NBA door ajar for Creek, Sobey, Webster
MITCH Creek, Nathan Sobey and Corey Webster are US-bound and with NBA dreams that now, with new extended rosters, are far closer to reality than most realise.
Get set for a real cracker!
THE WNBL’s 2017-18 season already is shaping up as one of the best on record as further quality players commit to clubs and others find new locales for what should be a cracker.
NBL further opens its doors
NEW NBL player eligibility rulings include a category for “special restricted players”, further opening the door for the league to become more internationally-flavoured.
36ers invited to Cup series
UNABLE to attend last year due to date clashes with the NBL’s Australian Basketball Challenge – a.k.a. the PreSeason Blitz – the Adelaide 36ers again have been invited to contest the international Merlion Cup in Singapore in September.
Happy endings are for fairytales
LAURA Hodges and Adelaide Lightning have been synonymous for a decade and a half, but the relationship is heading down a potentially sour road.
FLASHBACK 91: NBA Sunday
*FLASHBACKS, my irregular "lucky dip" where I just reach into my drawers of old Australian basketball stuff and transcribe or post whatever I find for you.*
NBA Sunday: It's not cut and dried
YES, we all now know Golden State Warriors and
the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers will make history as the first opponents to meet in three consecutive NBA Finals when the best-of-seven series tips off on Friday, Aussie time.
Such a 'greats' day, yet again
ONE of the things we don’t do well in basketball as a sport unto itself is preserve and honour the game’s history and growth across Australia.
Ebzery to Flames, Standish at Perth
OPALS’ Rio Olympian Katie-Rae Ebzery will be back in the WNBL in 2017-18, helping her beloved Sydney Uni Flames in their title defence.
Finally, a sensible Opals squad
FOUR-time Olympian Laura Hodges is the surprise inclusion and Alex Wilson the shock omission from the 21-player Australian Opals squad revealed today by Basketball Australia ahead of next month’s camp in Phoenix and the Asia Cup in July.

