Basketball News - 36ers News

36ers team up with Patty Mills
July 29, 2010
The Adelaide 36ers are proud to announce the release of the "Patty Mills" seats for this seasons 36ers games.
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36ers sign Troy DeVries
July 27, 2010
The Adelaide 36ers would like to confirm that their second import signing for 2010/11 will be former West Sydney Razorbacks guard Troy DeVries.
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36ers recruit two Crows stars, sort of!
July 26, 2010
The Adelaide 36ers have signed two new recruits as “Part of the Team”, Kurt Tippett and Taylor Walker.
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36ers sign import Craig Winder
July 21, 2010
The Adelaide 36ers are excited to announce that they have secured the signature of American point guard, Craig Winder.
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SANFL stars become "Part of the Team"
July 21, 2010
Central Districts champions Chris and James Gowans, pictured with Captain Adam Ballinger, have also got behind the club getting their names on our singlet for the coming season as "Part of the Team".
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First import signing announced 1pm today
July 21, 2010
The Adelaide 36ers will be announcing their first import signing for 2010/11 at 1pm, Adelaide time, today.
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36ers go Back to Blue
July 15, 2010
The Adelaide 36ers would like to announce that for the 2010/11 season the home uniform will be returning to Blue.
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Brad Newley is 'Part of the Team'
July 12, 2010
The Adelaide 36ers have finally secured Brad Newley's name on the back of their NBL singlet.
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36ers to conduct trials next week
July 02, 2010
The Adelaide 36ers will conduct trials for their development player and train on spots for the NBL season 2010-11 next week.
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Patty Mills visits Brett Maher Court
June 17, 2010
Boomers talent and NBA player Patty Mills recently visited Brett Maher Court to meet a group of indigenous youngsters and answer questions from 36ers fans. Expected to lead the Boomers from the point guard spot in
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Boomers Miniball Competition
June 17, 2010
Register your miniball (primary school) basketball team below for your chance to play at half time of the Boomers vs Argentina Game in Adelaide! The winning team will receive General Admission tickets for each playe
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Boomers vs Argentina tickets now on sale
June 17, 2010
The Hood Sweeney Adelaide 36ers are hosting Game 3 of the Boomers World Challenge between the Australian Men's Basketball Team (Boomers) and the Argentina Men's Basketball Team at the Dome on Tuesday 29th June. The
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Boomers-Argentina pre-sale for 36ers season ticket holders
May 28, 2010
Adelaide 36ers season ticket holders have a chance to grab the best seats with a pre-sale of Boomers-Argentina tickets for their June 29 game.
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36ers excited by 2010/11 season schedule
May 27, 2010
The Hood Sweeney Adelaide 36ers are excited by the release of the NBL schedule for season 2010/11.
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Hood Sweeney 36ers get Carter
May 19, 2010
The Hood Sweeney Adelaide 36ers can confirm that NBL championship winner Rhys Carter will join the team in season 2010/ 11.
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Carter amongst back-up point considerations
May 03, 2010
Boti Nagy has reported that South Dragons championship back-up playmaker Rhys Carter could be a perfect fit for the 36ers.
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Dowdell to join Johnson in frontcourt
April 20, 2010
The Hood Sweeney Adelaide 36ers have signed 205cm Townsville free agent Jeff Dowdell.
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36ers re-sign forward Jacob Holmes
April 19, 2010
The Hood Sweeney Adelaide 36ers have re-signed forward, Jacob Holmes.
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Adelaide re-sign captain Ballinger and young-gun Hill
April 09, 2010
The Hood Sweeney Adelaide 36ers have re-signed captain and NBL MVP runner up, 6’9” , Adam Ballinger as well as versatile swingman Brad Hill.
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36ers retain Nathan Herbert
April 07, 2010
The Hood Sweeney Adelaide 36ers are pleased to announce the resigning of guard Nathan Herbert.
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Basketball News - Lightning News

Steve Breheny appointed Lightning coach
16/Mar/2010 – Steve Breheny has replaced Vicki Valk as coach of the Link Lightning.

Cayla Francis named club MVP
23/Feb/2010 – Cayla Francis has joined Adelaide Lightning's "immortals" by winning the WNBL club's 2010 Most Valuable Player award.

Lightning seeking a new coach for 2010/11
23/Feb/2010 – Link Lightning is seeking a Head Coach for the 2010/11 WNBL season.

Free entry for 36ers ticket holders
10/Nov/2009 – The Adelaide Lightning and Adelaide 36ers are joining forces this weekend and the Lightning are inviting 36ers fans over... more

Adelaide returns from Melbourne with a split
9/Nov/2009 – ONLY the most one-eyed Lightning fan would have expected Adelaide's elite WNBL outfit to return from Melbourne with a 1-... more

Basketball News - AdelaideNow.com.au Basketball News

Boomers booming, Andersen celebrating

David Andersen

BOOMERS centre David Andersen has celebrated being traded from the NBA's Houston Rockets by scoring the winning basket against China overnight.

Hang time with Boti Nagy

Boti Nagy

EXPECT one of basketball's great injustices and oversights to finally be rectified at next month's Hall of Fame dinner when Michael Ahmatt is inducted.

No way Perkins will join Kiwis, says dad

Kendrick Perkins

KENNY Perkins, estranged father of Boston Celtics centre Kendrick has ruled out his son playing for New Zealand at the 2012 London Olympics.

Green light for 'Youth' tip-off

Basketball

STAID South Australian basketball is about to receive a tremendous energy injection with the announcement of its inaugural Youth League.

Giant Yao may have to quit NBA

Yao Ming

GIANT Houston Rockets centre Yao Ming has revealed he may be forced to retire from basketball if he doesn't fully recover from his lingering foot injury.

Sixers choose the 'silk' road

Troy DeVries

NEW 36ers import Troy "Silk" DeVries will have a happy birthday today when the NBL club confirms he is the last piece of their 2010-11"revival roster".

Billion tip to tune in on Boomers

Boti Nagy

THE Federation of International Basketball Associations is boldly predicting a billion television viewers will watch the men's world championship in Turkey next month.

CJ Retires

DUAL Olympian CJ Bruton has retired from international basketball.

Winder the man Sixers bank on

New 36ers recruit Craig Winder

ADELAIDE 36ers coach Marty Clarke said last week an NBL win hinged on stopping superstars like Kirk Penney - with Craig Winder, they may do just that.

Can you name all our imports?

Hoop-dunnit?

CRAIG Winder becomes the 34th NBL import face for the Adelaide 36ers since the club's inception in 1982. But can you name the 33 who came before him?

Poor world showing great for us

Australian Boomers basketball logo

BIG-NAME withdrawals from the 2010 basketball world titles haveleft the door open for Australia to ``cause some damage''.

Glory year for 36ers ahead

basketball

MARTY Clarke could emulate Phil Smyth's NBL rookie year with his new imports.

NBA star snagged by Adelaide

New 36ers recruit Craig Winder

CRAIG Winder - who nailed a three-pointer on the buzzer to win his team the NBA Development League final - has been snagged by the 36ers.

Sixers fans love new blue uniform

Sixers new

FAN reaction to the Adelaide 36ers reverting back to blue uniforms for the 2010-11 NBL season has been overwhelmingly positive according to the club.

Fans love Sixers new uniform

Ballinger

FAN reaction to the Adelaide 36ers reverting back to blue uniforms for the 2010-11 NBL season has been overwhelmingly positive according to the club.

State league finals race down to wire

State Basketball League

EXPECT the final spots in the SBL women's play-off five to go right down to the final siren of the regular season.

It's now true blue Sixers as era ends

Ballinger

THE 36ers saw red when they finished 2010 in the NBL bomb shelter but under Marty Clarke's regime, they have no plans to be singing the blues.

Marty paints a new picture for Sixers

Marty Clarke

IT started with a coat of paint but it quickly has become evident there's a new broom also going through the Adelaide 36ers.

Opals dunk US through the hoop

Penny Taylor

A DAY after smacking the WNBA All Stars 99-72, the Olympic women's basketball champion US has been beaten 87-72 by Australia's champion Opals.

Place trouble for Sturt if loss in on the cards

basketball thumb

EARLY State Basketball League pacesetter Sturt could drop from second to fourth if it loses to men's leader West at Port Adelaide tomorrow.