Jock Landale is in the midst of the happiest period of his life and about to leap into the most important season of his NBA career.

So there was only one place he wanted to be while home in Melbourne and that was his former NBL club Melbourne United, where trainings, in Landale’s colourful words, are a “bloodbath”.

The 29-year-old Australian Boomers centre has been a fixture on United’s gold team or third five for the past 10 days after he and wife India brought their newborn son Archie to spend time with Landale’s family.

When this masthead observed training, Landale was teamed with former Collingwood Magpie turned basketballer Tom Wilson and three development players, but he was throwing himself into battles with NBA import Jesse Edwards and arguing calls with Boomers teammate Chris G

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