Bond-aid
FOR the many interstate and overseas folk who have asked, donations to assist Josh Bond and his family can be directed to
A community rallies
FINGERS are crossed - except for those hands clasped in prayer - Josh Bond will follow in the footsteps of Shauni Bow and Claire Kerr and make it back to fulfill his dreams.
Random dribbling: Rankings #10
BARRING any unforseen injuries, the North and South teams for the return of the NBL's All Star Game at Adelaide Arena on December 22 are set in stone.
What is our role?
SUNDAY Mail colleague Scott Walsh wrote a brilliant piece a few years ago when Mal Hemmerling "owned'' the Adelaide 36ers, which really reinforced something I have always believed about team sports.
Around Round 10
SUNDAY's NBL game in Adelaide was emotional for a number of reasons, but who outside the Wildcats had any inkling The Buccaneer was heading off on the High Seas?
Random dribbling: Rankings #9
THE new Melbourne Mongrels will not be growling next season after all, BA ruling there were some concerns about sufficient funding.
Massive Fail by 36ers
CJ MASSINGALE was never given a fighting chance, one of the reasons his axing by the 36ers yesterday brought such staunch howls of derision from across the state's basketball community.
Wisdom of the Ancients 1
WHAT an extraordinary few days for basketball that was in Adelaide this past weekend - think Pete's Bar Lunch, multiplied by 10.
Wisdom of the Ancients 2
FROM Friday's magnificent lunch - and with a brief playing interlude as Lightning produced a magnificent display of selfless WNBL basketball to snuff Townsville - fast-forward to Saturday night.
Around Round 9
PERTH expects to introduce replacement signing Michael Dunigan to his new team today and he should make his NBL debut on Friday against Wollongong.

