NBL News
The Adelaide 36ers have always maintained their excellence, they have a reputation of being one of the more consistent teams in the league, apart from that awful period of 2006-2012. In total, since their inception as the Adelaide City Eagles in 1982, they have qualified for playoffs on twenty three of the thirty eight seasons…
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It has always been seen the norm for aspiring talents in the National Basketball League to one day reach the biggest heights of America’s National Basketball Association, and for good reason too. The NBA always has been, and more than likely always will be, the greatest basketball league in the world. It is the fastest,…
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In an all-time first for Australian major sport the National Basketball League (NBL) will be broadcast into homes and mobile devices across the United States in the league’s recent partnership with Facebook Watch. 52 NBL games will be streamed via the platform and the NBL Facebook page in the agreement, one which also includes an…
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Ten years ago, the National Basketball League, and Australian basketball in general was a failing disaster. Crowds of as little as 1,000 spectators to domestic matches, hardly any television coverage, limited financial backing and exposure, no genuinely elite talent in the NBA. It looked to be falling apart… literally. Now as we embark on the…
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Basketball Australia wishes to advise Jonah Bolden has informed Australian Head Coach Andrej Lemanis his intent to return to Philadelphia due to personal reasons. As such he has withdrawn from the Australian Boomers team. Andrej Lemanis said he supported Bolden’s decision. “My first thought is always with the player in these situations – having to…
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Mitch Creek seemed like a lock for the Boomers Team to play in the World Championships. He had improved in leaps and bounds over the last 12 months. He’d gone from the G League NBA where he said, “I’ve never had my shot blocked so much in my life,” to a starter in the same league,…
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The 12-man Australian Boomers team that will compete at the FIBA World Cup and the lead-up games in Perth and Melbourne has been announced today, Wednesday, August 7. The team features two players who are set to make their national team debuts. Jonah Bolden and Xavier Cooks have been selected for the first time after…
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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 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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The NBL is experiencing constant growth in attendance, interest and hype both domestically and internationally. This compares to the feeling around the often dubbed ‘peak’ of the A-League around the 2013-14 season where attendance and viewership were high, the league had marquee talents such as Alessandro Del Piero and the national team was filled with…
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