There were photos of him attending the Boomers celebration in Brisbane recently, although not on the yacht and no group photos.

That's a weird thing to say.

Anon - "Hopefully he'll be back in the nba as nbl = weak as piss compared to nba = where the men handle things"

Read and hear a lot of stupid things these days but this is up there.

I love when Anons show their ignorance. For one, he thinks he's somehow edgy and telling us something we don't know. Yes, anon, the NBA is better than the NBL. I defy you to find anyone who says any different. The NBL SHOULD be 'weak as piss' compared to the NBA, seeing as it has 1 percent of the NBA's salary cap.

As for Bogut being a third string big man, yeah, he was also injured. He came to the NBL, played healthy for a season, and then got recalled by the Golden State Warriors for the Finals. I don't think they did that because he was washed and sucked. They had access to any non-NBA player they wanted. Could have got someone from Euroleague, G League, wherever. They chose Andrew Bogut. I suppose they did that because he sucked?

And yeah, "NBA rejects" are NBL stars. Guess whatelse NBA rejects are? Euroleague stars. There's plenty of NBA rejects that still sit at the bottom of NBA rosters as well.

Only a 12 year old could think that the NBL sucking comparing to the NBA is a point to be made. Every league that cant financially compete with the NBA sucks compared to the NBA. The sky is also blue. You telling us that NBL stars are NBA rejects really shows your lack of appreciation for the many levels of basketball and just what it takes to reach them. NBL players may "suck" compared to NBA stars but the worst NBL player on the worst NBL roster would hold you scoreless in a game and put 40 on you without breaking a sweat, just so you know...

The NBA has the best players on planet earth, and then a selection of guys who are interchangeable with guys from other leagues. But they play a heavily stylized brand of basketball that I don't find interesting or entertaining. Too much isolation. Not enough defensive pressure. Not enough urgency. I think the NBA would be much better with some rule changes and some adaptations to bring it back closer to FIBA basketball, and more of an impetus on team orientated play. But the league is made specifically for fan boys who want to see one specific player score 50 a night and a team built around facilitating that. While I can certainly respect the skill it takes to do that, I dont find watching Harden measure up his own shot for an entire offense to be all that interesting. I also dont get much of a kick out of entirely open windmill dunks. I'd like to see zone defense made mainstream in the NBA. Scoring SHOULD be difficult.

Americans are a funny lot.

I like baseball as a sport, and even enjoy watching it at a local level.

MLB leaves me cold though. It's really "all or nothing" dozens of strikes punctuated by the occasional homer.

Back on topic, was the rumour about a shower injury ever confirmed?

Really hope he can recover. It would be exceptionally frustrating to have your life upturned by something as banal as slipping in the shower.

My brother broke his neck in a diving accident, and remains a quad 30 years later.
But there is hope. My niece broke her neck diving, a couple of years back, and now shows almost no ill effects. A lot of rehab, and had to "learn to walk" again, but now seems mostly unaffected.

How's Aaron? Any news, and where would I find it? I thought that this thread, re: Aaron Baynes Injury Update, might have some news but seems I was wrong.

Holy shit, the NBA has more talent than the NBL?? What a scoop!