State League Hoops
The financial collapse of the Darwin Salties this week has all but closed the door on the possibility of an NBL expansion team based in the Northern Territory. Despite strong community support and government backing, the Salties have announced their withdrawal from the Queensland-based NBL1 North competition, citing unsustainable financial pressures. This development leaves the…
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With all of the players who have lept from Australia to the NBA, we’ve seen them take the most common path of plying their trade in the NBL before reaching the best league in the world. Although this pathway is by far the best way to reach the NBA from Australia, “Snoopy Graham” is a…
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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 this episode on iTunes Justin Hickey, chief executive of the Southern Huskies joins Aussie Hoopla podcast to talk about the team’s decision to play in the New Zealand NBL in 2019 and what the next steps are for the team to join the Australian National Basketball League in 2020. Get 20% off…
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A classy Australian Indigenous basketball team went 1-0 up in a three-game series, with a nail-biting 87-82 win against New Zealand Maori at the Gisborne YMCA in New Zealand last night. Former Cairns Taipan Deba George was the star of the show, scoring 33 points as the Apunipima Australian Indigenous All Stars’ look to…
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Dante Exum, Ben Simmons and even Jonah Bolden are second generation Australian basketballers who are now making an impact in the US, but another second generation basketballer is doing the same under much less spotlight, 18 year old Xavier Cooks. The talented 6’8′ swingman had a number of schools courting him which included Santa Barbara,…
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More than 280 of Australia’s best junior basketballers descended upon Brisbane for the last weekend of July to participate in the 2013 National Under 18 Australian Junior Championships which tipped off at NAB Stadium in Auchenflower. The competition featured 28 teams, 26 boys and girls teams from Australia and two from New Zealand who battled…
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Defense was the name of the game for the Geelong Supercats in an exhibition match last night against Chinese youth team, the Dongguan Leopards. The visiting team, a development team for the Brian Goorjian coached CBA team, are in Australia on a twenty day tour to gain experience against some physically tough teams. The game,…
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The Geelong Supercats will host a visiting Chinese development team on Thursday 29th November in an exhibition match. The Chinese team, made up of promising young players aged 15-19, is coached by former SEABL Nunawading Spectres coach and Knox Raiders player Craig Simpson. The team (the Dongguan Leopards) is a development team for the CBA,…
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Former Geelong Supercats import Isma’il Muhammad is not giving up on his NBA dream just yet. The 6’6 swingman and former SEABL Supercats MVP has been signed by the Hawks in his native city of Atlanta for their training camp which begins tomorrow. Muhammad will be competing for one of only two places remaining on…
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