Author: Dan Boyce
John Rillie is set to be announced as the Perth Wildcats’ new head coach and set the task to return the team to the NBL playoffs. Rillie has been coaching in the US college system since 2011, first as an assistant at Boise State University and most recently as the associate head coach for the…
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Aaron Fearne was head coach of the Taipans for nine seasons and led the team to three postseason berths. Fearne was named the NBL Coach of the Year in 2015. Prior to the 2018/19 season, the Taipans announced that Fearne would not return as head coach and shortly after he moved to the US to…
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Former NBL player Adam Caporn, the player responsible for starting the ‘aussie pipeline’ at St Mary’s University of California which saw Patty Mills, Daniel Kickert, Matthew Dellavedova, Jock Landale and many others develop their games there, will assist NBA legend Steve Nash at the Brooklyn Nets this season. Caporn joins Nash’s staff after serving as…
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NBA superstar shooter, Seth Curry is confirmed to arrive in Australia later this month to appear exclusively at Foot Locker stores and to take part in training clinics across Sydney and Melbourne. Landing on 30 July, Seth will conduct two in-store appearances at Foot Locker Sydney and Melbourne which will be available for all fans to attend. Whilst in Australia, Seth will be…
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Josh Powell rose up from being a homeless teenager to reach the NBA, where he played seven seasons, before playing overseas which included a stop with the Sydney Kings during the 2016-17 season. He now plays for the Killer 3’s in the Big 3 competition under coach Charles Oakley and Powell joins Dan Boyce on…
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Dyson Daniels achieved his dream of being drafted to the NBA today, being selected eighth by the New Orleans Pelicans. Daniels grew up in Bendigo, just over 150 kilometres north of Melbourne and is the son of long-time NBL1 import Ricky Daniels. His father is a Bendigo Braves legend, to the extent that his number…
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Jackson, at 41 years of age, will participate in a national team camp in Canberra next week, 25 years after she was first picked for the Australian team. The four-time Olympic medallist and 2006 World champion last played for Australia in 2013, returned to the court for Albury Wodonga in NBL1 this season and has…
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Shawn Dennis spent 16 years in the NBL as a coach with the Newcastle Falcons, Perth Wildcats and Townsville Crocodiles, this included winning NBL coach of the year in 2016. Since the demise of the Crocodiles Dennis has coached in Japan’s rapidly growing B.League, the country’s premier national league despite having only started in 2016…
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France’s Rayan Rupert, coined “one of the most promising young wing players in the world” by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski will sign a 2 year deal with the New Zealand Breakers as a part of the Next Star program. Rupert will be the third french NBA prospect to use the Breakers as a springboard with Ousmane…
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The South East Melbourne Phoenix went through an up and down season in 2021-22 where after sitting among the top team teams in the league for the first half of the season saw a late-season slump cause them to miss the playoffs. Visit dunk.com.au for your next set of basketball uniforms. Head coach…
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