Welcome back to the NBL, John Rillie!!The news officially broke today that John Rillie has been signed by the New Zealand Breakers to replace import Awvee Storey. Rumours of this signing have been floating around on Twitter between the people in the know for the last two weeks or so but I was waiting for John or the NBL to make it official.JR himself has kept it very much under wraps with no hint

Thanks to Mookie from A Stern Warning for posting it on Twitter ... it seems the most hated man in Adelaide is returning to the NBL to "save" the Melbourne Tigers. I heard a rumour about it earlier in the week but was waiting to see if it was true or not.Considering the way Julius Hodge left the NBL last season, it'll be interesting to see how he's received by fans around the league, especially

Came across this article on Twitter earlier today. If you haven't heard what John Rillie is up to since he's not in the NBL this season, check it out below (click on the title to read the full story). I heard about this business earlier in the year and wish JR all the best with it.While the article says that John is focussing on the future, he hasn't officially retired ... so I don't think he's

I didn't make the trip down the coast last night. Traffic would have been rough not to mention that its the what used to be Indy, then SuperGP, now V8 weekend in Surfers. For this reason (V8's), I'm not surprised to see that it was another disappointing crowd of roughly 2400 which is less than 1/2 the stadium's capacity.From reading the game recap on the NBL website, this is the most pleasing

Its been a very busy couple of days in the office so I'm just catching up on the blog now. Its already late tonight so this will be a quick one and I'll catch up more on the weekend.After my last post about past NBL players doing there thing in the NBA, there's been some big news for two of them over the last few days. One good one bad.First the good news. Most Australians have heard the news