Opals Extravaganza!
NEW Opals coach Brendan Joyce has "everyone and their neighbor" in his first Aussie Opals squad but still hasn't landed his top priority assistant coach Sandy Brondello.
Andrew is as good as we get
WHAT you see is what you get with Andrew Gaze - part basketball royalty, part dufus, part deep-thinker, part curiosity.
Did you know? 1, 2, 3...
DID you know new Opals coach Brendan Joyce is hoping Lauren Jackson - our No.1 player and, if carrying flags at Olympics is any gauge, a future FIBA Hall of Famer - might suit for the Oceania Series with New Zealand in August.
Tasman Talls gear for Aussies
SHE is neither kooky or spooky but the Adams Family has produced another Tall Ferns prospect in Gabriella Adams.
Random dribbling: Mecca on the move
LOOK-OUT Melbourne. Forget it Townsville. Perth? Nup. Canberra is the "mecca" of basketball in Australia.
Get core right and she'll be apples
MARK Bradtke hated Tony Ronaldson and Brian Goorjian with such a passion, he went out of his way to avoid his Melbourne basketball contemporaries.
Random dribbling: Weighing in
HOLD your horses there Hawks fans. My latest insider-trading has Stevie Weigh shooting the rock with Cairns Taipans next season.
From rough cut to Opals coach
BUILDING relationships is a key to the Opals' future international success according to newly appointed head coach Brendan Joyce.
Random dribbling: Boom boys
CALM down now Boomers squad analysts. Cam Gliddon, Igor Hadziomerovic and Ben Simmons all have been added to Andrej Lemanis' first Boomers squad.
Sending a wrong message
BOOMERS coach Andrej Lemanis last Saturday endorsing the continued relevance and importance of the NBL could not have come at a more important time.

