2020 Nelson Giants season preview: Triple threat Giants excited about depth
MUCH talk has been about Nelson Giants’ top three players snared in the recent 2020 Sal’s National Basketball League (NBL) Player Draft, but it is the depth in the final few rounds that head coach Mike Fitchett is just as excited about. Mika Vukona, Mike Karena and Dane Brooks have joined forces for a formidable […]
2020 Sal’s NBL Team-by-team lists
THE 2020 Sal’s National Basketball League (NBL) Showdown is ready and raring to go with all seven teams not having completed their lists for the upcoming season. The Player Draft was completed last Thursday, and while three days of Trade Period did not not see a move made, a couple of players had to change […]
College restrictions force two NZNBL player swaps
TWO players initially drafted in last Thursday’s New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL) Player Draft have been replaced by their respective teams due to college basketball restrictions. Taranaki Mountainairs’ Will Heather and Manawatu Jets’ Tom Power have both been ruled of the 2020 Sal’s NBL season due to their respective colleges wanting to hold them […]
Otago grabs golden ticket in 2020 Sal’s NBL Player Draft
OTAGO Nuggets will have the prime pick in tomorrow night’s 2020 Sal’s NBL draft after the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL) released the draft order earlier today. The 12-round draft is a Serpentine style with each round a reverse of the last, meaning whilst the Nuggets will have the chance to select the best […]
NZNBL fans allowed in as season dubbed ‘Sal’s NBL Showdown’
IT is already a season that is unlike any other before a ball is tipped. For the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL), the 2020 season will be known as the 2020 Sal’s NBL Showdown to mark an unusual set of events that has seen the global pandemic suspend and alter the competition. The NZNBL […]
2020 NZNBL team snapshot: Taranaki Mountainairs
THERE have been known under a number of monikers over the years, but the Taranaki Mountainairs have remained strong over the past decade. Playing out of New Plymouth, the ‘Airs’ are yet to win a New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL) title, but they did finish atop the ladder in 1992. Whilst they finished eighth […]
2020 NZNBL team snapshot: Manawatu Jets
ONE of the inaugural sides in the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL) almost 30 years ago, Manawatu Jets are prepared to make history in 2020 Sal’s NBL. Despite missing a number of seasons over the journey like other NZNBL teams, the Jets are back for their third consecutive season since returning to the league […]
Huge numbers register for Thursday’s Sals’ NBL Draft
MORE than 450 players will be vying for a spot on the seven New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL) team lists when Sal’s NBL Draft takes place next Thursday. A huge response to the call-out for registrations saw no less than 19 current and former Tall Blacks scattered amongst the list, with 84 spots up […]
NZNBL team snapshot: Otago Nuggets
AFTER five seasons out of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL), Otago Nuggets are ready to return in the modified 2020 Sal’s NBL competition. Having begun their journey 30 years ago, the Nuggets have had a couple of hiatuses out of the league, with the last season being in 2014. Now returning to the […]
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 […]
