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The real fun in coaching
AUSTRALIAN Basketball Hall of Fame player and coach Ken Cole offers further insight into how he thinks the game can continue its evolution in Australia.
ROUND ABOUT: NBL12/WNBL13
WHAT’S cooking in Sydney? The coach and a board member having a sideline exchange? A co-captain saying the players are to blame.
Flip the floppers
NOBODY admires a flopper. Whether it is a Damon Lowery or a Lebron James, that decision to flop, exaggerate contact and con a foul call is rightly regarded as the very essence of cheating but also is just not very manly.
Rankings #13 ... and who knew?
BATGIRL and That Guy may have been fairly clear cut favorites to grab the WNBL's Player and Coach awards for December but the NBL accolades too are due and much better hidden.
Gasol for Bynum? The Pau-wow is on
HERE’S a (strong) rumor sure to further unsettle LA Lakers fans but ESPN.com is claiming the iconic NBA franchise is engaged in “advanced trade talks” to exchange Pau Gasol with unwanted Cleveland Cavaliers centre Andrew Bynum.
ROUND ABOUT: NBL 11
WHAT a way to close out the 2013 portion of this gripping NBL season with just about every team back in the playoff mix.
FLASHBACK 26: April, 2001
*FLASHBACKS, my weekly "lucky dip" where I just reach into my drawers of old Australian basketball stuff and transcribe whatever I find for you.
Heal, Cole get our community thinking
SYDNEY Kings coach Shane Heal put the cat among the pigeons by suggesting the NBL should play on Christmas Day next year but the responses eventually balanced out to about 50-50.
Rankings #12 ... and no surprises
WHAT an amazing run of milestones for the NBL to close out 2013 on, starting with Wollongong Hawks mentor Gordie McLeod's 650th appearance as either a player or coach, or both!
Ken Cole says switch back to winter
BASKETBALL Australia Hall of Famer Ken Cole had his say today on Facebook about his vision for the NBL.
