Random dribbling: Rankings #10
BARRING any unforseen injuries, the North and South teams for the return of the NBL's All Star Game at Adelaide Arena on December 22 are set in stone.
What is our role?
SUNDAY Mail colleague Scott Walsh wrote a brilliant piece a few years ago when Mal Hemmerling "owned'' the Adelaide 36ers, which really reinforced something I have always believed about team sports.
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.
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.
Reggie the man for Erin
ERIN Phillips is back in Adelaide after winning the WNBA Championship. I caught up with her and here is the unedited version of the story which appeared in The Advertiser and at www.adelaidenow.com.au
Random dribbling: Rankings #7
CAIRNS in the NBL and Adelaide in the WNBL are two clubs showing worrying signs as 2012-13 unfolds.

