2022-23 NBL Season + Off-season news

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The Sydney Kings have announced they've declined to pick up the option on coach Chase Buford's contract and have parted ways with him.

https://nbl.com.au/news/sydney-kings-ch ... -part-ways

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Melbourne United have announced the return of Matthew Dellavedova on a 2 year deal after playing in the NBA with the Sacramento Kings last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/united-secures- ... ssie-great

Also the Cairns Taipans have announced the signing of local guard Taran Armstrong to a 2 year deal. He's 6'5" and played his college ball at California Baptist.

https://nbl.com.au/news/another-young-s ... nt-factory

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Basketball Australia have announced a "Boomers vs the World" 3 day event in August involving games against Brazil, Venezuela and South Sudan in the lead up to the FIBA World Cup later that month.

BOOMERS vs WORLD EVENT DETAILS:

Monday 14 August

Brazil v South Sudan – 5:30 PM

Australia v Venezuela – 7:45 PM


Wednesday 16 August

Venezuela v South Sudan – 5:30 PM

Australia v Brazil – 7:45 PM


Thursday 17 August

Venezuela v Brazil – 5:30 PM

Australia v South Sudan – 7:45 PM


Venue: Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne

https://nbl.com.au/news/boomers-rod-lav ... -announced

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The 36ers have announced the signing of American born, newly naturalised Aussie Alex Starling to a 1 year deal. He's a 6'6" forward who has dominated in the SA state league for nearly a decade now. Currently playing for defending champions South Adelaide he's the reigning Defensive Player of the Year and GF MVP and has won three championships, two league MVP's and three DPOTY awards.

https://nbl.com.au/news/a-starling-s-born-for-nbl24

Starling originally came out to Australia to play footy for the Sydney Swans who identified him as an international prospect. He also originally came to Adelaide to train with Port Adelaide in the SANFL.

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The Sydney Kings have announced the signing of import forward DJ Hogg to a 2 year deal who played for the Cairns Taipans last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/sydney-lands-su ... -for-nbl24

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The Perth Wildcats have re-signed veteran forward Jesse Wagstaff to a 1 year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/captain-fantast ... -for-perth

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The 36ers have announced the departure of assistant coach Jamie Pearlman to seek opportunities overseas.

https://www.adelaide36ers.com/news/club ... e-pearlman

Also NBL journeyman Jarrad Weeks has announced his retirement after spending the past couple of seasons with the Tasmania JackJumpers.

https://nbl.com.au/news/agent-97-announces-retirement

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NZ Breakers' Kiwi centre Rob Loe has announced his retirement.

https://nbl.com.au/news/breakers-big-an ... retirement

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The Tasmania JackJumpers have re-signed import Milton Doyle to a 2 year deal who finished the season playing in Turkey.

https://nbl.com.au/news/jackjumpers-sta ... -for-nbl24

Also the Cairns Taipans have re-signed Bul Kuol to a 1 year deal who finished the season in France.

https://nbl.com.au/news/sharpshooting-k ... ith-cairns

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The NZ Breakers have announced the signing of Mangok Mathiang to a 1 year deal who played for the Illawarra Hawks last season and finished the season in Israel.

https://nbl.com.au/news/breakers-sign-n ... ted-player

Also the Cairns Taipans have signed Next Star Bobi Klintman from Sweden. He's a 6'10" forward who played for Wake Forest in the NCAA last season and is projected to be a first-round pick in the 2024 NBA Draft.

https://nbl.com.au/news/snakes-strike-to-sign-next-star

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The NZ Breakers have signed Next Star Mantas Rubstavicius from Lithuania. He's a 6'7" forward who played in the EuroCup and Lithuania last season and is projected to be a second-round pick in the 2024 NBA Draft,

https://nbl.com.au/news/lithuanian-nba- ... s-breakers

Also Brisbane Bullets Danish-born guard Rasmus Bach has announced his retirement at just 27. He played three seasons in the NBL the first two with the NZ Breakers and played a couple of seasons in Denmark before that.

https://nbl.com.au/news/brisbane-guard- ... retirement

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The Cairns Taipans have announced the signing of second import Patrick Miller to a one year deal. He's a 6'1" PG who played in Germany last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/globetrotting-g ... queensland

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The Sydney Kings have announced the signing of former Boomer Jonah Bolden to a one-year deal. The 6'8" PF makes his comeback to the sport three years after he retired at the age of 25 to pursue a career trading cryptocurrency and previously played in the NBA with Philadelphia & Phoenix.

https://nbl.com.au/news/former-nba-risi ... oins-kings

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The Sydney Kings have announced the signing of their new coach Mahmoud Abdelfattah. He won a G-League championship and the Coach of the Year award in 2022 and spent last season as an assistant coach with the Houston Rockets in the NBA.

https://nbl.com.au/news/kings-lock-in-nbl24-head-coach

Also the NZ Breakers have signed Aussie big Dane Pineau to a 2 year deal who spent the past few seasons with the SE Melbourne Phoenix.

https://nbl.com.au/news/breakers-furthe ... tre-stocks

In more Breakers news the team has granted Tom Vodanovich his release from his contract so he can play in the Philippines this season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/vodanovich-rele ... s-contract

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The Tasmania JackJumpers have announced the signing of their second import F/C Marcus Lee to a one-year deal who played for Melbourne United last season and finished the season in Italy.

https://nbl.com.au/news/shot-blocking-s ... o-tasmania

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The Tasmania JackJumpers have now announced the signing of their third import Jordon Crawford to a one-year deal. He's a 5'6" PG who was the leading scorer in Turkey last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/jackjumpers-fin ... oring-star

Also today was the NBA Draft and former 36er Mojave King was drafted by the LA Lakers with the 47th pick who then traded his rights to the Indiana Pacers. King played in the G-League last season. Frenchman Rayan Rupert who played for the NZ Breakers last season was drafted by the Portland Trailblazers with the 43rd pick.

As well a number of NBL players have signed with NBA teams to play in the NBA Summer League in July in Sacramento, Utah and Las Vegas.

Sam Waardenburg – Minnesota Timberwolves

Jaylin Galloway – Minnesota Timberwolves

Xavier Cooks – Washington Wizards

Luke Travers – Cleveland Cavaliers

Keanu Pinder – Phoenix Suns

DJ Hogg – Toronto Raptors

Kai Sotto - Orlando Magic

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The Illawarra Hawks have announced the signing of their third import Gary Clark to a one-year deal. He's a 6'6" PF who has played in the NBA with five different teams and played in the G-League last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/hawks-round-out ... ba-veteran

Also the Sydney Kings have announced the signing of a Next Star local Alex Toohey. The 19 year old 6'8" forward who has previously played for the Boomers had committed to Gonzaga but has instead decided to turn pro and has been playing at BA's Centre of Excellence in the NBL1 East.

https://nbl.com.au/news/tooheys-new-pathway-to-stars

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The Illawarra Hawks have signed forward Todd Blanchfield to a 2 year deal who returns to the Hawks for a second stint with the team after playing for the Perth Wildcats the past few seasons.

https://nbl.com.au/news/blanchfield-ret ... ormer-side

Also the Tasmania JackJumpers have signed former 36ers forward Majok Deng to a 1 year deal who spent the past few seasons with the Cairns Taipans.

https://nbl.com.au/news/jackjumpers-com ... bl-veteran

As well the 36ers have signed Craig Simpson as an assistant coach. He had been an assistant with SE Melbourne Phoenix and prior to that spent about a decade coaching in China and also won an NBL championship as an assistant coach with the South Dragons in 2009.

https://nbl.com.au/news/adelaide-adds-experienced-coach

A few more current & former NBL players have been added to NBA Summer League rosters:

Brian Bowen - Minnesota
Jo Lual-Acuil - Portland
Rayan Rupert - Portland
Ousmane Dieng - Oklahoma City
Justin Robinson - Charlotte
Dejan Vasiljevic - Washington
Duop Reath - Portland
Mojave King - Indiana

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In Boomers news Ben Simmons has informed Basketball Australia that he won't be making himself available for the upcoming World Cup.

https://www.espn.com.au/nba/story/_/id/ ... an-boomers

In NBL news Dejan Vasiljevic has announced his departure from the Sydney Kings to pursue opportunities overseas this season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/two-time-champi ... ng-departs

Also the 36ers have announced they will be playing a pre-season game in Mount Gambier against the SE Melbourne Phoenix on Friday September 1st which will be the first game to be played at the new Wulanda Recreation and Convention Centre.

https://nbl.com.au/news/sixers-and-phoe ... pre-season

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The 36ers have announced the signings of their Development Players for this season, Fraser Roxburgh who returns as a DP again currently playing for West Adelaide in the local league, Akeck Aliir who is playing for North Adelaide after playing for the Canberra Gunners last year and half-brother of Port Adelaide AFL star Aliir Allir, Harvey White who plays for Sturt and the previously signed Keanu Rasmussen also playing for Sturt and played his college ball at California Baptist.

https://nbl.com.au/news/36ers-secure-triple-dp-swoop

Also former NBL import Cecil Exum, father of Dante has passed away at the age of 60. He played in the NBL from 1989-1996 with North Melbourne Giants, Melbourne Tigers and the Geelong Supercats. He won an NCAA championship with North Carolina in 1982 where he was a teammate of Michael Jordan & James Worthy and was drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the 1984 NBA Draft.

https://nbl.com.au/news/vale-cecil-exum