The unbearable lightness of being
LOVE them or hate them, there is no doubt the Melbourne Tigers face a unique problem in the NBL.
FLASHBACK 4: August, 1977, ABM
*FLASHBACKS, my weekly "lucky dip" where I just reach into my drawers of old Australian basketball stuff and transcribe whatever I find for you.
FLASHBACK 3: June 10, 1976 - TAP IN
*FLASHBACKS, my weekly "lucky dip" where I just reach into my drawers of old Australian basketball stuff and transcribe whatever I find for you.
FLASHBACK 2: March 18, 1992
*FLASHBACKS, a weekly "lucky dip" where I just reach into my drawers of old Australian basketball stuff and transcribe whatever I find for you.
The King should be in HoF Castle
I KNOW I'd met Ken Cole before 1970 but one of my first conscious recollections of him is sitting in the stands at Apollo Stadium with a stunning mini-skirted young Karin Maar at the Australian Championship.
Random dribbling - It's only preseason!
JUDGING by the response last night in Christchurch, if the Breakers want to schedule a regular season NBL game on South Island, the league would have no objections.
Random dribbling - OK for CJ
EXCEPTIONAL timing by Knox Raiders import CJ Massingale to win his third SEABL Most Valuable Player award as he signs to play NBL with Adelaide 36ers.
NBL Preseason Update
THE 36ers have made it 3-0 so far on their tour of China, tonight beating Brian Goorjian's Dongguan Leopards 65-59 in front of a 5000-strong crowd in Shenzhen.
FLASHBACK 1: 1970 AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
*FLASHBACK 1: Tuesday, October 6, 1970, Apollo Stadium, Adelaide - Australian Men's Championship
Random dribbling - Hallejulah!
HALLEJULAH. Having long been an advocate we heavily should promote our sport's advantage in being for both sexes, the joint NBL/WNBL preseason announcement today could not come too soon.

