Around Round 10
SUNDAY's NBL game in Adelaide was emotional for a number of reasons, but who outside the Wildcats had any inkling The Buccaneer was heading off on the High Seas?
Random dribbling: Rankings #9
THE new Melbourne Mongrels will not be growling next season after all, BA ruling there were some concerns about sufficient funding.
Massive Fail by 36ers
CJ MASSINGALE was never given a fighting chance, one of the reasons his axing by the 36ers yesterday brought such staunch howls of derision from across the state's basketball community.
Wisdom of the Ancients 1
WHAT an extraordinary few days for basketball that was in Adelaide this past weekend - think Pete's Bar Lunch, multiplied by 10.
Wisdom of the Ancients 2
FROM Friday's magnificent lunch - and with a brief playing interlude as Lightning produced a magnificent display of selfless WNBL basketball to snuff Townsville - fast-forward to Saturday night.
Around Round 9
PERTH expects to introduce replacement signing Michael Dunigan to his new team today and he should make his NBL debut on Friday against Wollongong.
Random dribbling: Rankings #8
THERE'S a strange irony to the fact Luke Nevill tomorrow night debuts with Townsville while across the country, Perth limps into its first match of this NBL season without Matt Knight.
Around Round 8
WITH his club in the doldrums and his form there to match, Cairns import Shane Edwards must be feeling the heat of Far North Queensland.
Random dribbling: Rankings #7
CAIRNS in the NBL and Adelaide in the WNBL are two clubs showing worrying signs as 2012-13 unfolds.
Around Round 7
THAT has to be one of the best rounds in recent memory, giving us both pathos and the pathetic, drama and humour (but more about Aaron Bruce later) and courage under fire in almost equal measure.

