NBL News
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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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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He’s not an NBL Next Star, nor is he likely to win NBL Rookie Of The Year but Tanner Krebs is a big part of the Brisbane Bullets success this season. Krebs lockdown defence and basketball IQ was injected into the Bullets starting line-up this month, and the Bullets have been playing better than they…
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NBL basketball has arrived in Tasmania a little earlier than planned. While the state prepares for the newest NBL franchise, the Tasmania JackJumpers to debut in next years NBL competition, The NZ Breakers will call Tasmania home for up to six weeks in April/May. The move is a result of COVID-19 limiting overseas travel and…
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Three-time NBL champion and two-time league MVP Bryce Cotton is expected to be an Australian citizen before the end of the NBL season. The biggest hurdle for Bryce to this point has been getting federal government approval for his distinguished talent visa application which finally found it’s way to Cotton’s email this morning. The next…
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0-15 was the stat line everyone looked at on Saturday night as Illawarra lost 95-101 to the Cairns Taipans. Deng Adel, the teams big-name signing this off-season who was coming off a 2018-19 season spent with the Cleveland Cavaliers struggled to impact the game, finishing with only 1 point in 23 minutes of game time…
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On the Aussie Hoopla podcast we’ve often discussed the benefits of the NBL having its teams or an All-Star team participate in the NBA summer league but this latest concept maybe even better. NBL Commissioner Jeremy Loeliger has noted discussions are underway about holding the NBL Cup in the USA as a talent showcase focused…
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The news leaked that Adelaide was looking to replace import Donald Sloan with former San Antonio Spurs swingman Brandon Paul but that news has been confirmed by Adelaide front office today. The 29-year-old Illinois native started his professional basketball career in 2013 after a standout NCAA career at the University of Illinois. Paul was a…
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Australian Boomers star Ryan Broekhoff has agreed to a one year deal with the South East Melbourne Phoenix. Media confirmed the South East Melbourne was offering a home to Broekhoff if he was unable to find an NBA team two weeks ago and with the swingman still without an NBA team a deal was struck…
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