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Japan lowers the boom
AUSTRALIA’s dreams of reaching the “sweet 16” of consecutive international wins tonight abruptly ended 79-78 at the hands of a brilliant Japanese team which executed a masterplan and with it, the Boomers.
Larry, Lord of the Rings
YESTERDAY's revelation NBL teams would play seven preseason games against NBA opponents saw league owner and executive director Larry Kestelman again raise the bar on his - and our - expectations for Australian basketball.
Biggest day in NBL history
IT may not be the biggest day in NBA history but the news today NBL clubs would leapfrog from three preseason games last year to seven against NBA opponents is massive for Australian basketball's credibility.
36ers' historic NBA coup
THE Adelaide 36ers facing the might of the NBA’s Utah Jazz is the biggest event in club history since it claimed the 2002 NBL championship says owner Grant Kelley.
Big Ben scores a Rookie 'first'
MOST Australian NBA fans would not have been surprised when our own Ben Simmons today claimed NBA Rookie of the Year honours.
The "Dr" is in
ANTHONY "Dr Mick" Drmic is a late inclusion into the Boomers' team to take on Japan and the Philippines either side of this weekend in the final stage one phase of FIBA World Cup qualifications.
Thon making his presence felt
THE joy and exuberance of a Boomers camp is something to savour and relish according to head coach Andrej Lemanis, five days out from a showdown with Japan in Japan.
FLASHBACK 106: October 22, 2013
KEN Richardson – a name still conspicuous in its continued absence from Basketball Australia’s Hall of Fame – passed away on October 22, 2013. The next day, I wrote the obituary for one of Australian basketball’s and the NBL’s all-time greatest.
Delly, Thon to make a difference
THE excitement is building for Australia’s Boomers on the eve of the final (Phase One) FIBA World Cup qualifying window on the road to Japan and the Philippines next week. Here's what head coach Andrej Lemanis had to say today.
Wortho on Bogut, NBL, Mike Kelly - Part 2
HALL of Fame-bound Aussie basketball star Mark Worthington is back from expanding his coaching knowledge at Loyola Marymount University and loves the direction Andrew Bogut’s recruitment is talking the NBL. Read his thoughts here in Part 2 of a two-part interview.
