Hard news Hawks: Rankings/Tips #9
THE Illawarra Hawks are battling with their recent run of NBL bad luck, playmaking guard Mitch Norton needing surgery for a fractured thumb and likely to be out for six weeks.
Blair Smith missing
QUEENSLAND Police are seeking public assistance to help locate former NBL veteran Blair Smith, reportedly missing from Boyne Valley.
Now it's techs and USFs: Just Wrapping
WHAT'S up with our NBL and WNBL referees calling techs and unsportsmanlike fouls like they're going out of style?
Why is 'near enough' still acceptable?
WHAT the hell is going on with elite basketball and its management in Adelaide right now?
Golden goodbye for Suzy?
THE announcement of the Opals’ squad for the Commonwealth Games gives Basketball Australia a chance to undo one of the sport’s great wrongs by allowing Suzy Batkovic a shot at a golden send-off.
Danny's damsels ready to debut
APUNIPIMA Australian Indigenous Women’s All Stars coach Danny Morseu is under no illusions of the task ahead in next week’s inaugural series against the New Zealand Maori national team.
Daniels showdown: Rankings/Tips
DANIEL Kickert is loving his role with Australia's Boomers and showed it again at Titanium Security Arena on Monday with 22 points in the FIBA World Cup Asian Zone qualifiying rout of Japan.
WNBL blowing it: Just Wrapping
THAT renowned basketball philosopher Chuckles Harmison best is remembered for his pearl of wisdom that said: "The tighter the season, the more aggro at the refs".
Japan's bid nipped in the bud
AUSTRALIA's 82-58 win tonight over Japan in the FIBA World Cup's Asian Zone qualifier has pressed the Land of the Rising Sun into the group's hotseat.


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