Coach (w)rap for DJ and Boomers culture
AUSTRALIAN Boomers selection was a long time coming for the Adelaide 36ers’ two-time NBL All Star Five (First Team) power forward/centre Daniel Johnson but he seized his moments against Qatar and Kazakhstan according to coach Andrej Lemanis.
Boomers whack Kazaks
AUSTRALIA virtually stamped its ticket to the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China with a whopping 94-41 rout of Kazakhstan tonight in Bendigo in their Asian Zone qualifier.
Opals' second injury replacement
AUSTRALIA’s elite-level playmaking depth undergoes a fierce microscope with Lauren Mansfield now joining Leilani Mitchell as a late Opals withdrawal ahead of the women’s FIBA World Cup in Tenerife, Spain.
Boomers, 36ers in big wins
AUSTRALIA's Boomers used a withering 27-0 third quarter run this morning to rout Qatar 95-43 in Doha before Adelaide tonight saw off Illawarra 99-81 in an NBL preseason game in Canberra.
BA goes 'Melbourne-centric'
SOMETIMES readers can encapsulate an issue far better than I so it is with some pleasure I turn the site over today to a non-Victorian interstate contributor wondering why Melbourne-based Basketball Australia has become so “one state-centric”.
Former NBL import selected for USA
FORMER Cairns Taipans and Brisbane Bullets NBL import playmaker Travis Trice will represent the USA this week in 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifying matches against Uruguay and Panama.
Play it again Sami, in green 'n' gold
OPALS’ coach Sandy Brondello, whose Phoenix Mercury took Seattle Storm to five games in their WNBA semi final, now will be barracking for the Storm to complete a championship sweep over Washington Mystics to get Sami Whitcomb to Spain as soon as possible.
Lightning regains Pirini, Alexander at WC
MIKAYLA Pirini has forced her way back into MAC Adelaide Lightning’s WNBL team which also is celebrating WNBA centre Kayla Alexander’s selection for the 2019 FIBA World Cup in Tenerife, Spain later this month.
BK and LLL into BQ HoF, at long last
BRIAN Kerle and Leroy Loggins may be two of the biggest and greatest names in the history of Queensland basketball, but both also retain massive legacies in two other great states, Victoria and South Australia respectively.
NBL Blitz strikes Gold!
THE NBL’s annual preseason Blitz tournament has struck Gold with this year’s event to be shared by Ballarat and Bendigo in regional Victoria's goldfields.

