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Nurse's surgeons euthanise Boomers
AS tempting as it will be for some pundits and fans to heap scorn on the Boomers for their 70-90 loss to Canada in Perth tonight, truth is it was an overdue reality check.
AIB history with Hawks showdown
IT'S a massive week coming up for the Australian Indigenous Basketball's All Stars, with more ground-breaking to come next month in their historic first-ever match against an NBL team.
Creek the new X-factor
THE meniscus tear which has cost Xavier Cooks his place in Australia's FIBA World Cup team reopened the door for Mitch Creek, the South East Melbourne Phoenix franchise player who now must make it his mission to succeed.
Sit back and Gaze at best of basketball
AUSTRALIAN basketball treasure Andrew Gaze will be back 'burning down the house' with the other talking heads as SBS jumps into televising this month's international series on VICELAND and its On Demand platform.
Historic Indigenous milestone in Melbourne
MELBOURNE will stage its historic first international Indigenous matches next Tuesday at Knox when the Australian Indigenous All Stars men’s and women’s teams host Kingdom of Hawai’i at State Basketball Centre.
FIBA's Cup revisit in 4-part doco
THE countdown is on in earnest to the 2019 FIBA World Cup from August 31-September 15 in China and the game's global governing body has bounced into the spirit of it, producing a four-part documentary on the championship's history.
USA-Boomers - get there early
NATE Jawai, Michael Cedar, Chris Patton, Alex Wilson and the phenomenal Fejo sisters will be among Australia's indigenous superstars in action against the Kingdom of Hawai'i ahead of the Boomers-USA blockbuster at Marvel Stadium on August 22.
Boomers omissions make no sense
NO, sorry. You got it wrong. Try again. Any Boomers team for the 2019 FIBA World Cup which does not include Mitch Creek or Deng Adel already is flawed, especially when the spectre of Brisbane Bullets bias looms largely over it.
Don't write off the USA just yet
THE drop out rate of the NBA's biggest stars from the USA's FIBA World Cup team has never been greater but ultimately that only means the defending champs will start slightly shorter favourites.
Note to BA, don't diss your history
IT wasn't only me who baulked and shook his head this week when Basketball Australia's recently appointed CEO Jerril Rechter boldly declared the 2019 Boomers as "our strongest ever".
