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NZNBL Player Draft: Team-by-Team picks
YESTERDAY the 2020 Sal’s National Basketball League (NBL) Player Draft was run and done with the 84 players who will take part in this year’s New Zealand NBL selected. Otago Nuggets made history being the first team to read out a drafted selection, taking Jordan Ngatai. The first five rounds were completed within an hour […]
Ngatai the Nugget as first five rounds of 2020 Sal’s NBL Draft are completed
JORDAN Ngatai has made history as the first selection in the inaugural 2020 Sal’s National Basketball League (NBL) Draft. The 196cm, 98kg small forward previously played for Wellington Saints, but will run out on court for the Otago Nuggets who return to the New Zealand NBL for the first time since 2014. Ngatai has also […]
2020 NZNBL Top 5 games to watch: Pre-draft
WHILST the 2020 New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL) lists are yet to be known until fully completed over the next two weeks, there are already some games on the fixture that fans of those sides will be pencilling in as must-watch matches. It could be the history between the sides or those with a […]
NBL New Zealand to host 2020 draft ahead of six-week season
NOT only is New Zealand’s National Basketball League (NBL) providing sports-deprived fans with a much needed reprieve, but it is doing it in style with a player draft to determine teams. In what will be a New Zealand NBL first, the 2020 Sal’s NBL competition will run for six weeks, with the seven competing teams […]
2022 NZNBL preview: Taranaki Airs
THE only way is up for Taranaki Mountainairs who finished on the bottom of the ladder last New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL) season. In 2022, they have a fairly solid list and look likely to lift themselves from the canvas, but with a couple of exciting players leading a lot of unknowns, it will […]
Draft Central’s Top 20 Players of the 2020 Sal’s NBL Showdown: Complete List
HERE is our complete list of the Top 20 Player of the 2020 Sal’s NBL Showdown. Click on any of the links below to view the corresponding article: #1 Tom Vodanovich (Jets) #2 Derone Raukawa (Airs) #3 Jordan Ngatai (Nuggets) #4 Marcel Jones (Airs) #5 Hyrum Harris (Jets) #6 Izayah Mauriohooho Le’afa (Huskies) #7 Taylor […]
2020 Sal’s NBL June 28 night preview: Bulls v Huskies and Giants v Jets
THE final night of 2020 Sal’s National Basketball League (NBL) week one action is upon us and two huge clashes round out the week. The two Auckland sides face off in a massive first match, before the Nelson Giants and Manawatu Jets go at it in what shapes to be a classic encounter. FRANKLIN BULLS […]
NZNBL Draft: Who are some of the first round contenders?
WITH the 2020 New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL) Player Draft Order decided earlier today, the seven teams know where they stand. What they also know, is how successful their pre-selections were, and who they have managed to pick up prior to the unknown of draft night. There is plenty of talent on offer, and […]
