2023-24 NBL Season + Off-season news

[mal]

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Crawf is a star
The BIG question is will Crawf play as a midfielder for the Tasmanian Devils

[Gozu]

The BIG question is will Crawf play as a midfielder for the Tasmanian Devils

The irony being at 5'6" he would probably be too short to play AFL but playing basketball against 7 footers no problem

So happy for Tasmania and the JackJumpers I thought they had a real shot to win it this season after adding Deng & Drmic but thought little Jordon Crawford might get exploited by other teams. As cold as he was earlier in the playoffs you would think the JJ's will try and bring him back next season. He's going to be in demand he lead the Turkish league in scoring last season too.

[Gozu]

Game 5

Tasmania 83 (Crawford 32, McVeigh 14, Doyle 11, Magnay 11) def Melbourne 81 (Lual-Acuil 14, Dellavedova 13, Goulding 13, Travers 13, Clark 11, Ili 11)

JackJumpers win the championship 3-2

Finals MVP: Jack McVeigh, Tasmania

[mal]

Great work Gozu

[saintal]

Wow, what a series and result that was.

First team from outside Melb, Perth, Sydney and NZ to win a title since 2007. And they did it in just season #3

[Wedgie]

Just the 2nd Tasmanian side to win the NBL ever!

[Gozu]

The Sydney Kings have re-signed Kouat Noi to a 3 year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/king-kouat-inks ... ith-sydney

Also Nathan Sobey and the Brisbane Bullets have parted ways, he's believed to be headed to SEM Phoenix.

https://nbl.com.au/news/sobey-issues-fa ... to-bullets

[Gozu]

The NZ Breakers have re-signed star import Parker Jackson-Cartwright to a one-year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/star-guard-retu ... -for-nbl25

Also the NBL have announced that NBA Champion and popular NBA TV commentator Kenny Smith has been appointed ambassador of the Next Stars program in the US. Smith will have an active role in recruiting, mentoring and developing Next Stars players and he will also become a part-owner of an NBL expansion team in the future.

https://nbl.com.au/news/kenny-smith-joi ... next-stars

[Gozu]

The Brisbane Bullets have announced they've signed veteran guard Mitch Norton to a 2 year contract extension putting him under contract until 2027. Also the Bullets have picked up their options on the contracts of Tyrell Harrison and Isaac White for next season plus in a bit of a surprise they've also picked up the mutual option on import Casey Prather for next season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/core-quartet-si ... th-bullets

Also in NBA Aussie news Jack White has signed a 10 day contract with the Memphis Grizzlies after playing in the G-League this season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/white-inks-10-d ... -grizzlies

[Gozu]

There has been a flurry of announcements ahead of the NBL Free Agency list being released tomorrow:

The 36ers have announced import Jacob Wiley won't be back next season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/wiley-departs-36ers

Melbourne United have signed star Chris Goulding to a 2 year extension putting him under contract until 2027.

https://nbl.com.au/news/goulding-extends-united-stay

NBL champs the Tasmania JackJumpers have re-signed Majok Deng to a 2 year deal.

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

Cairns Taipans have re-signed Sam Waardenburg to a one-year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/snakes-secure-s ... of-key-big

Perth Wildcats have re-signed veteran Jesse Wagstaff to a one-year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/wildcats-legend ... 6th-season

Finally Basketball Australia have announced an initial 22 man Boomers squad for the Olympic Games in Paris:

Dyson Daniels, Matthew Dellavedova, Xavier Cooks, Dante Exum, Sam Froling, Johnny Furphy, Josh Giddey, Chris Goulding, Josh Green, Joe Ingles, Nick Kay, Jock Landale, Will Magnay, Will McDowell-White, Jack McVeigh, Patty Mills, Keanu Pinder, Duop Reath, Matisse Thybulle, Dejan Vasiljevic, Jack White, Rocco Zikarsky.

https://nbl.com.au/news/aussie-ball-min ... mers-squad

[king neptune]

Finally Basketball Australia have announced an initial 22 man Boomers squad for the Olympic Games in Paris:

Dyson Daniels, Matthew Dellavedova, Xavier Cooks, Dante Exum, Sam Froling, Johnny Furphy, Josh Giddey, Chris Goulding, Josh Green, Joe Ingles, Nick Kay, Jock Landale, Will Magnay, Will McDowell-White, Jack McVeigh, Patty Mills, Keanu Pinder, Duop Reath, Matisse Thybulle, Dejan Vasiljevic, Jack White, Rocco Zikarsky.

https://nbl.com.au/news/aussie-ball-min ... mers-squad

No Ben Simmons!!!???

[Gozu]

The NBL Free Agents list has been released:

https://nbl.com.au/news/nbl25-free-agents-list-revealed

36ers

Dejan Vasiljevic - Contracted
Isaac Humphries - Contracted
Jason Cadee - Contracted
Nick Marshall - Contracted
Trentyn Flowers - Contracted (Next Star)

Looks like they forgot to include Sunday Dech and Flowers although technically under contract is not expected back.

[Gozu]

36ers Next Star Trentyn Flowers has declared for the NBA Draft,

https://nbl.com.au/news/flowers-declares-for-nba-draft

Also the Tasmania JackJumpers have signed Finals MVP Jack McVeigh to a 2 year extension putting him under contract until 2027.

https://nbl.com.au/news/jackjumpers-ext ... nship-star

As well the JackJumpers have re-signed Anthony Drmic to a one-year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/drmic-re-signs-with-jackjumpers

[Gozu]

Opening day of free-agency today which saw SE Melbourne Phoenix announce the signing of Nathan Sobey to a 2 year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/south-east-melb ... ey-signing

Also the Brisbane Bullets have signed South Sudanese-Aussie Deng Adel to a one-year deal. He played in France last season and previously played for the Illawarra Hawks and also with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA.

https://nbl.com.au/news/adel-secures-nbl-return

The Sydney Kings announced the signing of local Keli Leaupepe to a 3 year deal. He's a 6'6" PF who just finishing playing his college ball at Loyola Marymount.

https://nbl.com.au/news/kings-confirm-c ... ar-signing

[DOC]

36ers Next Star Trentyn Flowers has declared for the NBA Draft,

https://nbl.com.au/news/flowers-declares-for-nba-draft

I don’t think he did anywhere near enough to get drafted.

[Gozu]

The 36ers have announced the signing of local Adelaide big Lat Mayen to a one-year deal after playing for the Cairns Taipans the past couple of seasons.

https://nbl.com.au/news/adelaide-secure ... etown-hero

36ers Next Star Trentyn Flowers has declared for the NBA Draft,

https://nbl.com.au/news/flowers-declares-for-nba-draft

I don’t think he did anywhere near enough to get drafted.

Neither did I but they draft on potential and all it takes is 1 team out of 30 to convince themselves they see something they like.

[Gozu]

The SE Melbourne Phoenix have signed big Jordan Hunter to a 3 year deal formerly of the Sydney Kings.

https://nbl.com.au/news/champion-center ... oenix-deal

SE Melbourne have also signed his Sydney Kings teammate Angus Glover to a 2 year deal.

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

The NZ Breakers have signed former 36er Mojave King to a one-year deal. The NBA Draftee played in the G-League last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/nba-draftee-heads-to-breakers

Melbourne United have again lured Kiwi Rob Loe out of retirement signing him to a one-year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/united-coax-vet ... retirement

The Tasmania JackJumpers have signed big Gorjok Gak to a 2 year deal formerly of SE Melbourne Phoenix.

https://nbl.com.au/news/gak-signing-fir ... -champions

Finally Basketball Australia have announced the Boomers will play warm-up games against the USA on July 16 and Serbia on July 17 both in Abu Dhabi and against China in Melbourne in early July in the lead up to the Olympic Games in Paris.

https://nbl.com.au/news/boomers-set-to- ... tudded-usa

[Gozu]

The Sydney Kings have signed Izayah Le'afa to a 2 year deal formerly of the NZ Breakers.

https://nbl.com.au/news/elite-defensive ... s-to-kings

As well the Perth Wildcats have signed local Elijah Pepper to a 2 year deal. He's a 6'4" guard who just finished playing his college ball at UC Davis.

https://nbl.com.au/news/perth-adds-pepper-for-nbl25

Also the Brisbane Bullets have signed Tohi Smith-Milner to a 2 year deal formerly of the 36ers.

https://nbl.com.au/news/brisbane-adds-c ... inning-big

[Gozu]

The Sydney Kings have announced the signing of local Tyler Robertson to a 3 year deal. He's a 6'6" swingman who played his college ball at the University of Portland.

https://nbl.com.au/news/sharpshooting-c ... ith-sydney

Also the Cairns Taipans have signed South Sudanese-Aussie Jackson Makoi to a one- year deal. The 6'5" PG plays for the South Sudan national team and spent the past couple of seasons with the Sydney Kings as a development player.

https://nbl.com.au/news/south-sudan-sup ... queensland

Finally Basketball Australia have confirmed the Boomers will play two Olympic warm-up games against Japan in Hokkaido on June 22 & 23 followed by two games against China in Melbourne on July 2 & 4 and then the two games in Abu Dhabi against the USA on July 15 and Serbia on July 16 before heading to Paris.

https://nbl.com.au/news/boomers-set-to- ... tudded-usa

[Gozu]

The NZ Breakers have announced the signing of Mitch McCarron to a 2 year deal formerly of the 36ers.

https://nbl.com.au/news/veteran-guard-f ... o-breakers