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NIBT deserved far greater coverage
THE historic first National Indigenous Basketball Tournament, the brainchild of Australia's No.1 basketball player Patty Mills, has been taking place across Easter on the Gold Coast and it could not be a greater success. So where was the mainstream media coverage of this significant breakthrough event?
Bob's Corner: Foreigners now 'rule' the NBA
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BOB'S CORNER: US correspondent BOB CRAVEN, reporting in for your Easter weekend read, reports that the "overseas invasion" of the NBA now has reached a pandemic state, with no American-born players even being mentioned among the top three contenders for the league's annual MVP award.
B&B: Blowing the whistle on Dream Team
BILL Mildenhall is one of Australian basketball's greatest referees and arguably the most respected in NBL history. He's done it all when it comes to officiating - including ref the Dream Team in Barcelona 1992 - so Brad Rosen and I were thrilled to get him revisiting Memory Lane for this Brad&Boti podcast.
NBL Rd.20: Derby to rock the round
WILL 13 prove unlucky for Sydney but lucky for Illawarra? For the second round in a row, it tips off with a derby game which rates as arguably the most important of the week. The Kings have 12 wins on the trot and are looking at #13. The Hawks have flown to six in succession. These are the current form teams.
TOTW Rd19: No stand-outs but consistency pays
CONSISTENCY generally pays off so even in some NBL Rounds such as #19 when there was no real stand-out team, the panel here at Basketball On The Internet pontificated for several days - well, hours - before concluding Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Illawarra and Tasmania were in the running for our Team of the Week.
NBL Rd19: Throwdown makes it official
IT seems an eternity ago when Round 19 tipped off but it was on opening night with the Throwdown that defending NBL champion Melbourne sent crosstown rival South East Melbourne into post-season mothballs. United's victory brought up the Phoenix's 12th loss and formally ended their playoff hopes.
Boom times well overdue: WNBL Final
THE 2022 WNBL season was a disaster from a management point-of-view, poorly run, erratic rulings, highly questionable integrity and all masked by the plaintive fallback that "it was a tough season with COVID". Even on Game Day for Game 3 of the Grand Final series, for a while the championship trophy and rings were lost, er, misplaced.
Bob's Corner: Matisse gets a Canuck cold shoulder
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MATISSE Thybulle won the hearts-and-minds of the Australian public with his performances for the Bronze Medal-winning Boomers at the Tokyo Olympics but US correspondent BOB CRAVEN reports his anti-vaccination stance has eliminated him from NBA games in Canada against the Toronto Raptors.
B&B: Sliding doors to Opals captain
THE WNBL Grand Final Series goes to a deciding Game 3 tomorrow in Melbourne but Brad Rosen and I were lucky enough to have Perth Lynx superstar Sami Whitcomb as our guest for this week's Brad&Boti podcast. Sami has one of the most amazing stories you're ever going to hear.
NBL Rd.19: Rivalries reborn, well, sort of
THE NBL's "Throwdown" resembles the AFL's "Showdown" and is just one of three rivalries revisited in Round 19, a week of games where the last rites will surely and formally be declared on South East Melbourne's long-shot (no-shot?) playoff aspirations.
