NZ, 36ers move on futures
NEW Zealand Breakers today moved to secure the club's future by re-signing non-coach Dan Shamir and his non-assistant Mody Maor, while the 36ers are bringing Jeff Van Groningen to Adelaide as their basketball general manager.
NBL PotW: JR to the rescue
IT'S no argument this round there were some great individual performances but the standouts were the respective backcourt pair of Jerome Randle and John Roberson.
NBL Wrap: JR, JR and JR
ROUND 11 of the NBL was most definitely one for "JR" - with first Adelaide's Jerome Randle despatching South East Melbourne, then repeating the dose for NZ Breakers, before Phoenix's John Roberson set the league alight with his late-game heroics.
WNBL PotW: Just a lil breezy
FINALLY our weekly Basketball On The Internet Player of the Week award has a repeat winner for the first time in Season 2019-20, and just in time for Christmas.
WNBL: Southside shows its colours
SOUTHSIDE Flyers yesterday took away any psychological advantage defending WNBL champion Canberra held over them with a well-executed 70-65 win in the capital.
The Week That Was: Dec.8-15
THE NBL and WNBL round wraps are coming your way tomorrow but in the meantime, did you catch all the action this week at Basketball On The Internet?
NBL: Who JR shot
IT came down to the last 2.1 seconds at Auckland's Spark Arena before Adelaide 36ers' star JR, Jerome Randle, came off Daniel Johnson's screen to slice the match-winning 3-pointer, ending NZ Breakers' NBL playoff dreams.
WNBL: Turner burns Spirit hopes
ADELAIDE Lightning import Brianna Turner today sent Bendigo's season into its final tailspin, acting the architect in the construction of a 91-75 home win that should leave the Spirit firmly anchored in WNBL 2019-20's bomb shelter.
WNBL: Tobin bronzed in Spirit sacking
ADELAIDE Lightning can create further separation between the WNBL's top four and the pack if tomorrow it repeats its recent home rout of Bendigo, the Spirit reeling after sacking import Rebecca Tobin.
Reviews: B'ball Christmas stocking fillers
BOOK REVIEWS: It has been a rarity for basketball in Australia to have too many books written about it or its protagonists, so having two available right now as Christmas stocking stuffers is like ... well, Christmas!

