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Biting the hand that feeds
YOU won’t get an argument from me that media coverage of basketball in Australia has hit an all-time low and that the sport should latch on to anything/everything it can get.
Super squad on Road to Rio
WOULD love to see the 10-man Boomers team – OK, Basketball Australia is calling it a “squad” – announced today playing a game or two.
Kyrie will strike gold
PICTURE this. You’re at the rock concert of one of your all-time favorite artists and the show is going well. He/she/they is/are clearly impressed too.
A big gamble by Tigers
SAY what you will, the record of big imports - and by "big", let's say 7-footers - in the NBL is nothing to write home about.
Joyce brings joy for 'oldies'
THE best aspect of Brendan Joyce’s appointment as Opals coach is not the culture shift, enthusiasm, work ethic or his heart-on-the-sleeve, bleed green-and-gold approach – though, of course, that is mightily refreshing and upbeat.
Aussie ball bouncing back
IT will be interesting to see FIBA’s next set of international rankings in the wake of Australia’s stellar performance at the World University Games in Kazan, Russia.
Please de-merge the Emerge...
WATCHING Australia pick itself up off the World University Games canvas last night to deliver an 21-point turnaround against reigning champ Serbia was a wonderful revisit of patriotic pride.
Surging Emergers fall shy
AND that's why we celebrate when we beat the USA. Because usually, the place where the game was born and with its population of 314 million, has a slight edge on where the game is scorned by many of our 22 million.
USA takes one from the Aussies
ANYTIME Australia knocks off the USA in basketball is a great day for the sport in this country.
Jacko back for Tall Ferns series
LAUREN Jackson has pulled up well from Opals camp and is set to lead the national team against New Zealand in next month's Oceania Series.
