Boomers break: Just Wrapping #7
THE NBL goes into recess this week to open the FIBA World Cup qualifying window while the WNBL brings all of its teams into Melbourne for its first "Cluster Round".
Pete's Bar - One week to the "Reunion"
THE annual Pete's Bar Lunch is just one week away, VBA, ACC, NBL and BA Hall of Fame legend Brian Kerle ready to regale with this year's "Reunion" theme.
Yes Gong, here comes JR: Ranking/Tips
ROUND 7 in the NBL appears to be all about one man - reigning MVP Jerome Randle - and to a great extent it is, although there are big games right across the league.
Sara shows her classic style
AN ACL tear and further complications have cost Dandenong Rangers' forward Sara Blicavs a shot at Commonwealth Games and FIBA World Championship gold next year, but you wouldn't know it from talking to her.
Just Wrapping #6: Sixers or bunnies?
EVERYTHING that could possibly go wrong, went wrong for Adelaide 36ers? Cut it out. Illawarra (again) systematically dismantled the Sixers’ offence to reinforce that yes, Adelaide is the Hawks’ bunny.
Ace Rankings/Tips 6: Kings cut Travis
WITH yesterday's tip Jerome Randle and Jeremy Tyler were headed into Kings uniforms, unsurprisingly Sydney today cut Travis Leslie from its NBL team.
Is Asia the WNBL's top import?
SYDNEY Uni Flames WNBL championship starter Asia Taylor is off to another flyer in 2017-18 raising the question, is she the league's top import right now?
Just Wrapping #5 (Inc PotW)
DON'T believe the experts who tell you this is going to be - or already is - one of the most even NBL seasons in history. That assuredly is true for the WNBL. But the NBL? Hell no.
Ace Rankings/Tips 5: All's well?
THE critics have been silenced, Sydney is back in business, Melbourne and Illawarra have been put through gruelling trainings - it's exclusively "good news week" in the NBL apparently.
Lightning tips off early
ARGUABLY the WNBL's "match of the round" - MAC Adelaide Lightning hosting surging Dandenong Rangers tomorrow night at The Lighthouse - will tip off at the earlier 7pm timeslot and with a new pricing structure.

