http://www.aussiebball.com AussieBball.com | Basketball Forum | News | Chat | NBL | NBA | NCAA | HOOPS Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:52:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As we do every year, we have started a fantasy league on NBA.com This year we have started a league in the "NBA Stock Exchange" fantasy game and the league name is called (yes you guessed it) "Aussiebball", the password for the league is (yes you guessed it) "Aussiebball". Oh and ... http://www.aussiebball.com/2008/10/11/join-the-aussiebballcom-nba-fantasy-league-starts-october-24/ The NBA regular season is only a matter of weeks away, but the preseason action is underway. Although many don't look at the form as any barometer of how their teams will go in the season proper it does give players the potential to nail down rotation spots and is ... http://www.aussiebball.com/2008/10/11/nba-preseason-underway-and-so-is-greg-oden/ Sydney Spirit have recorded their second come-from-behind victory in as many nights defeating the Perth Wildcats 101-86. The Spirit have now won two in a row and showing the doutber that they can be competitive in this years NBL. Sydney Spirit 101 (Low 25, Gruber 16, Knight 16) Perth Wildcats 86 (Weigh ... http://www.aussiebball.com/2008/10/11/spirit-surpise-once-agiain-with-victory-over-wildcats/ Katie Smith scored 18 points as the Detroit Shock completed a sweep of the San Antonio Silver Stars to win their third championship in six seasons with a 76-60 victory in Game Three of the WNBA Finals on Sunday afternoon. Discuss at: WNBL & WNBA Forum http://www.aussiebball.com/2008/10/07/detroit-win-third-wnba-title/ Martin Cattalini has been stood down by his out-of-form NBL club the Cairns Taipans for drink driving. "It is unfortunate that this has occurred as Martin is well liked in the community and is a good person of great character," Taipans chief executive Denis Keeffe said in a statement. "The Taipans, however, ... http://www.aussiebball.com/2008/10/06/cattalini-stood-down-for-dui/ Nathan Jawai says he feels healthy but admits he is worried about a heart irregularity. The 21-year-old signed a two-year contract to play in the NBA with the Toronto Raptors in July, but a cardiac problem was found during routine medical tests this week. Jawai has been ordered to sit out the ... http://www.aussiebball.com/2008/10/02/jawai-worried-about-heart-problem/ In what can only be seen an early round of upsets. The New Zealand Breakers have beaten competition favourites Melbourne 120-111. Tigers star Chris Anstey scored a game high 32 points and but the Breakers had a much better team performance with 4 players posting over 20 points in Kirk Penney, ... http://www.aussiebball.com/2008/09/26/big-upsets-both-dragons-and-tigers-go-down-overnight/ Josh Howard has had what can only be described as a less than perfect off season, he had to deal with the press after his admission of smoking marijuana, then he got arrested in July for drag racing 94 mph in a 55 zone and now just recently has slagged ... http://www.aussiebball.com/2008/09/20/nba-update-josh-howard-continues-to-go-crazy-michael-beasley-fined-50000/ An independent review into Australian basketball released today outlines initiatives to reposition the sport including a new elite competition to replace the National Basketball League. Key priorities addressed in the report are a major restructure of the basketball administration; re-branding and aggressively promoting the sport: developing strong revenue streams from corporate ... http://www.aussiebball.com/2008/09/20/elite-comp-will-replace-nbl-aggressive-advertising-to-come-with-it/ The new look 36ers (with 7 new players) have beaten the Crocs in their season opener 109-82. Aaron Bruce (a favourite of Aussieball) lead the way with 22 points and 10 assists, While his back court partner veteran Brett Maher and Adam Ballinger both ptiched in 21 a piece. Dicuss at: ... http://www.aussiebball.com/2008/09/19/aaron-bruce-leads-36ers-to-victory-1st-nbl-game/