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Boomers whack Kazaks, now on to WC
NOT entirely unexpectedly, Australia brushed past Kazakhstan today at Melbourne's State Basketball Centre 98-53, a 33-11 third period ending it as a contest and Todd Blanchfield logging 31 points at 65 per cent by the end of the third quarter to have pundits checking the record books.
FFS: Talbot shock, Sammy gone ... and more
FINAL FRIDAY SUMMARIES: AN extended wrap of many of the key events in basketball this past week, from losing Steph Talbot to an ACL, Sam Mackinnon out as Brisbane Bullets GM and much much more. Boti Nagy and Bob Craven are all over it, Jade Melbourne's prospects and Simon Mitchell's departure all here!!
NBL, BA, FIBA ... Maybe have a Chat?
OUR Australia E team tips off tonight now in its second-last FIBA World Cup qualifying game - the Boomers have already qualified by the way - against Bahrain but this disruption to the NBL Championship Series truly is unconscionable and just makes winning their fourth title that much tougher for Mody Maor's New Zealand.
Our Sami to weather the storm
THE Seattle Times has produced a strong story about former Opals captain and FIBA World Cup starter and Bronze Medallist Sami Whitcomb, now driving the Perth Lynx toward a WNBL finals finish. Percy Allen is the reporter and courtesy of our man in the US, Bob Craven, we reproduce it here.
BA up the creek with 'secret doctrine'
THE announcement today of the Boomers' E team to tackle incoming FIBA featherweights Bahrain and Kazakhstan in this latest World Cup qualifying window again starkly exposes Basketball Australia as reinforcing some kind of anti-Mitch Creek agenda.
Temporarily Out of Order? No longer!
DEAR Reader. Here it is. Why the Basketball On The Internet website has been idle for more than two months. If you don’t really give a flying frapdoodle (thank you Bill Palmer), that’s easy, skip this link and just move on back to the stories as they tumble in over the coming days. But if you enjoy true horror...
B&B: We're overdue for our first super-hero(ine)
SHE's a six-time MVP of the WNBL, a five-time league champion, seven-time All Star, four-time leading scorer and played at three Olympic Games for Australia's Opals, returning home a medallist from Athens, Beijing and London. But despite Brad Rosen willing it, Suzy Batkovic was not born in Sydney.
Robyn's FIBA Hall induction creates family first
FIBA's decision to induct former long-term Australian Opals captain Robyn Maher into its Hall of Fame in Switzerland this week marks a magnificent and unprecedented milestone. With Rob joining husband Tom in the Hall, FIBA now has its historic first wife-husband combination.
B&B: Boomers, Isaac, WNBL and more
BRAD Rosen and I have a couple of big interviews coming up next week but in the meantime, we couldn't let so many huge events of the past week go by unmentioned in our Brad&Boti podcast. It started with Josh Giddey and continued with Isaac Humphries, the Boomers and Tianna Hawkins.
Monday is fun-day as Josh matches Wilt
TRUST this. There are not going to be many times an Aussie baller matches an NBA record for decades now held by the incomparable - and in my view, maybe the true G.O.A.T. - Wilt Chamberlain. But one-and-done Adelaide 36er Josh Giddey can today make that claim.
