United sweeps wounded Wildcats for title #2
MELBOURNE United tonight became a dual-NBL champion when it delivered the final telling blow 81-76 to a gallant Perth Wildcats, sweeping their best-of-five Grand Final Series 3-0.
B&B: We come to the Mountain
DEAN Uthoff terrorised the NBL playing landscape for most of 1983 to 1996, an American import standing at an imposing 208cm and weighing 122kg, most of which was rippling muscle. As Brad Rosen and I found with this week's Brad&Boti podcast, fearsome Dean was actually a gentle giant.
Basketball SA Hall of Fame inductees: Boti Nagy
WELL this was certainly the most humbling experience in my life as a basketball lover, writer, and aficionado - learning of my own induction into the BASKETBALL SA Hall of Fame within its Class of 2021.
Wildcats amazing, but this is over
WITH a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five NBL Grand Final series and both wins on the road in Perth, Melbourne has assured itself of a second NBL championship, but wow, the Wildcats have covered themselves in glory.
Bob's Corner: Jazz cop a clip
BOB'S CORNER: Aussie and Boomers star Joe Ingles has had to mostly watch a dramatic turnaround in Game 6 as his Utah Jazz were despatched from the NBA Playoffs by a Kawhi Leonard-less LA Clippers, our US correspondent BOB CRAVEN all over it in this week's round-up.
Basketball SA Hall of Fame inductees: David Gould
ONE of the state's greatest but most unheralded players, David Gould, is the latest inductee in the Class of 2021 bound for the BASKETBALL SA Hall of Fame on Friday, July 9 at the Stamford Grand.
Brave, bold but beaten, not bowed
MAKE no bones about it. Defending NBL champion Perth was battered, brave, bold and even brilliant, but also ultimately beaten, leaving little doubt Melbourne United now is unbackable for the 2021 championship.
B&B: Our wild cat is a true Blue
THERE has been one elusive exclusive interview guest Brad Rosen and I have been trying to secure for our Brad&Boti podcast and if you tune in this week, you'll understand exactly why.
Here's a clue. Think "Best Defensive" though "Most Candid" would work too.
Basketball SA Hall of Fame inductees: Bryan Hennig
TICKET sales for the induction ceremony of BASKETBALL SA's Hall of Fame class of 2021 are about to receive a further boost with the announcement today that Norwood stalwart Bryan Hennig will be joining the state's sporting immortals on Friday, July 9 at the Stamford Grand Hotel.
Vale Ken Edick, a very different import
THE death this week in California of former Sturt, South Adelaide and Adelaide Giants import Ken Edick will shock and distress his myriad friends in South Australian basketball and beyond.

