NBL Winter Superleague. Why not?
HOW can the NBL get marquee names such as Andrew Bogut, Patrick Mills, Joe Ingles, Brad Newley, Nate Jawai and others playing in its competition? With a biennial Winter Superleague, that’s how.
Blog Live at High Noon (Monday)
NEWS Limited has me blogging live again on Monday from midday - High Noon in SA, lunch-time in the east, brunch in the west - if you have something you want to share/ask/debate.
Friday pick-ups games...
THE danger in having our NBL referees miked is on those very rare occasions when they say something that they might later wish the world at large had not heard.
Rankings #4 ... and not much
LOVE the NBA. Love the Euroleague. Love our NBL and our WNBL. But I was reminded this week we all owe a little debt of gratitude to the Harlem Globetrotters too.
Beat Ennis here, beat Heat there - NBA preview
LOOK out! The NBA is off and running tomorrow morning (our time) with Orlando-Indiana, Chicago-Miami and the Los Angeles derby between the Clippers and Lakers tipping off the season.
Saturday smidgens
CONGRATULATIONS to Melvin Thomas and Matthew Dellavedova today for vastly different achievements but no less significant.
NBL site? Not NBL's fault
THE NBL is not to blame for the parlous state of its website, the championship ladder at least correctly upgraded overnight – only took 24 hours – but the stats leaders still stuck in 2012-13.
It Just Got Harder to Stay Positive
ALREADY this morning here I pointed out the NBL has its league ladder loused up but a few other (rightly) disgruntled fans suggested I take a longer look at nbl.com.au and, oh dear.
Luc a stand-out in any crowd
LUC Longley's visit to Adelaide last weekend for Free Throw Foundation functions reinforced what a superb ambassador he is for our game and just how lucky we are in basketball.
Saturday stuff: Coloring in
WE did it. You did it. We all did it. NBL Pty Ltd continues to show it will listen to a good idea by removing the totally unnecessary and ridiculous "visiting team in white" policy as of now!

