R.I.P. Magdi Nenni
MAGDOLNA Nagy passed away peacefully this week, leaving an amazing legacy, guiding her young family through World War II’s wildest days, creating a new and grand life in Australia and welcoming many of basketball’s greatest legends into our lives and home.
Toronto trapped by 18-0 GSW run
AN immaculate 18-0 run by Golden State Warriors to start the second half of today's Game 2 of the NBA Final has set up their 109-104 win and 1-1 series lock with Toronto Raptors, heading back to California.
FLASHBACK 119: April 30, 1989 & May 1, 1987
*FLASHBACKS, my irregular "lucky dip" where I just reach into my drawers of old Australian basketball stuff and transcribe or post whatever I find for you.
Roadrunner to replace Wiley
ADELAIDE 36ers have a contingency plan in place with a star import replacement for forward Jacob Wiley on stand-by should he receive an offer he cannot refuse to continue his professional career in Europe.
Hors d'oeuvres, from top sauces
THE Boomers have added an X-Man, the NBL has announced a fourth All Star team to hit China next month and another Kiwi is bound for the Boomers ... the Melbourne Boomers.
SA's 'Magnificent 7' Opals
SOUTH Australia has seven players in Sandy Brondello's Opals squad for the 2019 FIBA Asia Cup as Australia chases Gold in its recent topsy-turvy run of top-two podium finishes.
While you were sleeping...
THE ball never stops bouncing. Basketball is alive and flourishing somewhere in the world even as we sleep. Here's some of the latest bits and pieces you may (or may not) have missed.
FLASHBACK 118: February 7, 1982
*FLASHBACKS, my irregular "lucky dip" where I just reach into my drawers of old Australian basketball stuff and transcribe or post whatever I find for you.
Free throw for SA NBL fans
ADELAIDE's elite national league coaches Joey Wright and Chris Lucas go under the griller next Friday but tickets rapidly are running out for the Free Throw Foundation's lunch at The Highway in Adelaide.
It's time for Boomers to put up
AUSTRALIA's 17-man Boomers squad for the 2019 FIBA World Cup was revealed today and ahead of that tournament and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, it is time now for us to put up or shut up.

