Tips: Now they're the X-Men
SYDNEY has a new super hero joining its ranks with X-Man - Xavier Cooks - signing on for the rest of this NBL season and on a multi-year deal which is only impacted if he makes it to the NBA.
BA finally OK with BB reveal
GUESS what? It was true all along! Andrej Lemanis stepped down as coach of the Boomers soon after this year’s FIBA World Cup and his predecessor as our men’s national coach, Brett Brown, now will take the team to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Podcast Time! Brett subs in for Andrej
BASKETBALL Australia today made it official, announcing Brett Brown as Andrej Lemanis' Boomers successor ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, and Brad Rosen and I are all over it today at our weekly podcast.
Rankings: Move along, nothing to see here
THERE was action aplenty but this was one of those rare weeks where there was precious little movement on either our NBL or WNBL rankings charts.
NBL PotW: Easy as 32-11-13
THIS round's NBL Player of the Week award was our easiest since, oo, maybe when Chris Goulding had a 50-point game for Melbourne Tigers.
NBL Rd.8: Flat-out ballin'
ROUND 8 of the action was absolutely full of it, shocks, surprises, the spectacular and then the cherry on top, LaMelo Ball again bringing the eyes of the world to the NBL with a standout performance in Illawarra's overtime win over Cairns.
WNBL PotW: Gazing at a WNBA star
SOUTHSIDE star Jenna O'Hea certainly put her hand up this round for a second tilt at our WNBL Player of the Week award, having already claimed the honours in Round 2.
The Week That Was: Nov.17-24
WHEN isn't it a big week of basketball here at Basketball On The Internet, although the Boomers coach stepping down doesn't happen every day!
Sixers seize the day and break NZ
ERIC Griffin tonight quietened the doubters with an explosive performance for Adelaide as the 36ers blew a battered and beaten New Zealand Breakers off the Adelaide Entertainment Centre floor 117-100.
WNBL Round 6: Canberra sinks Lynx
PERTH secured an invaluable WNBL road split but could not maintain pace today with defending champion Canberra, the Caps finishing on a 32-12 last quarter for an 84-66 home win.

