Few would have guessed that a skinny teenager from Bendigo via the ABA in Ballarat would become entrenched in the records books as the clubs most capped player over a decade later.

Mat Campbell - photos: pix.s23.com.au

When Mat Campbell arrived in Wollongong, the then Illawarra Hawks were playing in the old Beaton Park Snakepit, in the midst of rebuilding the team.

Last year Glen Saville joined the growing group of workers from Wollongong, who have made the move to Sydney for new employment opportunities.

Now back in town for an annual business trip, Saville and his new workmates will cross paths against his former employer of 11 years on Wednesday night.

It only took new Melbourne import Sean Lampley a few weeks to become the league's new villain in the eyes of many of the fans that have seen him play, in particular those in Perth and Sydney.

Sean Lampley - photo: pix.s23.com.au

He's even had a 180+ replies in the "Sean Lampley is a tool" post at Ozhoops.

On January 5th 2008 the Melbourne Tigers and Sydney Kings took the NBL back to the glory days of the 90s. Sydney's best crowd of the season turned up for what became the game of the season, and possibly the best game over the past couple years.

Passion of the Goorj - photos: pix.s23.com.au

Yes it was game of the year, and no it wasn't televised (no NBL was for that matter), but that could have been the reason behind Sydney's biggest crowd of the season and with that the best atmosphere experienced at the venue since the Threepeat.