Blitz should be on TV for free
NOT sure anyone is awake at NBL.TV but if so, Perform’s boys should be jumping all over themselves to film every game at the Blitz in Sydney next week and offer the games to potential subscribers for free.
Sunday driving
CAIRNS last night scored a 7-0 points sweep over Wollongong with a four-quarter 86-64 win in the opening match of the Blitz preseason tournament for the Loggins-Bruton Cup.
Inside the rectangle...
HATS (or toupees, your call) off to NBL Pty Ltd for seeing the light and appointing the officiating fraternity’s three wise men to help effect its resurgence.
There's an election tomorrow
THERE’S an election tomorrow, but you knew that.
Outside the rectangle
I HAVE two words for you to consider. Perform. Imparja.
NBL on the launch pad
THE long-awaited "new" NBL will hold its official launch in Sydney on Thursday, September 19 but don't expect too many revelations, given the league has to honor Basketball Australia's existing contracts as part of the demerger.
Monday meanderings
COME on now. "Fans" cannot already be seriously dismissing the chances of NBL teams on the basis of half-baked, half-lineup preseason games or "exceptional recruiting."
Busy day Friday...
BUSY day today at the keyboard for my employer NewsLtd so bear with me blogofiles - tomorrow will be a brighter day.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves
ATTENDED my first Adelaide 36ers practice of the preseason today under the new regime of NBL championship-winning coach Joey Wright and came away impressed with the club's direction - up.
Mad Monday: NBL excitement growing
GARY Ervin is excited about the talent level in the 2013-14 NBL, whether we’re talking James Ennis or Stephen Dennis.

