On This Day: May 13, 2013
TODD Blanchfield has been in the news this week and so were Nick Kay and Mitch Norton before him - all former Townsville Crocodiles, the NBL club making a monumental announcement five years ago, On This Day.
Say it ain't so, Sam
SAM Krupsky, one of the American basketball players in the vanguard to swamp South Australia in its halcyon decade of the Seventies, died this week aged 66, the sport and all who knew him losing a great friend and unique character.
Blanch branches out and so will Hawks
TODD Blanchfield today formalised a new three-year NBL contract with Illawarra Hawks, just days after being released from his Sydney Kings deal, the Wollongong-based club also looking to expand its parameters.
DKD trades Red Army for Orange County
CAIRNS continues to shape up somewhat as “Perth Lite” with Wildcats guard Dexter Kernich-Drew the Taipans’ latest NBL signing.
Buck, Brock back for Boomers
NBA championship winner Matthew Dellavedova and his Rio Olympics Boomers teammate Brock Motum both have declared themselves available for Australia's June-July FIBA World Cup qualifying window.
Baynes or Ben left for Aussies
THAT’S settled then. The NBA’s Western Conference Final will be between its top seeds – Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors – while LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers wait for the Boston Celtics to keep their Eastern Conference appointment.
Todd wants out, Hawks to swoop
SYDNEY Kings small forward, 3-point specialist Todd Blanchfield, may be on the team's roster for 2018-19 but he wants out and the NBL club down the road definitely is interested.
Bogut the tip of an NBL iceberg
ANDREW Bogut has signed for two years with Sydney Kings. Yes. I know you know. That doesn’t mean it is no longer the greatest NBL news since the league tipped off in 1979.
Mercury rises for Mitchell
AUSTRALIA’s Rio Olympics starting point guard Leilani Mitchell has signed a contract extension with Phoenix Mercury which should see her conclude her WNBA career in Arizona.
Big $$$ injection for B.O.T.I.
IF you've been wondering why there's been a few odd days lately when there's been no coverage of all the many basketball events occurring worldwide, the truth finally can be revealed.

