Hoops

NH: Wikileaks. When will Assange be terminated?

Did anyone see that picture of the Wikileaks cavern yesterday? Reminds me of Isaac's setup for Hoops.

I hope we don't see any "accidents" while he is in protective custody. It's strange how some sane men seem to suicide as well.

Do any of the warders have a copy of Catcher in the Rye?

Arrested - after handing himself in to police , in London. ( just then on ABC news )

I would be on their radar already.....

Of course, the other people you don't want to annoy are the Mossad - just ask that Syrian dude.

Hang on, we can't. A group of agents using Australian passports met with him in his hotel room.

Hopefully this will get some discussion. Boti Nagy has an article in the paper today about some possible broad changes to the ABL season. Full story and a bit more of a summary.

Adelaide 36ers assistant coach Steve Breheny has been invited to put his shared vision to the newly formed Basketball Adelaide body, a subsidiary of the new Basketball South Australia restructure.

Breheny's plan would mean Forestville and Sturt's efforts at last week's Australian Basketball Association's national finals would be the state's last, with an SA senior state team instead touring the U.S. to play college opposition.

Here are what seem to be the key points:

- Summer season runs midweek during the NBL season. All (men's) games played at the Dome or Wayville. No (W)NBL players or imports in the summer season.

- the State Championship season would run for 12 weeks between April and July. Top five playoffs, best of three grand final series instead of the one game decider.

- 10 teams, 18-game season (12 Wednesday nights, 6 Saturdays) all at the Dome or Wayville. Each team plays the others twice.

- 36ers/Lightning players and imports could commit to the full, shorter season. Imports might be affordable considering the timeline.

- At 16 weeks (inc playoffs), the winter season would be comparable to a WNBA or NZ NBL season.

Boti likes it:

A condensed, high quality domestic season with import players -- the 36ers in 1985 recruited a young man named Mark Davis from South Adelaide's domestic team -- has merit on a number of levels.

Thoughts?

How would revenue sharing work for clubs no longer getting takings from stadia/bar/canteen on ABL nights? Would there be a restriction on imports per team?

Sounds like it's worth trying to me, though I'd rather see games at Wayville than the Dome, but that's just because that and Pasadena are more convenient for me - venue proximity is a reasonable part of my decisions of whether or not to attend:

- venue proximity
- entertainment
- personal association (e.g., family or friends playing)
- cost (negligible with ABL)
- scheduling (whether it clashes with other events)