Author: Dan Boyce
The Adelaide 36ers have signed Filipino talent and top NBA prospect Kai Sotto to a multi-year deal for the 2021/22 season. Standing at 7’2 inches (218cm) and 210 pounds (95kg), Sotto spent last season with the NBA G League pro program and played alongside other top NBA prospects Jalen Green, Isaiah Todd, and Daishen Nix….
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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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Over the past few NBL seasons, we’ve seen young talents such as Josh Giddey, Rocco Zikarsky, and LaMelo Ball come up big for their teams at the tender age of 17 and 18 while on the other hand, we’ve been able to marvel at Brad Newley, David Barlow and Daniel Kickert all still contributing to…
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Mark Leader joined the Devonport Warriors NBL team in 1983 after graduating from Western Oregon University. He spent two seasons with the club, acting as a player-coach and despite juggling the two roles he averaged 22 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists in his debut season and 29 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists in…
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Two-time NBA All-Star Khris Middleton has purchased a stake in the Brisbane Bullets and joins fellow NBA alumni Kevin Martin and Thaddeus Young as part of the team’s new ownership group. The Bucks’ Khris Middleton will soon be named as a @BrisbaneBullets minority owner in the @NBL, sources say, to become the latest NBA…
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Dejan Vasiljevic was born in Calgary (Canada) after his family fled war-torn Serbia in the 1990s. He later moved with his family to Melbourne at the age of six and shortly after began playing basketball with the Melbourne Tigers junior program. Playing alongside other future NBL talent like Josh Giddey and Jack Purchase, it wasn’t…
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Terrance Ferguson has been released after being sent to the New York Knicks in a trade which included Ferguson, center Vincent Poirier, the draft rights to guard/forward Emir Preldžić and two future second-round picks from the Philadelphia 76ers in a three-team trade that also included Oklahoma City. New York sent guard/forward Ignas Brazdeikis to the…
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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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Illawarra Hawks coach Brian Goorjian is always one to tell it like it is and right now, he is not a fan of the NBL Cup remaining part of the regular season. Due to COVID-19, all nine teams have been situated in Melbourne for a month-long stint, with NBL Cup results counting towards both the…
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