2023-24 NBL Season + Off-season news

[Gozu]

As the current NBL champions the Tasmania JackJumpers have been invited to play in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup in Singapore this September. The tournament will feature club teams from around the world including reigning BCL champions Unicaja Malaga from Spain.

https://nbl.com.au/news/jackjumpers-go- ... nental-cup

Also an Indigenous Basketball Australia team featuring some NBL players beat a touring Sacramento State 72-59 in Logan, Queensland. Top scorers for the IBA team were Kian Dennis and Will Hickey each with 17 points and Biwali Bayles had 10 points and for the Hornets top scorer was Jacob Holt with 19 points.

[king neptune]

Looking ahead to the Olympics, who should the Boomers starting 5 be? Should Mills and Ingles now be coming off the bench? My best guess-

Reath
Landale
Thybulle
Green
Mills

[Gozu]

Looking ahead to the Olympics, who should the Boomers starting 5 be? Should Mills and Ingles now be coming off the bench? My best guess-

Reath
Landale
Thybulle
Green
Mills

An argument could be made neither deserve to start anymore in what will likely be their international farewells. Goorjian has basically said Giddey is the man on the team now so he'll be starting and I expect Cooks will probably start especially now that he and Goorj are together at the Kings. My best guess:

Landale
Cooks
Thybulle
Mills
Giddey

[Gozu]

Tonight at 8:30pm there is a documentary airing on Channel 9 about the Gaze family and their role in the history of the sport in Australia.

[Gozu]

The NBL have released the 2024-25 Season schedule tipping off Thursday September 19. A few highlights of the schedule include:

- Round 1 to be played in Perth under the HoopsFest banner

- The open-air game will be a Grand Final rematch Tasmania at Melbourne on December 23

- A Christmas Eve game Brisbane at Adelaide

- A double-header on Christmas Day Illawarra at Sydney and NZ at Tasmania

- A Boxing Day game Melbourne at Cairns

- A New Year's Eve double-header SE Melbourne at Illawarra and NZ at Cairns

https://nbl.com.au/news/nbl25-season-starts-with-a-bang

[Gozu]

An Australia select team just completed a two game series the Nissay Cup against Japan in Japan.

Australia won the first game on Saturday 90-89 top scorers were Illawarra Hawk Sam Froling with 26 points and Perth Wildcats signing Elijah Pepper scored 12 and Alex Condon had 11 points. In the second one this afternoon the game finished in a tie 95-95 with no OT due to exhibition game rules and the top scorers for Australia were Sydney Kings Next Star Alex Toohey with 22, Alex Condon had 13, Elijah Pepper 12 and Brisbane Bullets veteran Mitch Norton had 10 points.

The SE Melbourne Phoenix have signed Kiwi big Tom Vodanovich to a one-year deal. After starting the season in the Philippines he signed with the Tasmania JackJumpers late last season where he won his second NBL championship after success in 2022 with the Sydney Kings.

https://nbl.com.au/news/proven-winner-lands-at-phoenix

[Gozu]

The first round of the NBA Draft happened today and a couple of NBL Next Star players were selected. The Washington Wizards used the #2 pick to select Alexandre Sarr from the Perth Wildcats and the Milwaukee Bucks used the #23 pick to select AJ Johnson of the Illawarra Hawks. The second round of the NBA Draft will be tomorrow.

Washington Wizards #2 pick Alexandre Sarr:

https://nbl.com.au/news/nba-draft-pick- ... andre-sarr

Milwuakee Bucks #23 pick AJ Johnson:

https://nbl.com.au/news/nba-draft-pick- ... aj-johnson

Also the NBL have announced they and a consortium Wollemi Capital Group Syndicate have bought majority ownership in the WNBL with Basketball Australia retaining a minority share. The deal will begin after the completion of the 2024-25 WNBL season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/wnbl-set-for-historic-new-era

[Jim05]

If Sarr is the second best pick in the draft then it really was a dogshit draft. He is deadset ordinary

[MW]

If Sarr is the second best pick in the draft then it really was a dogshit draft. He is deadset ordinary

Good to see your optimism transcends sports

[Jim05]

If Sarr is the second best pick in the draft then it really was a dogshit draft. He is deadset ordinary

Good to see your optimism transcends sports

Guess time will tell but I just don’t see it with him yet

[Booney]

Trentyn Flowers has signed with the LA Clippers as an undrafted free agent.

[Gozu]

Big day of NBL related news, firstly the 36ers have announced the signing of lead assistant coach Mike Wells. He's been a longtime assistant coach in the NBA with the Charlotte Hornets last season and previously at the Utah Jazz, Washington Wizards, LA Lakers, Houston Rockets and San Antonio Spurs.

https://nbl.com.au/news/adelaides-globa ... year-coach

Also the second round of the NBA Draft was on today which saw Aussie forward Johnny Furphy from Kansas drafted with the #35 pick by San Antonio and then had his rights traded to the Indiana Pacers. Also a further two NBL Next Stars were drafted Minnesota used the #37 pick to select Bobi Klintman from the Cairns Taipans and then traded his rights to the Detroit Pistons and the Dallas Mavericks used the #58 pick to select Ariel Hukporti from Melbourne United and then traded his rights to the New York Knicks.

Indiana Pacers #35 pick Johnny Furphy

https://nbl.com.au/news/nba-draft-pick- ... nny-furphy

Detroit Pistons #37 pick Bobi Klintman

https://nbl.com.au/news/nba-draft-pick- ... i-klintman

New York Knicks #58 pick Ariel Hukporti

https://nbl.com.au/news/nba-draft-pick- ... l-hukporti

Also as previously mentioned 36ers Next Star Trentyn Flowers went undrafted and was then signed by the LA Clippers.

https://nbl.com.au/news/flowers-lands-dream-nba-deal

And finally Brisbane Bullets forward Josh Bannan who went undrafted will play for the LA Clippers Summer League team and Sydney Kings signing Tyler Robertson will play for the Washington Wizards Summer League team too. It's also now been reported that departing Melbourne United big Jo Lual-Acuil will play for the Sacramento Kings SL team too.

https://nbl.com.au/news/nbl-young-guns- ... mer-league

[Gozu]

The Boomers play their first warm up game tomorrow night ahead of the Olympics against China in Melbourne. They play a second game on Thursday night too both games start at 7pm live on Kayo Freebies.

The Illawarra Hawks have announced the signing of former 36ers import Trey Kell to a one-year deal. After the NBL season Kell finished the season in Turkey.

https://nbl.com.au/news/hawks-secure-star-import

Also the Perth Wildcats have signed Izan Almansa from Spain as a Next Star. The 19 year old is a 6'10" F/C and played for the G-League Unite team last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/spanish-phenom- ... -next-star

[Gozu]

Good first up win by the Boomers tonight. Jack McVeigh certainly put forward a good case for his Paris inclusion. Jock Landale, Josh Green and Dante Exum were rested but all three are expected to play on Thursday night.

Australia 107 (McVeigh 24, Reath 21, Goulding 14, Cooks 10) def China 87 (Liao 26, Lanqin 18, Yu 12)

Also today the Sydney Kings announced they've re-signed star import Jaylen Adams to a one-year deal. He finished last season in China after the NBL season concluded.

https://nbl.com.au/news/adams-returns-t ... dded-kings

As well the Cairns Taipans have announced the signing of naturalised Dillon Stith to a 2 year deal. The 6'7" forward has previously had a couple of stints with Melbourne United as a fill-in import became a naturalised Aussie last year and played in Luxembourg last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/new-snake-stith ... imate-test

Finally the NBL also announced the Blitz pre-season tournament will again be played on the Gold Coast from September 7-14.

https://nbl.com.au/news/gold-coast-blitz-returns

[Gozu]

Last night the Boomers beat China 91-58 in Melbourne with the 17 man squad to be reduced to the final 12 leaving for Abu Dhabi.

Australia 91 (Landale 19, Goulding 12, Giddey 11) def China 58 (Liao 15, He 10)

The final 12 man team for Paris is reported to be:

Josh Giddey
Dyson Daniels
Josh Green
Dante Exum
Patty Mills
Matthew Dellavedova
Joe Ingles
Jack McVeigh
Will Magnay
Nick Kay
Duop Reath
Jock Landale

That means Chris Goulding, Xavier Cooks, DJ Vasiljevic, Jack White and Matisse Thybulle have reportedly been cut.

https://nbl.com.au/news/report-australi ... m-revealed

Also in NBL news the NZ Breakers have announced the signing of their new coach Petteri Koponen to a 3 year deal. The 36 year old has coached in the Euroleague Next Generation tournament the past two years and will be an assistant coach with San Antonio at this year's NBA Summer League.

Koponen retired from his playing career in 2022 and had a long and decorated career playing in the best leagues in Europe and was a mainstay on the Finnish national team. He was also a first round draft pick by the Philadelphia 76ers in 2007 but never played in the NBA.

https://nbl.com.au/news/breakers-name-h ... -for-nbl25

[MW]

An absolute joke of a line up.
Ingles who is a catch and shoot who doesnt shoot anymore in the squad yet Matisse is one of the better NBA defenders gets cut.
Delly? LOL
Goorjian playing favourites unsurprisingly.

[king neptune]

Dellavedova playing over Thybulle!? Goorjian you clown

[Gozu]

The SE Melbourne Phoenix have announced the signing of import Joe Wieskamp to a one-year deal. He's a 6'6" swingman who has previously played in the NBA with San Antonio and Toronto and played in the G-League last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/phoenix-add-nba-talent

[Gozu]

The NBL have announced the NBL x NBA pre-season games will continue this year with the NZ Breakers going over to the US to take on the Utah Jazz on Saturday October 5 and the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday October 11.

https://nbl.com.au/news/jazz-and-thunde ... -preseason

Also former Melbourne United Next Star Ariel Hukporti has officially signed with the New York Knicks to a two-way contract. After the NBL season Hukporti finished playing last season in his native Germany.

https://nbl.com.au/news/report-hukporti ... nicks-deal

[Gozu]

The SE Melbourne Phoenix have announced they've signed Malique Lewis as a Next Star. The 6'8" forward is from Trinidad & Tobago and played in the G-League last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/unique-malique-next-star-signed

Also the Brisbane Bullets have signed forward Jarred Bairstow to a one-year deal who spent the past few seasons with the Tasmania JackJumpers.

https://nbl.com.au/news/bairstows-homec ... at-bullets

As well SEG headed by footy personality Craig Hutchison have sold a 90% stake in the Perth Wildcats to Mark Arena's MT Arena Capital Investment valuating the team at $40 million with SEG retaining a minority share.

https://nbl.com.au/news/wildcats-sale-progresses