The NBL is in talks with prospective rights-holders for the 2018-19 season, and hopes to have a deal in place by July, Kestelman told the Daily Telegraph newspaper. He claimed five FTA broadcasters - Ten, Nine, Seven, ABC and SBS - are all keen to air the NBL next season, noting: “I will do what is right for the sport. Even if it is a better commercial deal for me, I still won’t do it if it doesn’t suit basketball.” NBL has signed one-year, free-to-air…

You wouldn't have know Adris De  Leon was on the way out by the way he played today, the import started for the 36ers in today's game against the Sydney Kings and racked up 11 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists in 25 minutes before it was revealed that team had notified him on Friday that the team would be moving in a different direction.   The 36ers would suffer a 12 point loss to the Sydney Kings who after starting out the season with…

$605 Million Dollar USA Team searching for go-to guy

Two days in and the USA Men’s basketball team are still searching for their closer. The jet lagged Americans practised yesterday in Melbourne City to find their legs and sweat it out after a fifteen-hour flight from Las Vegas. Today, they were sprinting, running three-man weaves and looking for their touch. Despite being labelled as a weak and undermanned squad, this 2019 version is still loaded with solid guards and wing players. Don’t be fooled, the talent runs deep in the USA. Collectively, the squad…

There seems to be three things you can guarantee in life - death, taxes, and a Boomers' fourth place finish at a major world tournament. After shocking the world in beating Team USA, and going 6-0 in the early rounds of the competition, Australia seemed to fall apart in the latter stages of the tournament, finding themselves yet again without any silverware to solidify their status.   The question is - why?        

Where to now for the Boomers? A look ahead at Tokyo 2020.

Fourth place. Those are two words which have haunted the Australian Boomers for over thirty years. In 1988, a fourth place was an astounding achievement for a basketball nation emerging from relative obscurity. In 1996, more of the same.   By 2000, however, it represented an underachievement.  We'd just brought our most talented squad ever til that point to the Sydney Olympics - our HOME games - and anything less than a medal was a bust. And bust the Boomers did. It would be 16…

Podcast: Lindsay Gaze on the NBL’s origins and it’s current need to expand

Head to iTunes to download this episode on your phone or iPod  Lindsay Gaze sits down with Dan Boyce on the Aussie Hoopla podcast to share how the Australia Boomers program came about and shares his stories from a career that includes either playing or coaching the men's national basketball team from it's inception in 1960 to 1984.   [caption id="attachment_6244" align="alignright" width="242"] Lindsay Gaze during his playing days[/caption] In what will be a two-part episode, Lindsay shares the stories of how basketball began in…

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St. Mary’s Gaels in Australia – Everything you need to know

Intro the team Results in NZL Make sure comment on Aussies in team Links to tickets for all games below: Thursday, August 9: Gaels vs Melbourne United — 7pm @ State Basketball Centre, Wantirna South. Friday, August 10: Gaels vs Dandenong Rangers — 7pm @ Dandenong Stadium, Dandenong North. Sunday, August 12: Gaels vs Hobart Chargers — 2pm @ Derwent Entertainment Centre, Glenorchy. Tuesday, August 14: Gaels vs Illawarra Hawks — 7pm @ The Snakepit, Gwynneville. Wednesday, August 15: Gaels vs Sydney Kings — 7pm…