring 48 junior teams.
BOB'S BREAKING NEWS: Jade trade on WNBA eve
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BOB'S BREAKING NEWS: Our man in the US, BOB CRAVEN, has breaking news on the future of UC Canberra Capitals and Opals star Jade Melbourne, traded by Seattle Storm which, like the Phoenix Mercury, is a WNBA club with rich history for Australian players.
Time for WNBL to wave BA goodbye
IF speculation is correct that Basketball Australia chief executive Matt Scriven has rejected Geelong's bid for a WNBL licence at the same time as Melbourne Boomers have withdrawn as a club then it's high time the league ditched the federation's tattered umbrella to "go it alone" and seek the support of NBL owner Larry Kestelman.
Geelong set to swoop on vacant WNBL license
BASKETBALL Australia, in its capacity as the management of the WNBL, is caught in a dilemma with the imminent loss of 40-year-old Melbourne (formerly Bulleen) Boomers and approach from a Geelong-based consortium willing to take up the license, keeping the league at eight teams.
Brad&Boti: Southside are champs, Ants in danger
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THE WNBL has crowned its 2023-24 champion and Melbourne has a 1-0 lead on Tasmania in the NBL Championship Series as former Sydney Kings assistant coach Brad Rosen and I thrash it all out in this week's Brad&Boti podcast, and we're not pulling any punches.
Record rout as Southside wins in a flyer
THEY had the Rolls Royce of Australian basketball, then watched a Mercedes drive off with the Rachael Sporn Medal as Southside left Perth choking on its fumes in Game 3 of the WNBL Grand Final Series, the Flyers' claiming their second crown but fifth overall including their history as Dandenong Rangers.
'Great escape' as Flyers send Final to a decider
A LITERAL last-gasp basket by Southside import Mercedes Russell last night forced the WNBL Grand Final Series to a deciding third game on Sunday in Melbourne as the Flyers flew the Perth coup 97-95 winners, barely escaping the desperate final minutes after leading all night.
