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NBL Next Star Watch – Round 6

This year’s talented class of Next Stars have begun to find their way into rotations, with the most recent being Dash Daniels and Noa Kouakou-Heugue pushing their way into a bench role, and Karim Lopez and Malique Lewis continuing their solid play for their respective teams.  Noa Kouakou-Heugue – Perth Wildcats 18-year-old French talent Kouakou-Heugue […]

Boomers roster confirmed for New Zealand clash

THE AUSTRALIAN Boomers have announced the squad of players that will be donning the green and gold for their clash with the New Zealand Tall Blacks in the first window of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Asian Qualifiers. The Tasman rivals will lock horns in two clashes, the first of which will take place […]

2025/26 NBL Team Preview – Perth Wildcats

IT IS the beginning of a new era out west ahead of the upcoming 2025/26 fixture in the National Basketball League (NBL), with the Perth Wildcats commencing life without one of the competition’s greatest players. It was a stunning development over the off-season when five-time Most Valuable Player Bryce Cotton departed the team to join […]

Wildcats win over United to kick off Blitz

THE NBL Blitz is underway in Canberra, with the Perth Wildcats claiming a solid eight-point win over Melbourne United when the two sides kicked off the tournament at AIS Arena on Wednesday night. Following a couple of weeks of exhibition matches, the official preseason tournament began in the nation’s capital last night, offering a proper […]

Narkle a natural on big stage as Bucs best Senators

THE GERALDTON Buccaneers are the 2025 NBL1 West Men’s Champions, after Johny Narkle led them to a thrilling three-point win over the Warwick Senators in a cracking Grand Final at RAC Arena on Saturday night. A rematch of the qualifying final between these two sides, the Buccaneers were looking for revenge after being convincingly bested […]

NBL1 signings continue in the NBL

REWARD is coming for NBL1 players for their performances throughout the 2025 season, with another trio of players being signed for the 2025/26 NBL fixture, which is set to kick off in the coming months. The NBL1 is often the perfect way for NBL sides to get a glimpse into some potential players to top […]

Pepper adds a kick to set NBL1 scoring record

FOR THE second time in the 2025 NBL1 season, the league’s single-game scoring record has been broken, with Warwick Senators star Elijah Pepper continuing his emphatic offensive campaign in the West Men’s competition. Pepper erupted for a record 59 points in the win over the South West Slammers on Saturday night, in what was the […]

Tall Blacks trump Aussies in final Trans Tasman Throwdown

IN THE final match of the 2025 Trans Tasman Throwdown, the New Zealand Tall Blacks held off a fast-finishing Australian Boomers to claim a nine-point win in game three of the series in Hamilton on Sunday. The Boomers had won the first two games of the series in Australia, and had won the best-of-three series […]

Aussies get it done in first Trans Tasman Throwdown

IT WAS two from two for Australia in its first clashes against New Zealand, with both the Opals and Boomers emerging victorious from the first instalment of the Trans Tasman Throwdown on Wednesday night. Australia (88) defeated New Zealand (70) Kicking things off for the evening was a clash between the Opals and the New […]

Electric Elijah makes it back-to-back 50 bombs

IN ONE of the hottest individual starts to an NBL1 season of all time, Elijah Pepper has recorded his second consecutive 50-point performance for the Warwick Senators, this time leading the team to a 25-point win over the Rockingham Flames. >>> 2025 NBL1 Men’s | Pepper lights up to douse Flames In Round 1 of […]

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