Thank you for reading Year One
IT is international beer day today, truthfully.
Bring back the pizzaz
WOULD you pay to see him? That should be the first rule of thumb for imports being signed by clubs in the new NBL.
Sin City set to shine
HOLD your horses if you’re booking flights to Port Hedland for the NBL PreSeaSon Tournament.
Patty on the ball
BASKETBALL Australia's office minions should take off their collective feather headresses and bow to Patty Mills for the (free) leg work he is doing for next month's Oceania Series.
Big Mac? Big support
McDONALDS today formally backing the Townsville Crocodiles as the NBL club’s naming rights sponsor is a bigger story than most sponsorship yarns as the climate of trepidation around the league shifts to anticipation instead.
Monday round-up
STEPH Talbot has joined Dante Exum as another potential Australian international superstar, named today in the All Star Five at the FIBA World U19 Women’s Championship in Lithuania.
Is 48-minutes alone, enough?
THE debate about whether the new NBL should re-introduce 48-minute games this season is moot right now regardless, but I have severe misgivings it would be the "cure-all" for our league's offensive woes.
Sunday round-up
MY (e)mail is the Australia-New Zealand Oceania series next month will be on free-to-air television with both games out of Canberra on August 18 to be televised live.
48 Minutes? No way Jose
THE new NBL of NBL Pty Ltd will not return to 48-minute games for the 2013-14 season even though fans are clamoring to have the change fast-forwarded along the agenda.
A never-ending cycle
WE need to grow up in this country and by “grow up” I don’t mean become more jaded or cynical.

