NBL1 South Players of the Week – Round 3
OVER the weekend, the National Basketball League (NBL)1 South competition returned for the third round of the 2024 season, with a bumper amount of games played across the state of Victoria. Round 3 saw some massive wins, close contests and everything in between as the contenders looked to stay at the top of the ladder […]
2023/24 WNBL Team Wrap – Perth Lynx
IT was a season to remember in the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) for the 2023/24 fixture, with an extremely tight season capped off with a marvellous finals series. For a large portion of the season, most of the teams in the competition were in the hunt for a top-four spot. In fact it came […]
Dodson delivers dominant cameo in loss
ALTHOUGH it was not quite the result his Norwood Flames were looking for in their Round 4 clash against the Forestville Eagles in the National Basketball League (NBL)1 Central Men’s, youngster Alex Dodson caught the eye. Dodson has already firmed himself as one of South Australia’s most exciting prospects, and represented both his state and […]
Perth adds pinch of Pepper with latest signing
ONE of the most exciting aspects of the National Basketball League (NBL) off-season is the addition of young talent to Australia’s premier competition, with Elijah Pepper the next rising Aussie to put pen to paper. Following an outstanding collegiate career, Pepper has agreed to a two-year deal with the Perth Wildcats ahead of the 2024/25 […]
Guy brings the roar as Tigers trump Redbacks
LAST weekend saw the Willetton Tigers claim a 16-point win over the Perth Redbacks on the back of a huge double-double from Imani Guy in Round 3 of the 2024 National Basketball League (NBL)1 West Women’s competition. Coming into the matchup, both teams were looking to record their first win of the season, with the […]
2023/24 NBL Team Wrap – Melbourne United
THE 2023/24 National Basketball League (NBL) season was one of the most entertaining in recent memory, with all teams performing at a high level and making a genuine run at some postseason action along the way. All 10 teams were in the hunt for a spot in the finals and play-in until the penultimate round, […]
2023/24 WNBL Team Wrap – Melbourne Boomers
IT was a season to remember in the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) for the 2023/24 fixture, with an extremely tight season capped off with a marvellous finals series. For a large portion of the season, most of the teams in the competition were in the hunt for a top-four spot. In fact it came […]
Ball begins to roll in NBL free agency
ALTHOUGH the National Basketball League (NBL) season wrapped last month, the action rolls on with free agency opening earlier this week. Just a couple of weeks after the Tasmania JackJumpers claimed the 2023/24 title, the free agency period opened, allowing out-of-contract players to make a move to a new team if they were after a […]
Kamu continues progression for Rollers
ONE of the biggest positives for the National Basketball League (NBL)1 is the amount of young talent coming through in the 2024 season, demonstrated by the performance of Elijah Kamu in Round 1 of the North Men’s season. Kamu has improved out of sight each year he has been a part of the Gold Coast […]
Trio of Aussies taken in WNBA Draft
ANOTHER crop of female basketballers have had their dreams realised, after the 2024 Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) Draft took place earlier today. The opening pick of the draft was a foregone conclusion, with the Indiana Fever always set to take Caitlin Clark at pick one, after producing potentially the greatest collegiate career in the […]
Murphy makes her mark off the bench for Bandits
ALTHOUGH much of the action for young guns was at the National Championships over the weekend, Elizabeth Murphy still made waves at National Basketball League (NBL)1 East Women’s level. Now in her second season with the Albury-Wodonga Bandits in one of Australia’s biggest basketball competitions, Murphy is continuing the positive steps she made in her […]
New South Wales brings home gold in Under 18 final
AFTER delivering a strong performance in the final of the 2024 Under-18 Girls National Championship, New South Wales Metro claimed the gold medal by defeating Queensland South by 11 points in Ballarat on Sunday. The girls tournament had seen several contenders stand up over the course of the week, but that list was trimmed down […]
