October 27, 2016
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On this episode of Aussie Hoopla our host, Dan Boyce, touches base with NBL legend Bruce Bolden to talk about the latest news in Australian Basketball before sitting down with NBL Executive Director Larry Kestelman and his son, NBL Marketing Coordinator Justin Kestelman to discuss how the NBL has kicked off in 2016/17.

The face of My Hoops, Bruce Bolden returns for another Aussie Ballers Abroad where each episode we take a look at one of the talented basketballers doing Australia proud overseas. This week Bruce introduces us to Keanu Pinder and discusses if he will be able to fill the void created by Terrance Ferguson when he left for the city of churches.

Bruce and Dan then discuss current topics like;

Steve Blake’s arrival in Sydney
NBA opening night
The Ball Up tour is returning to Australia.
Basketball’s recent growth in New South Wales.
and we ask the question… have the Sydney Kings already won the NBL championship?

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Dan then visits the office of Larry and Justin to talk about how the Kestelman family became involved with basketball in the first place.

It’s not every day that you get to speak to the head honcho of a professional basketball league and one of the most successful entrepreneurs in Australia, so we made sure we asked Larry (and Justin) all the tough questions like…

What do NBL TV ratings and attendances numbers look like so far and what do they have to be to make Larry happy?
How has the NBL’s entry into Asia gone so far and how will success be measured in this endeavour?
Is the NBL hoping to sell NBL licences to Asian investors and see new teams in Queensland and China?
What improvements can we expect to see with NBL TV as the season progresses?

The interview finishes with Dan discussing Larry’s goals of creating a legacy and he plans for the NBL to be the best basketball competition outside of the NBA.

Larry and Justin then put Dan on the spot as the Kestelman’s pose the question “as an NBL tragic, what does he think the NBL needs to do to improve?”.

All this and a whole lot more, download on iTunes, TuneIn or Sticher today.

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