We should be merrier about Moore
HAD the pleasure yesterday of having lunch with new Basketball Australia CEO Anthony Moore, one of the stars of last week's Pete's Bar Lunch and a breath of hope for us long-suffering fans of the world's greatest game.
Week #4 Rankings: Penny is money
PENNY Taylor back, Josh Childress out, Dave Gruber shown the door and Rhys Martin passing him on his way in ... it's been quite a week.
NBL true-to-form at Tribunal
NOT going to get into the rights or wrongs about the NBL Tribunal’s one-game suspension of Josh Childress for his hit on Jesse Wagstaff in last week’s Perth-Sydney fixture.
F-wits make it hard to keep chillin'
THE hardest part yesterday about the hearing and verdict for Josh Childress was seeing – again – what a gaggle of filthy, mindless, gutless tools social media can throw up at the drop of a hat.
Anton still giving 'em Kurray
IT IS Melbourne Cup Day next Tuesday but Mount Gambier basketballer Anton Kurray will be celebrating the day the nation stands still with his 1,000th game of senior basketball.
United front? Not very likely
THE success of the Melbourne United NBL franchise is essential for the health, wellbeing and growth of the game in Victoria.
Wrap-Up #3: Crime and punishment
THE punishment should fit the crime and on Friday in Perth, Kings guard Ben Madgen suffered the equivalent of an execution for jay-walking, even if he did it twice.
And then there were six
IT'S a crying shame Boomers starter and Euroleague champion Joe Ingles and fellow World Cup participant Brock Motum didn't survive the NBA cut today.
Childress 'went Bill Laimbeer'
YOU know it's bad when an incident from an NBL game is being shown on global television.
Thursday an island with no oasis
NO-ONE knows what on Earth possessed the NBL to schedule a 36ers game in Adelaide last night because no-one at the club requested or wanted it.

