NBL News
In order to survive and prosper in the competitive Australian sporting market a sport must be able to market itself in a way that attracts the corporate dollar through sponsorship and media deals. The corporate dollar wants value for money and a product that makes good business sense. Media outlets need viewers in order…
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Last year when the NBL was graced with the phenomena that is known only as Josh Childress. Although he may have played just a handful of games due to injury (like many other Kings players) any court stepped he on, he left a mark. The only reason last season’s MVP award doesn’t currently sit on “J-Chillin’s” mantle piece is league’s…
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A few months ago the NBL looked like it would be no more. Australian basketball legends such as Andrew Gaze were calling for the league to take a one year hiatus, while the then Wollongong (Illawarra) Hawks and the Townsville Crocodiles had just fallen into voluntary administration (VA) and didn’t look they would be able…
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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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by Marco Selorio | Hoopdreamz with insight from Bruce Bolden The Sydney Kings are bracing for a massive year after a solid recruitment drive during the offseason. The club has solidified its frontcourt and added plenty of firepower to its bench. After another losing season, the Kings are primed for a return to the…
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Fresh new name, star player signings, champion coach The Illawarra Hawks are ready to soar high again. It was a tumultuous 2014 season filled with financial troubles, but things may be looking up. After finishing at the bottom of the ladder with only 6 wins and 22 losses, the Hawks have rebranded their name,…
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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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When both the then Wollongong Hawks and the Townsville Crocodiles fell into Voluntary Administration (VA) many thought it would be the end for the leagues only surviving club from it’s debut in 1979. In perhaps the greatest 3 month turnaround in sporting history the Hawks have a new coach, a new name, a new source of…
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The Taipans had a great 2014/15 season making it all the way to the Grand Final Series. Let’s have a look at the off season moves made by the Taipans to go attempt to go one step further in the 2015/16 NBL season. Players Out Scottie Wilbekin (Philadelphia 76ers), Mitch Young (Townsville Crocodiles), Corey…
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It’s official Australian Boomers big man Nathan Jawai has officially signed with the Perth Wildcats for the 2015/16 NBL season. There has been a lot of fanfare and press around many big names returning to the NBL this season and names like Chris Goulding, Julian Khazzouh, AJ Ogilvy returning to the NBL are all huge…
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