Aussies Abroad
Earlier this month, Corey Webster was given permission from the New Zealand Breakers to pursue other opportunities, with the team deciding to inject a nice dose of youth into the team’s backcourt by re-signing young point guards Tai Webster and William McDowell-White. With next season looking like a smaller bench role with the Breakers, Webster…
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Australia’s top NBA prospect Dyson Daniels has chosen to develop his game in the G-League rather than the NBL’s Next Stars program. The 18-year-old is currently the No. 18 prospect in the latest ESPN 2022 mock draft and considered the best non-draft eligible prospect in Australia. Daniels will be the first highly touted prospect the…
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Basketball is booming in Japan, and the NBL is starting to feel its impact. Earlier this month, the Brisbane Bullets announced head coach Andrej Lemanis will coach in Japan instead of re-signing with the team. The Japanese deal is expected to be close to double his previous salary and one no NBL team could match….
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Houston Rockets guard Dante Exum has been officially ruled out for the remainder of the 2020-21 NBA season. The news comes with little surprise to fans of the 25-year-old Australian, as he has remained sidelined since January 4th with a calf injury and hasn’t played since. Exum was on the court when he collapsed onto…
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Former Brisbane Bullets player Will Magnay has been waived by the New Orleans Pelicans, he will stay in the US to have minor foot surgery, pursue more NBA opportunities and prepare for Australia’s Tokyo Olympics campaign. The Pelicans opted to waive his two-way contract to create space to sign former Atlanta, Philadelphia, Minnesota, and Houston…
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With 3 minutes and 16 seconds left in the fourth quarter, New Orleans Pelicans coach Stan Van Gundy tapped Will Magnay on the shoulder and sent him to the scorer’s table to play in his first NBA game in today’s match-up against the LA Lakers. It may have been “junk time” minutes with the Pelicans…
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The use of the word “greatest” is used flippantly in media circles. As recently as this week we’ve had to hear talks about Bryce Cotton and if he is the greatest NBL import of all-time despite playing a mere 4.5 seasons compared to legends of the NBL like Leroy Loggins, Ricky Grace, Mark Davis, James…
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The Dallas Mavericks announced yesterday that they have assigned rookie shooting guard Josh Green to the NBA G-League’s Salt Lake City Stars. Green has seen his NBA career get off to a rocky start thus far with inconsistent play and COVID-19 restrictions resulting in him being shuffled out of the Mav’s rotation. After regularly seeing…
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Brisbane Bullets big man Will Magnay has reportedly signed a two-way deal with the New Orleans Pelicans, according to ESPN. The buzz around Magnay has been consistent over the past 6 months with strong interest from several coming from the Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs before Magnay made his decision to…
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Sources within NBL teams say Jonah Bolden is open to playing in the NBL after missing out on an NBA roster spot this week. Sources say Bolden’s agent Daniel Moldovan has been in talks with the remaining NBL teams letting them know Bolden does not intend to play in the G-League and open to NBL…
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