Thanks, borna.  Since Tommy is in Windsor, this is really a doable trip.  I'm going to check out the date for Ohio's game at Oakland and see if Windsor has a home game around the same time.  Would be great to see both games. 

Will have to see about making it to a game. Windsor is a short trip for me. Growing up on Lake Erie outside of Toledo, we could always get Windsor TV stations.

No clue... I did not ask. The living quarters are decent. They do not have use of a team car but do not have to drive very far. I suppose he will have to watch for overzealous parking guys who are specifically looking for "that white piece of shit" hoping to ticket it.........Meals and per diems are similar from what I saw but he and his agent do the contract thing.


The National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC) was founded in 2011, and is Canada's only professional domestic basketball league. There are currently 10 teams, with two divisions: Central and Atlantic. The NBLC is committed to being one of the leading professional basketball leagues in the world. The NBLC provides Canadian athletes, international athletes, coaches and officials the opportunity to participate in the game they love at the professional level. The NBLC is also dedicated to raising awareness of the sport of basketball throughout Canada, by providing fans with an exciting and entertaining experience.

League looks like they are devoted to putting out a good product. ....Ballard from Miami, Vanzant from Butler, Thomas from IU, and a few of the guys we saw at EKU are there. I have not looked at the rosters but the talent seems pretty good and they are attracting some guys back from Europe.

I should say that form what I saw and heard the officiating is much better than I saw in Europe and the Coaches know the game from a much better perspective and experience/background than what I saw over there. I saw a big difference in substitution patterns and situational coaching than I had across the pond. Things we take for granted and understand the FIBA coaches were still struggling with while the American athletes just came out of time outs rolling their eyes.

I guess there was a major shake up in the officials ranks after the season due to some of the FIBA type back room antics seeping into the NBL. They told me the teams and owners are not going to tolerate the officials making deals, blatantly throwing games and interjecting bias into the game as they try to grow the league. They felt that had been present and was one of the major ways to lose fans before the league gets off the ground.

Meet Mike Drake's mom in the Lancaster PO with your stuff filled out.  She is really good at processing those things and making sure your i's are dotted and t's crossed.

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Pappa Oppong from EKU and The kid from ETSU we saw a couple of years back are also guys in the league we have seen before. Commons has turned into a beast. Nice kid.