2024-25 NBL Season + Off-season news

[Gozu]

It's official the Sydney Kings have signed Boomers guard Matthew Dellavedova to a 3 year deal formerly of Melbourne United.

https://nbl.com.au/news/official-king-d ... the-throne

The NZ Breakers have signed Kiwi guard Izayah Le'afa to a 2 year deal formerly of the Sydney Kings.

https://nbl.com.au/news/former-breaker-returns-home

The SE Melbourne Phoenix have signed former 36er Akech Aliir to a 1 year deal formerly of Melbourne United.

https://nbl.com.au/news/rival-swap-alii ... th-phoenix

Also the draw for the FIBA Asia Cup this August in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia has been released with the Boomers in Group A with Korea, Lebanon and Qatar.

https://nbl.com.au/news/boomers-eye-asia-cup-three-peat

[Gozu]

The Tasmania JackJumpers have signed forward Josh Bannan to a 2 year deal formerly of the Brisbane Bullets.

https://nbl.com.au/news/why-bannan-chose-tasmania

Also Melbourne United have signed F/C Fabijan Krslovic to a 2 year deal formerly of the JackJumpers.

https://nbl.com.au/news/toughness-key-to-united-signing

[Brodlach]

Seems to be a lot more movement between teams this off season

[Gozu]

Melbourne United have signed guard Tom Wilson to a one-year deal. He's a 6'4" PG who had switched to footy and spent five years in the AFL with Collingwood and before that had previously played in the NBL with the Sydney Kings and a previous stint with United.

https://nbl.com.au/news/afl-player-returns-to-nbl

Also the NZ Breakers have signed Kiwi guard Taylor Britt to a 2 year deal. The 6'2" PG has previously played with the Perth Wildcats and is currently playing for the Canterbury Rams in the NZ league.

https://nbl.com.au/news/breakers-continue-local-search

[Gozu]

The NZ Breakers have signed Kiwi centre Rob Loe to a one-year deal formerly of Melbourne United. The veteran big returns to the Breakers for a third stint with the team.

https://nbl.com.au/news/breakers-bolster-local-core

The Brisbane Bullets have signed Kiwi guard Taine Murray to a 2 year deal. He's a 6'5" SG who just finished playing his college ball at Virginia and previously played a couple of games for the NZ Breakers as a DP before going to college.

https://nbl.com.au/news/collegiate-prod ... ns-bullets

[Gozu]

The Perth Wildcats have re-signed import Dylan Windler to a 2 year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/star-commits-to-the-cats

Also the Tasmania JackJumpers have signed ex-36er Ben Ayre to a 2 year deal formerly of SE Melbourne Phoenix.

https://nbl.com.au/news/new-ayre-to-jac ... l26-roster

[Gozu]

The Boomers team for the Trans-Tasman Throwdown against New Zealand has been announced. The three game series starts in Adelaide on Wednesday 7th May then the Sunshine Coast on Friday 9th May and finally in Hamilton, NZ on Sunday 11th May.

https://www.australia.basketball/news/4 ... -throwdown

Todd Blanchfield
Keli Leaupepe
Kyle Bowen
Mitchell Norton
Xavier Cooks
Elijah Pepper
Owen Foxwell
Austin Rapp
Jacob Furphy
Dejan Vasiljevic
Angus Glover
Harry Wessels

[Gozu]

Kendric Davis has signed with the Sydney Kings.

https://nbl.com.au/news/kendric-crowned-a-king

[amber_fluid]

Kendric Davis has signed with the Sydney Kings.

https://nbl.com.au/news/kendric-crowned-a-king

Disappointing but it was either him or the coach.
Geez Sydney will be strong this season.

[Brodlach]

Found one gem, we’ll find another

[amber_fluid]

Dech and Mayen gone as well

Any chance we might keep Harrell?

[Brodlach]

Dech and Mayen gone as well

Any chance we might keep Harrell?

Nope, he has even gone to the trouble to delete his posts on instagram and Twitter about Adelaide


Wells and Weston got these two at short notice, they’ll find a couple more

[amber_fluid]

Dech and Mayen gone as well

Any chance we might keep Harrell?

Nope, he has even gone to the trouble to delete his posts on instagram and Twitter about Adelaide


Wells and Weston got these two at short notice, they’ll find a couple more

Apparently the deleting of posts was a tongue in cheek joke.
Let’s hope so.

Imports won’t be an issue as I’m sure they’ll find good replacements
It’s the local players that worry me

[Gozu]

It's official now Sunday Dech has signed with the Perth Wildcats to a 3 year deal formerly of the 36ers.

https://nbl.com.au/news/championship-wi ... turns-home

[Brodlach]

Agree Amber, not sure where they get quality locals from. Most seem to not want to be here because of off court

Interesting you’ve heard it was a joke about deleting the posts.

[Jim05]

Harrell gone to the Kings aswell it seems

[Brodlach]

I thought that yesterday too but how could they afford Cooks, KD, Delly , Kuol and then the rest and how then add Harrell?

[Gozu]

It's official the Perth Wildcats have signed Lat Mayen to a 2 year deal formerly of the 36ers.

https://nbl.com.au/news/wildcats-add-tough-competitor

Also the Perth Wildcats have re-signed big David Okwera to a one-year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/perth-reveals-next-move

[Gozu]

The Illawarra Hawks have re-signed injured star Sam Froling to a 3 year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/hawks-star-signs-for-three-more

Also the Sydney Kings have re-signed Makuach Maluach to a one-year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/kings-hold-cour ... re-signing

Finally the NZ Breakers have released former 36er Mitch McCarron from his contract making him a free agent.

https://nbl.com.au/news/championship-wi ... free-agent

[Gozu]

The Trans-Tasman series against NZ starts tomorrow night in Adelaide with all six games live on 9GO.

Wednesday May 7 (Adelaide)

5:30pm - Opals vs Tall Ferns
7:45pm - Boomers vs Tall Blacks

Friday May 9 (Sunshine Coast)

5pm - Boomers vs Tall Blacks
7:15pm - Opals vs Tall Ferns

Sunday May 11 (Hamilton, NZ)

11:30am - Tall Blacks vs Boomers
1:30pm - Tall Ferns vs Opals

https://www.australia.basketball/news/4 ... n-9network