Great article. It's nice to remember those teams. Im surprised you didn't include the West Adelaide Bearcats who were one of the most powerful teams of the early 1980's. They played in 3 NBL finals winning in 1982. They DIDN'T merge with the Adelaide 36ers to become a new team as the Sixers were already in existence. West Adelaide as an NBL entity stopped existence after 1984 when the club withdrew from the competition. Its true a bunch of their players did make the Sixers in 1985 but the clubs DIDN'T amalgamate, they had seperate histories.
I've been an NBL stalwart since its inception, and an NBA/Australian Basketball fan since the 56 Olympics. Have you ever thought of doing a Pick & Roll podcast - 'Where Are they Now' - on past NBL players?
Great article. It's nice to remember those teams. Im surprised you didn't include the West Adelaide Bearcats who were one of the most powerful teams of the early 1980's. They played in 3 NBL finals winning in 1982. They DIDN'T merge with the Adelaide 36ers to become a new team as the Sixers were already in existence. West Adelaide as an NBL entity stopped existence after 1984 when the club withdrew from the competition. Its true a bunch of their players did make the Sixers in 1985 but the clubs DIDN'T amalgamate, they had seperate histories.
I've been an NBL stalwart since its inception, and an NBA/Australian Basketball fan since the 56 Olympics. Have you ever thought of doing a Pick & Roll podcast - 'Where Are they Now' - on past NBL players?