2022/23 NBL Player Stats Watch – Round 3
THE NATIONAL Basketball League (NBL) resumed hostilities over the weekend, with another batch of games seeing some entertaining action. It was a slightly different look than the opening week of play, with the big men taking over across eight games. With that in mind, Rookie Me Central will be taking a look at the key […]
2022/23 NBL Player Stats Watch – Round 2
THE NATIONAL Basketball League (NBL) resumed hostilities over the weekend, with another batch of games seeing some entertaining action. It was a slightly different look than the opening week of play, with the big men taking over across eight games. With that in mind, Rookie Me Central will be taking a look at the key […]
NBL Positional Analysis Round 2 – Power Forwards
THE second round of the 2022/23 National Basketball League (NBL) season wrapped up on Monday night, with a slightly different batch of standouts in comparison to the opening week. Round 1 saw guard dominance, while it was the big men that caught the eye the following week. Power forwards were the ones causing the most […]
X-Man Cooks Melbourne in blowout win
THE NATIONAL Basketball League (NBL)’s reigning Grand Final MVP has delivered another big performance, with Xavier Cooks dominating Melbourne United as the Sydney Kings dominated on their way to a 20-point win on Sunday afternoon. With Derrick Walton Jr. dominating the headlines in the past week thanks to his powerful debut performance, Cooks snuck under […]
2022/23 NBL Player Stats Watch – Round 1
THE NATIONAL Basketball League (NBL) has kicked off its 2022/23 season, with the first round taking place over the weekend. There was a lot to take out of the opening batch of matches, with fresh and familiar faces alike bursting out of the gates to deliver strong early performances. With that in mind, Rookie Me […]
NBL Ones to Watch – Round 1
THE National Basketball League (NBL) boasts some of the world’s premier talents, with a number of players catching the eye on a weekly basis. Each round holds unique and engaging storylines, not only from a team perspective, but an individual one too. In this new series, Rookie Me Central will highlight a few players to […]
2022/23 NBL season preview – Sydney Kings
THE 2022/23 National Basketball League season is less than two weeks from getting underway, and it is shaping up as one of the most anticipated seasons in recent memory. Last year saw the Tassie fairytale, some new stars step to the forefront and Sydney dominance in the big dance. With some big names joining the […]
Tuatara shoot down Saints
IN a remarkable Final 6 clash, Auckland Tuatara have eliminated reigning champion Wellington Saints from the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL) title race. After starting the season so poorly, the Saints had seemingly found their groove the past month, winning the last six games of the season, five of them coming against four of […]
In-form Saints rise above Tuatara
A FIFTH straight New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL) win has Wellington Saints fans believing they can go all the way, with the reigning premiers knocking off third placed Auckland Tuatara by an impressive 18 points at Eventfinda Stadium last night. Both sides had already stamped their tickets to the Final 6 due to the […]
Saints sizzle, keep Final 6 hope alive
CONTINUING what has been a remarkable revival for a team that looked down and out early in the season, the Wellington Saints produced an eye-opening 10-point win over the Nelson Giants to put themselves in the box seat for a Final 6 spot. The Saints have racked up five wins in the past six games […]
