Halls, balls and new smalls
ONE of the less pressing but no less important issues for the new NBL to address will be the structure of its Hall of Fame.
Did you know? 1, 2, 3...
DID you know new Opals coach Brendan Joyce is hoping Lauren Jackson - our No.1 player and, if carrying flags at Olympics is any gauge, a future FIBA Hall of Famer - might suit for the Oceania Series with New Zealand in August.
Did you know? A, B, C...
DID you know that A - Abby Bishop - is back on the market and will overnight become the WNBL's most sought free agent?
Random dribbling: Mecca on the move
LOOK-OUT Melbourne. Forget it Townsville. Perth? Nup. Canberra is the "mecca" of basketball in Australia.
Random dribbling: Boom boys
CALM down now Boomers squad analysts. Cam Gliddon, Igor Hadziomerovic and Ben Simmons all have been added to Andrej Lemanis' first Boomers squad.
Random dribbling: Good day at the office
KYRIE Irving will be confronted by the Big V when he returns to the capital of the Big V, Melbourne, hopefully in July.
Hold your horses SEABL
WHOA there SEABL! Hold your horses! Let's not go rushing into anything rash now.
The "new NBL" - what it means
ONE of the early discussion topics for the member elements of any new NBL is sure to be whether sticking with the 40-minute format is necessary any longer.
Random dribbling: Hot-seats available!
YES, it is amazing but right this second - unless a behind-closed-doors deal is done - half the teams in the NBL are without a coach.
Dribbles: GF snippets & less
NEW Zealand's Breakers can rightly be revered for coming off one of the greatest seasons in NBL history, comparisons with the undisputed single-season all-time great Adelaide 36ers "Invincibles" completely appropriate.

