Basketball Australia has confirmed that superstar centre Andrew Bogut (212-C-84, college: Utah) has withdrawn from the Boomers’ 2012 London Olympic Games team. Scans of his rehabilitating ankle, which he injured in the current NBA season after landing awkwardly on an opponents foot, revealed that additional arthroscopic surgery will be required for the injury to heal properly, and therefore, there will [...]
PERTH Wildcats guard Kevin Lisch has taken out the Andrew Gaze Trophy as the NBL’s most valuable player. Lisch had an outstanding season, averaging 17.6 points during his 28 games to guide the Wildcats to second spot and a 26th straight playoffs appearance. The American import polled 105 votes in the count to claim the coveted award from Cairns Taipans [...]
In the coming weeks, Cavaliers rookie Kyrie Irving will have a big decision to make. The repercussions from it could follow him the rest of his career. Irving was born in Australia while his father, Drederick, played professional basketball there, and as a result has dual citizenship. He has publicly flirted with the idea of playing for Australia in the [...]
It is believed the Xinjiang Flying Tigers, having lost an import to injury on the eve of the season, tabled an offer of about $1 million to sign Mills and Melbourne felt it would be unfair to keep him in the NBL on a fraction of the money. ”We have agreed to release him immediately,” Tigers majority owner Seamus McPeake [...]
MELBOURNE Tigers and the NBL are hailing it as their Harry Kewell moment – only better. The signing of Boomers point guard Patty Mills is set to provide the Tigers and the league with a massive boost that could lead to sell-out crowds around the country. Signed on the proviso he is released once the NBA lockout is lifted (so [...]
Andrew Bogut will help his native land from the bench, it seems, as an assistant coach for the Aussie national hoops team. From Sportando: “Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut will spend his time during the NBA lockout as assistant coach of the Australian national team that will face New Zealand in an Olympic qualifying series. Bogut hoped to play for [...]
Even Down Under they’re talking about European ball and the NBA lockout. New Zealand Breakers CEO Richard Clarke today (or yesterday Antipodean Standard Time perhaps…) announced a couple of Euro-tinted roster moves by his defending Australian National Basketball League champs. According to New Zealand-based The Press, national team member Thomas Abercrombie will eschew playing in Europe as he has re-signed [...]
As the National Basketball League braces itself for a thrilling conclusion to the 2010/11 iiNet NBL Championship season this weekend, the finalists for several major award categories have been revealed. The top five votegetters for the Coach of the Year (the Lindsay Gaze Trophy), Most Improved Player, Best Sixth Man, Rookie of the Year and Best Defensive Player awards have [...]
The Basketball Australia High Performance commission has announced the group of 25 players who will make up the 2011 Australian Jayco Opals basketball squad as they look ahead to a busy schedule in the build up to this year’s FIBA Oceania Qualifiers in September against New Zealand. Headlining the star-studded list are two of Australia’s most accomplished basketball exports, Lauren [...]
The National Basketball League has released the potential first round dates for the 2011 iiNet NBL Finals Series following the confirmation of the four teams to qualify for the post-season. The New Zealand Breakers have already clinched the minor premiership and are guaranteed of finishing first despite still having two games to play. The Breakers will have home court advantage [...]
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