2023-24 NBL Season + Off-season news

[Gozu]

The Cairns Taipans have signed former 36ers big Kyrin Galloway to a 2 year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/snakes-strike-t ... n-galloway

Also the 36ers have re-signed Alex Starling to a one-year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/starling-signs-sixers-extension

[Gozu]

The Sydney Kings have signed Bul Kuol to a 3 year deal formerly of the Cairns Taipans.

https://nbl.com.au/news/kings-add-free- ... -year-deal

[Gozu]

The NZ Breakers have signed Jonah Bolden to a one-year deal. The former Sydney King is currently playing in Puerto Rico during the off-season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/breakers-add-ex ... ming-squad

Also the Tasmania JackJumpers have signed Sean Macdonald to a one-year extension putting him under contract until 2026. The former development player has also been elevated to the roster for next season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/macdonald-exten ... mpers-stay

Finally the Cairns Taipans have re-signed Jonah Antonio to a one-year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/cairns-retain-h ... arpshooter

[Gozu]

The SE Melbourne Phoenix have signed import Derrick Walton to a one-year deal. He won a championship with the Sydney Kings in 2023 when he was Finals MVP and played this past season in China.

https://nbl.com.au/news/superstar-impor ... -melbourne

[Gozu]

The 36ers have re-signed local lad Jacob Rigoni to a 2 year deal, elevating him to the roster after being a NRP player last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/local-sharpshoo ... ixers-deal

Also the Cairns Taipans have signed import Tanner Groves to a one-year deal. He's a 6-9 PF who played in Poland, China and Germany this past season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/taipans-secure- ... -for-nbl25

[Gozu]

The NBL have announced a continuation of the current Broadcast deal with ESPN, Network 10 and News Corp for next season. ESPN will continue to broadcast all games live and Network 10 will show a game on their main channel on Sunday afternoons seemingly replacing the previous two games each Sunday on 10 Peach.

https://nbl.com.au/news/nbl-strikes-new-media-deal

Also the Illawarra Hawks have announced they've re-signed import Tyler Harvey to a 3 year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/hawks-star-sign ... -extension

[Keefy]

Corey 'Homicide' Williams has lost his battle with cancer

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/ba ... 3b3b059520

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[PatowalongaPirate]

Very sad news, rest in peace.

[Spargo]

Corey 'Homicide' Williams has lost his battle with cancer

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/ba ... 3b3b059520

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Oh man…

[Gozu]

Really sad news he was only 46.

https://nbl.com.au/news/vale-corey-williams

RIP Corey

[Wedgie]

Geezus, that's a shock, I didn't realise he was sick, RIP Homicide!

[Gozu]

Melbourne United have announced the signing of Boomers forward Jack White to a 2 year deal. He played in the G-League this past season and finished the season with the Memphis Grizzlies after winning an NBA championship with the Denver Nuggets in 2023.

https://nbl.com.au/news/nba-champion-re ... -melbourne

[Gozu]

Basketball Australia have trimmed the Boomers Olympic squad from 22 players down to 17 with Will McDowell-White, Sam Froling, Keanu Pinder, Rocco Zikarsky and Johnny Furphy being cut from the squad.

The 17-man squad is Xavier Cooks, Dyson Daniels, Matthew Dellavedova, Dante Exum, Josh Giddey, Chris Goulding, Josh Green, Joe Ingles, Nick Kay, Jock Landale, Will Magnay, Jack McVeigh, Patty Mills, Duop Reath, Matisse Thybulle, Dejan Vasiljevic and Jack White.

https://nbl.com.au/news/boomers-trim-olympic-squad

[Gozu]

The 36ers have announced the signing of South Aussie lad Ben Griscti to a 3 year deal. He's a 6'11" centre who just finished playing his college ball at UC Riverside.

https://nbl.com.au/news/sixers-sign-hom ... ege-talent

Also the Brisbane Bullets have signed import Keandre Cook to a one-year deal. He's a 6'5" SG who played in Germany last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/bullets-secure- ... arpshooter

Finally Basketball Australia have announced a select team to play two games against Japan in Hokkaido on June 22 & 23.

Kyle Bowen, Alex Condon, Ben Henshall, Sam Froling, Keli Leaupepe, Mitchell McCarron, Mitch Norton, Elijah Pepper, Tyler Robertson, Reyne Smith, Alex Toohey, Rocco Zikarsky
 
Head Coach: Dean Vickerman

https://nbl.com.au/news/boomers-announc ... elect-side

[Gozu]

In a bit of a surprise the NZ Breakers have announced that coach Mody Maor has quit to take up a contract in Japan.

https://nbl.com.au/news/maor-to-depart-breakers

Also the Tasmania JackJumpers have re-signed import Jordon Crawford to a one-year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/jackjumpers-re- ... nship-hero

[Gozu]

The NBL have announced the event HoopsFest will take place in Perth featuring all of the NBL & WNBL teams playing out the first round of the NBL & WNBL 2024-25 seasons.

Thu September 19 - Melbourne vs Tasmania @ RAC Arena

Fri September 20 - Perth vs SE Melbourne @ RAC Arena

Sat September 21 - NZ Breakers vs Brisbane @ HBF Stadium, Cairns vs Illawarra @ HBF Stadium

Sun September 22 - Adelaide vs Sydney @ RAC Arena

https://nbl.com.au/news/basketball-extravaganza-hits-wa

Also the Cairns Taipans have announced the signing of their second import Rob Edwards to a one-year deal. He's a 6'5" SG who played in the G-League last season and has previously played a couple of games in the NBA with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

https://nbl.com.au/news/taipans-secure- ... l25-import

[Gozu]

Finally confirmed the Sydney Kings have signed former NBL MVP Xavier Cooks to a 3 year deal. After being released by the Washington Wizards during the pre-season he spent this past season playing in Japan.

https://nbl.com.au/news/kingdom-welcome ... vps-return

Also the Tasmania JackJumpers have signed their third import Craig Sword to a one-year deal. He's a 6'3" guard who has previously played a few games with the Washington Wizards and played in the G-League last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/jackjumpers-rou ... mport-trio

[Gozu]

The owners of the Perth Wildcats including AFL personality Craig Hutchison have announced they've received a $36 million offer for a 90% stake in the team.

https://nbl.com.au/news/wildcats-receive-40m-offer

[Gozu]

The Tasmania JackJumpers have announced the signing of Aussie Roman Siulepa as a Next Star. The 17 year old is a 6'7" SF and has been averaging 21 ppg & 10.7 rpg competing against men for South West Metro Pirates in the NBL1 North.

https://nbl.com.au/news/aussie-prodigy- ... -next-star

Also former NBA legend Carmelo Anthony has become an ambassador of the Next Stars program and will also take an ownership stake in a future NBL expansion team.

https://nbl.com.au/news/carmelo-anthony ... team-owner

[Gozu]

The Sydney Kings have announced the signing of import Cameron Oliver to a one-year deal. The 6'8" PF returns to the NBL previously playing for the Cairns Taipans from 2019-21 and has since had a few stints in the NBA with the Houston Rockets and Atlanta Hawks and played in China last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/kings-secure-su ... rt-signing