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BOB'S CORNER: Erik keen to feel the Heat
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BOB'S CORNER: The NBA's Miami Heat have secured coach Erik Spoelstra on a longer-term contract for $US120million reports our American correspondent BOB CRAVEN, along with the latest on LA Clippers' Kawhi Leonard, plus some NCAA news for fans of college basketball. It's all here in your weekend read.
BOB'S BONUS: Lest we Forget those we Lost
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BOB'S BONUS: The bold and the beautiful, the brave and the bold, the entertainers and the enigmatic cultural and sporting icons we love and follow ... we remember them here with our annual list of those greats who permanently left the building in 2023.
BOB'S CORNER: All quiet on the USA front?
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BOB'S CORNER: The times they are a changin' according to our US correspondent BOB CRAVEN who this week reports for your weekend read that it's all quiet on the western front. And the eastern, northern and southern. So yes, prepare yourself for a hefty read as he recounts the action since Christmas.
Bob's Christmas Corner: Victor's new high
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BOB'S CORNER: Our man on the spot in the US, BOB CRAVEN, sure stirred up a hornet's nest last week and we're glad he came through unscathed and serving our readers with his usual frank assessment of basketball in the US. So Merry Christmas with your special day read.
BOB'S CORNER: NBA teams have Giddey's number
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BOB'S CORNER: More details have emerged about Josh Giddey's deteriorating NBA situation and our man in the USA, regular correspondent BOB CRAVEN is on the spot. Bob filed this report and sadly, it doesn't make thrilling reading for Josh's many homegrown Australian fans or his growing fanbase.
BOB'S CORNER: Giddey woes and no Angel
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BOB'S CORNER: Our man on the spot, US corresondent Bob Craven is back with his take on two ongoing controversies - one involving our very own burgeoning superstar Josh Giddey, the other about NCAA star Angel Reese - and so much more in the way of NBA and college hoops.
BOB'S CORNER: Upsets galore open college seasons
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BOB'S CORNER: Our man in the US of A, Bob Craven, has plenty for you on this bargain-basement special Black Friday weekend, with college basketball and some tall stories (about 224cm!) from the pros of the NBA too. And it's all at our specially discounted price!
Great Aussie Basketball Quiz Answers
HERE we go, your moment of truth if you yesterday had a crack at our first annual "Great Australian Basketball Quiz" WITHOUT consulting any search engines or other sources beyond your own knowledge and memory. It wasn't an easy quiz, although some of the questions should have been relatively manageable. One of them was a stumper though.
The Great Aussie Basketball Quiz
SO, you think you know all there is about Australian basketball. You know our connections to the NBA and WNBA, the histories of the Boomers and Opals, and, naturally, anything worth knowing of the NBL and WNBL, right? OK then, here it is! The first annual "Great Aussie Basketball Quiz" for fans of the game who think they know it all.
Bob's Corner: WNBA Done, now NBA fun
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BOB'S CORNER: Our man in the US, BOB CRAVEN, is back on active duty, bringing us uptospeed on the end of the WNBA season and the grand opening of the NBA, featuring 224cm Victor Wembanyama for the San Antonio Spurs and 216cm OKC pivot Chet Holmgren.
