Blitzin' 1: Chasing Bendigo gold
ADELAIDE has taken six of a possible seven championship points from its 97-87 NBL Blitz win over Melbourne United at Bendigo Stadium today, Adris DeLeon leading the way with a 17-point second half.
Blitz will give us a style window only
THE NBL Blitz tips off tomorrow in Bendigo with live-streaming and fans nationwide toey to see what new-look teams promise ahead of the 2018-19 season.
Coach (w)rap for DJ and Boomers culture
AUSTRALIAN Boomers selection was a long time coming for the Adelaide 36ers’ two-time NBL All Star Five (First Team) power forward/centre Daniel Johnson but he seized his moments against Qatar and Kazakhstan according to coach Andrej Lemanis.
Boomers whack Kazaks
AUSTRALIA virtually stamped its ticket to the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China with a whopping 94-41 rout of Kazakhstan tonight in Bendigo in their Asian Zone qualifier.
Preseason exposes NBL concerns
IF the NBL wants to keep building its image as a growing professional sport in Australia, it has two areas to address – one obvious, one less so.
Opals' second injury replacement
AUSTRALIA’s elite-level playmaking depth undergoes a fierce microscope with Lauren Mansfield now joining Leilani Mitchell as a late Opals withdrawal ahead of the women’s FIBA World Cup in Tenerife, Spain.
Boomers, 36ers in big wins
AUSTRALIA's Boomers used a withering 27-0 third quarter run this morning to rout Qatar 95-43 in Doha before Adelaide tonight saw off Illawarra 99-81 in an NBL preseason game in Canberra.
V for Vendetta? Oh hell no...
FOR every great thing the NBL does to progress its league, there’s inevitably some idiocy not far behind, and sanctioning Adelaide 36ers coach Joey Wright for a “code of conduct” breach reeks of an orchestrated vendetta.
BA goes 'Melbourne-centric'
SOMETIMES readers can encapsulate an issue far better than I so it is with some pleasure I turn the site over today to a non-Victorian interstate contributor wondering why Melbourne-based Basketball Australia has become so “one state-centric”.
Bobcats bob up for 3X3
CLB3X3 has unveiled its fourth Elite Club and its first for Melbourne with the announcement of its Mornington Peninsula-based Southern Bobcats.

