Australia Day NBL Rankings
HERE'S a double-dose of NBL Rankings to commemorate Australia Day as we race toward the business end of the season.
Why can't we get along, II?
MUST confess to a degree of melancholy yesterday when the NBL and Basketball Australia announced their joint partnership to further the game of 3-on-3 basketball in Australia via their 3x3 Hustle model.
One bad decision, now Cairns cornered
IT'S amazing how one play, one mistake, one capitalisation, can determine the fate of a game of basketball and all that's gone before or remains becomes secondary.
NBL's ace of an idea
MAKE no mistake. Combining an NBL regular season game tonight with the Australian Open tennis in Melbourne was a minor stroke of genius.
'36ers are contenders' says Bevo
TWICE pantsed last round by the club that last season was Illawarra's bunny, Hawks coach Rob Beveridge has conceded Adelaide is the best team in the NBL ... at the moment.
Boomers can chop and change
THE most positive aspect of the new 24-man Boomers squad announced today is that coach Andrej Lemanis has the option to alter his lineup between next month's two FIBA World Cup qualifying games.
King of Kings: Player of the Week
COMING off their best weekend in the Andrew Gaze era, Sydney Kings have grabbed a further accolade, claiming the Player of the Week in the process.
Magnificent 7 for 36ers: NBL Wrap 16
ADELAIDE has taken over the mantle of the NBL's form team after wracking up its seventh straight win, this time further exorcising any lingering Illawarra demons 112-93 today in Wollongong.
Welcoming the Sydney Spoilers
JUST when you thought it was never going to happen, surely not, it couldn't happen, Sydney went and did it, last night throwing the NBL championship picture into disarray with an 84-77 win over defending NBL champion Perth. In Perth!
36ers emphatically pluck Hawks
IN the battle of wills which long has typified Adelaide-Illawarra NBL clashes, tonight it was the 36ers who emphatically rammed their game down the Hawks' throats.

