Author: Dan Boyce
SBS and ESPN have become the new home of basketball with a two-year deal to broadcast NBL games being announced today. The deal will also include televising the upcoming international games between Australia, US, Canada and New Zealand and SBS plans to broadcast the 2019-20 NBA season within this agreement also. SBS will broadcast every game of the…
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Download and listen to Aussie Hoopla podcast on the links below. iTunes – Spotify – Stitcher – Libsyn – TuneIn In 1995 the NBL was arguably at its peak among Australian sports history. The North Melbourne Giants were the reigning NBL champions and in a move to replace injured star Paul Maley they recruited Chris Jent, who had won…
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While Basketball Australia are currently focused on staging highest attended basketball game in Australian history when the Boomers face Team USA next month, plans are underway to outdo that in 2020. 120,000 fans will attend a two game series between the two countries on Thursday 22 and Saturday 24 August 2019 at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium…
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Download and listen to Aussie Hoopla podcast on the links below. iTunes – Spotify – Stitcher – Libsyn – TuneIn With Basketball Australia in the media heavily over the past twelve months with the Boomers “basketbrawl” in the Philippines, bringing Team USA to Australia to face the Boomers in two sell-out games, choosing to dissolve the SEABL and recently deciding…
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Download and listen to Aussie Hoopla podcast on the links below. iTunes – Spotify – Stitcher – Libsyn – TuneIn Darnell Mee played college basketball at Western Kentucky University before being drafted by the Golden State Warriors in the 1993 NBA Draft. After being traded to the Denver Nuggets on draft night he went on to play two seasons in the NBA competing…
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Basketball in Newcastle is booming and as a result a brand new 10-court facility, which will include a 4,000 seat show court, after securing $25 million in funding through this week’s state budget. The venue has been built with a plan to launch the regions inaugural WNBL team and possibly an NBL team back to the…
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Download and listen to Aussie Hoopla podcast on the links below. iTunes – Spotify – Stitcher – Libsyn – TuneIn Benny Lewis played 250 games in the NBL and was one of the most potent scorers of the 1980’s. He arrived in the NBL in 1981, signing with Illawarra and averaging 20.5 points per game in his first season. He…
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Last year the Sydney Kings Amritpal Singh made history by becoming the first Indian born player to compete in the National Basketball League. At 27 years old Singh had already achieved arguably more than any basketball player India has produced. He had captained the national team, led India to some key international victories and after…
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Download and listen to Aussie Hoopla podcast on the links below. iTunes – Spotify – Stitcher – Libsyn – TuneIn Dusty Rychart was a star at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis where he became a three year starter after being a walk-on in 1997. After missing out on the 2002 NBA draft, moved to Australia and joined the Victoria Giants for the 2002–03 NBL season. Although…
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Rumours have circulated for weeks within basketball circles that the New Zealand Breakers had decided to part ways with head coach Kevin Braswell after the team missed the playoffs last season. Although no announcements have been made as yet, it seems Dan Shamir, the current coach of Hapoel Holon in the Israel Super League will…
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