Jarrad Hurley
The NBL certainly talked up a big game before the season. Larry Kestelman said things to the effect of “We will not be doing anything, with anything less than total professionalism.” Indeed, the fans and players have been wrapped up in such talk, believing Kestleman to be the prophesied ‘White Knight’ of Australian…
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Make no mistake about it, Corey ‘Homicide’ Williams is a bonafide star. He has the fashion sense of Kanye West and the “I don’t give a ——” attitude of Dennis Rodman. His name is revered in the fabled New York playgrounds as shown in the Robert Garcia documentary Doin’ it in the Park, and…
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Dwayne Russell called it today when he said “The Adelaide, Perth rivalry is not a manufactured one.” The man was absolutely right. What we saw tonight at Adelaide Arena was high-octane, play-off level basketball, borne of the passions and stories of seasons’ past. The Adelaide 36ers took their high-flying, full court…
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Less than a month ago, the NBL and Australian basketball community rejoiced at news that the NBL had signed with Fox Sports. I personally called it a ‘Landmark’ deal as it promised something the league has never had: EVERY GAME LIVE in HD. Not SOME games LIVE. Not some games NEAR…
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The NBL has made a lot of partners this off-season And today announced Europcar, another internationally renown brand, as its latest partner. And the partnership has been named something obscure, like “car rental partner”. I am not sure how often car rental will be a factor for the NBL. Also, only days ago, we had…
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It is time that we put on our tin foil hats and get a bit strange and paranoid here, basketball fans. The past few hours have yielded some news which is seemingly unwelcome for Melbourne United. Please take heed of the word “seemingly.” Ibekwe has been granted (giggle) leave on ‘compassionate terms’…
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NBL General Manager and majority owner Larry Kestelman is a man of action, and today’s confirmation that the Brisbane Bullets are set to return for the 2016/17 season is testament to this. It is something the prior incarnations of the league had tried to do – and failed. It is something professional business…
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Some of the NBL’s biggest and brightest were up early this morning for the annual grey jumper convention. In celebration of all things bland, they also showed off their new ISC jerseys. I can only assume that the jerseys are politely coloured as to not draw focus away from the sponsor…
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Larry Kestelman has mentioned the NBL will be announcing some “household names” as sponsors during an interview with Peter Switzer of Switzer Daily on Monday. After throwing a couple of curve balls at confused fans with American renown – yet Australian unknowns McDavid and Shock Doctor, Kestelman said the next announcements will be “a…
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The Champions League Basketball concept was born in 2014. Since then, Co-Founder Matthew Hollard has brought together an Executive Team and an Advisory Team, both comprising of expert basketball and business personnel. With a desire to grow the game of basketball in Australia the team have already begun connecting with fans and setting things…
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