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Mills enters NBA draft

The stellar college career of Australian Boomer Patty Mills has ended after two years with news that the Olympic point guard has elected to stay in the NBA Draft.Mills had the... Full Article >>

Tigers Deciding on X-Factor

Melbourne Tigers coach Al Westover has earmarked Canadian import Dave Thomas as crucial to his side's fortunes ahead of the five-match NBL grand final series against the S... Full Article >>

Ex-Kings Looking For Revenge

South Dragons skipper Mark Worthington will be looking for redemption when his side takes on the Melbourne Tigers in the five-game grand final series commencing on Wednesday.W... Full Article >>

Wildcats Eye Top Four Finish

The Perth Wildcats did as required by beating the Sydney Spirit on Saturday night and now must beat the Melbourne Tigers to finish in the NBL's top four.Without question, ... Full Article >>

Dragons Sneak By in Derby Win

The South Dragons will enter the playoffs as the No.1 seed and hold home-court advantage through the entire post-season after they defeated the Melbourne Tigers 93-83 in a top... Full Article >>

Heal Speaks of Retirement

The Gold Coast Bulletin has reported that basketball legend Shane Heal will retire at the end of the season.Heal told the Bulletin's Daniel Meers that a painful back injur... Full Article >>

Gold Coast Blazing Late in the Season

In a record-breaking night, the Gold Coast Blaze showed a glimpse of their potential at the offensive end of the court, racking up a franchise-best 139 points in an entertaini... Full Article >>

Tigers Find Their Championship Formula

There's no doubt about it, the Melbourne Tigers are on one serious hot streak.In the space of 15 days, the defending champions have won seven matches in a row, including a... Full Article >>

NBL Reform Update

Basketball Australia (BA) took another vital step in its reform agenda to secure a viable future for the sport today by releasing an Expression of Interest (EOI) to compete in... Full Article >>

Jawai Makes NBA Debut

Former National Basketball League Rookie of the Year Nathan Jawai made history today when he took the court for the Toronto Raptors in America's NBA.Jawai, wearing jersey ... Full Article >>

Al Westover Downplays Return of Tigers' 'Mojo'

The Melbourne Tigers may have found some of their Championship winning form against the Perth Wildcats on Sunday night, but veteran coach Al Westover is not taking anything fo... Full Article >>

From Melbourne to Alabama to Adelaide in a week, Grizzard is Excited to be a 36'er

Returning recruit Rod Grizzard believes the Adelaide 36ers' style of play suits him better than the one used by the Melbourne Tigers.Grizzard, who has joined the Sixers to... Full Article >>

Dragons Move On After Forgetful Week

As soon as his side lost to the Perth Wildcats on Saturday night, South Dragons coach Brian Goorjian quickly turned his attention to next weekend's top-of-the-table clash ... Full Article >>

Crocs Put Out Blaze

The Townsville Crocodiles have consolidated their place in the NBL top six with a convincing 105-88 victory over the Gold Coast Blaze at the Gold Coast Convention Centre on Su... Full Article >>

Hodge Picks Up Another 'Player of the Week' Award

Adelaide '36ers star import Julius Hodge has taken out the National Basketball League’s Player of the Week Award for Round 15. This is Hodge's second Player of t... Full Article >>

Tigers Release Grizzard, Pick Up DT and Kendall

The Melbourne Tigers have sensationally reacquired the services of former Taipan Dave Thomas at the expense of Rod Grizzard in a bid to revitalise their quest for back-to-back... Full Article >>

Ebi Ere Shows Franchise Status in Win Over Hawks

In a game where all twelve of his players made it onto the scoresheet, Melbourne Tigers coach Al Westover said he wasn't surprised by star guard Ebi Ere's amazing disp... Full Article >>

Crosswhite Shrugs Taipans Trouble, Wins Player of the Week Award

Cairns centre Ian Crosswhite has taken out the National Basketball League Player of the Week Award for Round 13 after leading the under-manned Taipans to an overtime victory a... Full Article >>

Perth Ends Losing Streak in Double-Overtime

Perth Wildcats coach Conner Henry was delighted how his side broke a horror three-game losing run with a double overtime win over the Adelaide 36ers and he's confident the... Full Article >>

Liam Rush Leaves For Sweden

The ‘Westbus’ Sydney Spirit have lost the services of guard/forward Liam Rush after the talented swingman chose to exercise an out-clause in his contract and accep... Full Article >>

Gold Coast Shocks Perth

The Gold Coast Blaze have blown the Perth Wildcats off the court with an emphatic 129-97 victory at the Gold Coast Convention Centre on Sunday afternoon.The Blaze finally play... Full Article >>

Dragons Come Back To Beat Wollongong Again

The South Dragons have outgunned the Wollongong Hawks 101-83 in a physical encounter at Hisense Arena on Saturday night.Spurred on by their 34-point drubbing at the hands of t... Full Article >>

Daniel Johnson to Step in For Sam MacKinnon

With the Melbourne Tigers now officially without former-MVP, Sam MacKinnon, development player Daniel Johnson will step into the team’s active playing roster for this Sa... Full Article >>

Townsville Builds Momentum by Beating Breakers

The Townsville Crocs have comprehensively ended the New Zealand Breakers six-game winning streak, shooting the lights out for a 104-88 victory at the North Shore Events Centre... Full Article >>

Sydney Shows Spirit in Defeating Dragons

The Sydney Spirit have overcome the most turbulent week in the club's short history to record a stirring 103-94 victory over the South Dragons at the Sydney Olympic Park S... Full Article >>

Dragons v. Spirit Game To Be Played

The National Basketball League has confirmed that the Sydney Spirit’s home game against the South Dragons on Saturday will proceed as scheduled despite the default notic... Full Article >>

Tickets Selling Fast for Tigers v. Dragons

The next Melbourne Tigers home game is the all important derby clash against the South Dragons on Saturday 13th December at 'The Cage'.Limited tickets have just been r... Full Article >>

Hodge Inspires 36'ers in Narrow Defeat

The Sydney Spirit have claimed a dramatic come-from behind 110-108 victory over the Adelaide 36ers at the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre on Friday night. Having trailed... Full Article >>

New Zealand Breaks Dragons' Streak

The New Zealand Breakers have earned 'top dog' status in the NBL with a 112-98 win over the South Dragons in their top-of-the-table clash at the North Shore Events Cen... Full Article >>

D.T returning to 'The Cage' for match-up with Tigers

Dave Thomas is going back to ‘The Cage’ for the first time since leaving the Melbourne Tigers.Playing his first game at the Tigers’ home venue since Game 4 o... Full Article >>

Adelaide finds form with Hodge coming in

The Adelaide 36ers led all the way to record a 108-96 victory over the Gold Coast Blaze at the Gold Coast Convention Centre on Sunday.The Blaze drew close on numerous occasion... Full Article >>

Tigers asked to believe

The Melbourne Tigers are not taking any chances in their pursuit of back-to-back NBL championships. In their first training session after their heartbreaking defeat by the New... Full Article >>

Historic change for basketball as reform vote is unanimous

In an historic move for basketball which will ensure a bright future for the sport, NBL clubs and state and territory associations on Saturday passed a unanimous vote for its ... Full Article >>

Dragons extend winning streak to seven

The South Dragons have taken their winning streak to seven consecutive games following the defeat of the Gold Coast Blaze in a game that had it all, according to Dragons&rsquo... Full Article >>

Blaze drop to 0-10, show improvement on offense

The Gold Coast Blaze have dropped their tenth consecutive game to open the new NBL season, but not without showing vast improvements on the offensive end, scoring 111 points i... Full Article >>

Gaze heads to China

It wasn't so much a cry for help as it was a persistent plea that Lindsay Gaze has answered by agreeing to coach Chinese Basketball Association club Tianjin, writes Grantl... Full Article >>

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Ingles leads Dragons past the Tigers

Joe Ingles stood up when it mattered this week producing his best game of the season in front of the biggest crowd of the season as the South Dragons defeated cross town rival... Full Article >>

Williams leads Crocs and earns Player of the Week

Corey Williams has led a fast-finishing Townsville Crocodile to a 100-96 win over Cairns Taipans at the Townsville Entertainment Centre on Saturday night.The import scored 16 ... Full Article >>

PENNEY WINS NBL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

New Zealand Breakers sharpshooting guard Kirk Penney has taken out the National Basketball League (NBL) Player of the Week award for Round One after a 41-point explosion again... Full Article >>

Tigers open with a road win

The Melbourne Tigers have denied the Sydney Spirit a fairytale start to the new season with a 112-102 victory at the Sydney Olympic Sports Centre on Sunday afternoon.The new S... Full Article >>

Mills stocks soar

Australia may have come off second best against the US 'Redeem Team' but young Boomers point guard Patrick Mills has turned heads in America, with USA coach Mike Krzyz... Full Article >>

Boomers done

The United States didn’t hit all of their shots against Australia but they made up for it with plenty of rebounds and eventually pulled clear for 116-85 win to reach the... Full Article >>

Boomers dominate Lithuania

Australia turned the basketball world upside down on Monday by humiliating red-shot and traditional nemesis Lithuania 106-75 on the last day of preliminary round action at the... Full Article >>

Boomers ready to win

Australia produced an outstanding effort to knock off Russia and secure a place in the second round of the Olympic men's basketball competition.Now the Boomers know they h... Full Article >>

Boomers down Iran

The coach of the Australian Boomers men's basketball team, Brian Goorjian, says it was a great relief to finally notch up a win in their Olympics campaign.The Boomers beat... Full Article >>

Jawai learning the ropes

Call it luck or happy circumstance, Nathan Jawai has landed in the perfect environment to continue his steep basketball learning curve.After the Indiana Pacers picked him at N... Full Article >>

NBL Prospects Camp finds Gold

The NBL Prospects Camp, which recently saw 63 of Australia’s brightest young stars put through their paces before NBL scouts and coaches, has been adjudged a resounding ... Full Article >>

Yao not the focus for Boomers

The focus of Australia's men's basketball coach, Brian Goorjian, is on his own team rather than 226cm NBA superstar Yao Ming and his Chinese counterparts on the eve of... Full Article >>

NBL Prospects Camp tips off

The inaugural National Basketball League Prospects Camp is underway in Melbourne, with 63 of the brightest young stars from around Australia being put through their paces in t... Full Article >>

Maric woking with the Blazers

Australian NBA hopeful Aleks Maric has had a handy return in his first game for the Portland Trail Blazers’ team in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.The six-foot eleve... Full Article >>

Jawai sits out

The biggest disappointment for the Toronto Raptors in opening action at the Las Vegas Summer League wasn't the 92-83 loss to the Sacramento Kings, it was that Australian r... Full Article >>

Boomers team named for Beijing

With NBA 75-million dollar man Andrew Bogut and international stars David Andersen and Matthew Nielsen taking the court, that elusive Olympic medal for the Australian men'... Full Article >>

Jawai signs with Raptors

Just one day after his trade to the Toronto Raptors became official, the NBA team has moved quickly to sign Cairns Taipans star Nathan Jawai to a two-year guaranteed deal that... Full Article >>

Boomers down Croatia

The Australian men's basketball team shrugged off jet-lag and the loss of a key player to defeat Croatia 78-74 in Rijeka.The Boomers' suffocating defence gave the tour... Full Article >>

Mills making a name

When Patty Mills left his hometown of Canberra, Australia, last summer to come to the United States, he was a skinny, 19-year-old with a world of potential. In just his first ... Full Article >>

Boomers team named for Euro tour

Basketball Australia has named the twelve athletes that will tour Europe with the Australian Boomers men's basketball team.The Boomers will depart Melbourne airport on Sun... Full Article >>

Jawai vows to make success of NBA

He may not have been drafted in the NBA's first round, but the next best thing happened to Nathan Jawai on Friday.Jawai, 21, is likely to be playing in a Toronto NBA singl... Full Article >>

Boomers beat Tall Blacks

Australia coach Brian Goorjian praised his young guns and believed the Boomers were improving despite being exposed in some areas in their 75-60 victory over New Zealand in Au... Full Article >>

Maric awaits NBA draft

Aleks Maric doesn’t watch ESPN. He doesn’t read the mock drafts on DraftExpress.com or NBADraft.net.Any feedback from his recent workouts with NBA teams goes direc... Full Article >>

Anderson looking at NBA

The NBA is still on the cards for Australian basketball standout and former Wollongong Hawk David Andersen, but right now his focus is solely on helping the Boomers win a brea... Full Article >>

Jawai down to final count

A glut of big men in this year's NBA Draft has clouded the future for Nathan Jawai.The Bamaga product will work out with the New Jersey Nets on Tuesday and take part in a ... Full Article >>

Anderson to Barcelona

European club superpower Barcelona has announced the signing of three-time Euroleague champion and former Wollongong Hawk David Andersen to a three-year deal.Twenty-eight year... Full Article >>

Bruce has eyes on Draft

Aaron Bruce could be less than a week away from fulfilling his dream of being an NBA player.Birchip-born Bruce, 23, has spent the past four years playing in the US college sys... Full Article >>

UNLV to play NBL side West Sydney

The West Sydney Razorbacks will have the first hit-out of their pre-season on Saturday 28th June when they take on the University of Nevada Las Vegas at the Kings School Sport... Full Article >>

Mills leads Boomers to second victory

Brian Goorjian's concerns for depth at the point guard position were put to bed in Adelaide on Wednesday night with C.J. Bruton and Patty Mills combining to lead the Boome... Full Article >>

Bruce making noise on draft radar

Australian Aaron Bruce continues to impress teams in the United States in the lead up to the NBA Draft, his hometown Wimmera Mail Times reports.Bruce, 23, took part in a six- ... Full Article >>

Jawai forced to sit out of work outs

Cairns Taipans star Nathan Jawai has been forced to sit out from a number of his NBA pre-draft workouts after sustaining a thigh injury. Jawai, who has been in the US for t... Full Article >>

NBL coach working with Future stars

West Sydney Razorbacks head coach Rob Beveridge recently returned from a camp in China, where some of Australia’s most promising players were given the opportunity of a ... Full Article >>

All Star Scouting to run NBL Prospects Camp

The next generation of Australian basketball stars is set to be unearthed following the announcement of the inaugural National Basketball League Prospects Camp.The camp, which... Full Article >>

Jawai NBA trials continue

Nathan Jawai’s NBA pre-draft roadshow rolls on, with the Cairns Taipans centre joining a number of other top prospects in a workout for the Seattle Supersonics on Friday... Full Article >>

Newley helps Panionios Qualify for Euroleague

Brad Newley has capped off a successful debut season in Europe by helping his team to third position in the Greek National Basketball League which has resulted in the team, Pa... Full Article >>

Pacers looking at Maric

Australian NBA Draft prospect Aleks Maric worked out for the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday in his quest to earn a coveted contract in the American league.Maric, who recently com... Full Article >>

Maric in NBA Shape

After participating in some exhausting workouts alongside fellow Australian NBA draft hopeful Nathan Jawai in Las Vegas, Aleks Maric has told the Lincoln Star Journal he is in... Full Article >>

Jawai stocks soar

The NBA draft stocks of Cairns Taipans star Nathan Jawai have soared since the 208cm big man arrived in the US, with ESPN expert Chad Ford now ranking him as a mid to late fir... Full Article >>

Ingles wants to be a Boomer, NBA can wait

IN chasing one dream, Joe Ingles has had to put another on hold. Home from a month of NBA-style workouts in Chicago, the South Dragons swingman has decided to defer en... Full Article >>

Fitter & Stronger, Jawai knocking on NBA door

A lighter, stronger version of Cairns Taipans star Nathan Jawai flew to the US on Sunday for his tilt at the 2008 NBA Draft.Jawai told the Sunday Telegraph’s Chris Wilso... Full Article >>

Bogut backs Jawai

NBA superstar Andrew Bogut wants "some new blood" injected into the Australian Boomers Beijing Olympic team, and has backed the selection of Cairns Taipans Rookie of... Full Article >>

Anderson's NBA stocks sore after Euro Title

The Euroleague Final Four that opens Friday in Madrid is, in my opinion, the world's top basketball event. I've attended more than a half-dozen of them and found the e... Full Article >>

Anderson Dreams of NBA Shot

Former Wollongong Hawks star David Andersen, who has helped his Russian team CSKA Moscow become an international powerhouse and established himself as one of Europe’s pr... Full Article >>

Taipans Wait For Jawai and NBA

The Cairns Taipans have had to focus their off-season recruiting away from the traditional method of filling positions due to Nathan Jawai’s possible selection in the 20... Full Article >>

Melbourne Tigers NBL Champions

The Melbourne Tigers tonight claimed the 2007/08 NBL Championship from the Sydney Kings defeating the Kings in Sydney 85-73.The Grand Final series MVP Chris Anstey led the Tig... Full Article >>

Anstey wins MVP

Melbourne Tigers superstar Chris Anstey has been named the National Basketball League’s (NBL) Most Valuable Player for the 2007/08 HUMMER Championship season and takes h... Full Article >>

MVP is a two horse race

As the NBL season moves into the final six rounds the two clear favourites to take out the MVP title and the brand new Hummer courtesy of the league sponsor are Chris Anstey a... Full Article >>

Jawai All Star game MVP

Nathan Jawai last night won the Most Valuable Player in the National Basketball league All Star game that was won 146-141 by the Aussie All Stars over the World All Stars.Jawa... Full Article >>

Kings the benchmark

The Sydney Kings continue to set the standard for other teams to aspire to following another big win, this time on the road against the Cairns Taipans who have to da... Full Article >>

Kings dethrone Tigers

The Sydney Kings had about as a good a weekend as you could hope for in round 8 of the NBL as they defeated the reigning Champions the Brisbane Bullets on Wednesday night and ... Full Article >>

Tigers duo perfect from the field

David Barlow produced a perfect shooting display on Saturday night to help the Melbourne Tigers to a second half blow away of the New Zealand Breakers at the Cage in Melbourne... Full Article >>

Breakers with World class facility

All Star Scouting had the opportunity to visit the new home base of the New Zealand Breakers this past weekend and can report they have moved into the big time with a first cl... Full Article >>

Irony too good to let pass

It has been interesting this season to see the slow start again of the South Dragons who this weekend fell to a 0-5 start, the same start they had last season when they fired ... Full Article >>

Jawai lives up to hype

Nathan Jawai made his debut on National Television on Saturday night and continues to live up to the hype coming out of Cairns about the ability of this 19 year old prospect.W... Full Article >>

Bullets extend winning streak to 20

The big guns of the NBL have already put some breathing space between themselves and the rest of the pack with the Bullets, Tigers, Taipans and Kings the only undefeated teams... Full Article >>

Rookies make immediate impact

Several new Aussie faces made an immediate impact in the opening round of the 2007/08 National Basketball League season this weekend.Nathan Jawai seems to be the pick of the b... Full Article >>

Kiwis win game three

The New Zealand Tall Blacks salvaged some respect in the Oceania Qualifying series tonight defeating the Australian Boomers 67-58 in Brisbane. The Boomers still win the series... Full Article >>

Boomers off to Beijing

It was back to the good old days tonight as the Australian National Men’s team (the Boomers) easily accounted for New Zealand (the Tall Black’s) 93-67 in Sydney; a... Full Article >>

Boomers start with a win

The Australian National Men’s team (the Boomers) went up 1/0 against the New Zealand National team (the Tall Blacks) in the Oceania qualifying series for the Beijing Oly... Full Article >>

Import rosters almost complete

Australian NBL teams are close to finalising their import rosters with most teams now having their two allowed imports in training. There are a few new faces this season and a... Full Article >>

Rockets take Newley with 54th pick

The Houston Rockets today took Brad Newley with the 54th pick of the 2007 NBA draft.The Rockets had shown considerable interest in Newley over the past two seasons and his sel... Full Article >>

Cavs Newley's final work out

Brad Newley particpated in his final work out today in his quest to be drafted into the NBA.Today's work out was for the Cleveland Cavaliers who are a little behind the re... Full Article >>

Lakers want smarts

Brad Newley worked out today for the Los Angeles Lakers along with first round prospects Derrick Byars (Vanderbilt University) Jared Dudley (Boston College) and Alando Tucker ... Full Article >>

Back to back test for Newley

It has been a hectic couple of days for Brad Newley as he continues his journey towards the NBA draft on June 28th.Firstly it was a flight from Philadelphia to Minnesota for a... Full Article >>

Sixers workout goes well for Newley

Earlier today Brad Newley participated in a work out for the Philadelphia 76ers along with Daequan Cook (Ohio State University), Mike Nardi (Villanova University) and Sean Sin... Full Article >>

Sixers to work out Newley

For Australian basketball fans that’s the Philadelphia 76ers not the Adelaide 36ers. Brad Newley has been scheduled to do a work out for the sixers tomorrow (Friday... Full Article >>

Newley hot in Miami

Brad Newley worked out today in the luxurious training facility of the Miami Heat under the watchful eye of NBA coaching legend Pat Riley and the rest of the Heat coaching and... Full Article >>

Suns check out Newley

Brad Newley today had his second work out for individual teams putting in an impressive performance for the coaching staff of the Phoenix Suns.In a group that included Jared J... Full Article >>

Interest grows in "tickets"

Brad Newley or “tickets” as he has been labelled here is back in New Jersey at pre draft home base preparing for more workouts with NBA teams in preparation for th... Full Article >>

Newley moves on to next stage

Brad Newley wrapped up the final game of the NBA pre draft camp with 10 points and 2 steals in sixteen minutes of play where he shot 4/8 from the field and 2/3 from the three ... Full Article >>

Newley wakes up scouts

In game two for Brad Newley at the NBA pre draft camp he was able to bring most people at the venue out of a slumber with a tremendous split of the defense and thunderous two ... Full Article >>

Newley gets off to a good start

Brad Newley had an impressive start to Day one of the NBA Pre Draft Camp in Orlando today.The first full day of the camp began with shooting drills, 1 on 1 and 2 on 2 drills a... Full Article >>

Newely and Mackinnon shoot for NBA

Two of Australia’s best basketball players, at completely different stages of their careers, will take a shot at the NBA in the coming weeks.Brad Newley will attend the ... Full Article >>

Brisbane Bullets Champions

The Brisbane Bullets tonight wrapt up the 2006/07 NBL Grand Final series with a convincing 103-94 win in Melbourne against the Tigers.The Bullets had numerous contributors, as... Full Article >>

Bullets bounce back to go up 2-1

The Brisbane Bullets took a 2-1 lead tonight in the best of five Grand Final series defeating the Melbourne Tigers 113-93 in a blow out at the Boondall Entertainment Centre in... Full Article >>

Sam Mackinnon wins MVP award

As predicted by All Star Scouting, Sam Mackinnon was today named the Most Valuable Player of the National Basketball League.During the regular season, Mackinnon averaged 19.7 ... Full Article >>

Tigers end 'the streak'

The longest winning streak in the history of the National Basketball League ended tonight as the Melbourne Tigers won at home against the Brisbane Bullets 105-91.The third qua... Full Article >>

Bullets tame Tigers

Game one of the NBL Grand Final series went to the Brisbane Bullets tonight 98-95 over the Melbourne Tigers extending the Bullets winning streak to 21 games.The Tigers led for... Full Article >>

Its the Bullets and the Tigers

The two clear favourites throughout the 2006/07 National Basketball League season square off in game one of the NBL Grand Final series this Friday night as the reigning Champi... Full Article >>

Bullets shoot down Kings

The Brisbane Bullets juggernaut has kept on rolling tonight winning game one of the NBL semi finals against the Sydney Kings 91-84 in Brisbane. The game was a very evenly... Full Article >>

Snakes bite Wildcats

The Cairns Taipans caused the first upset of the NBL finals tonight by defeating the Wildcats in Perth 82-78. The Wildcats finished the regular season in third spot on th... Full Article >>

Kings crush Crocs

The Sydney Kings showed the Townsville Crocodiles what the play offs are all about tonight smashing the Crocs by 33 points 122-89 in Sydney. The win sends the Kings to the bes... Full Article >>

Puff! There goes the Dragons

The Cairns Taipans showed the South Dragons the play off exit sign tonight eliminating the Dragons from the play offs with a 118-97 victory in Cairns.Darnell Mee set up the wi... Full Article >>

Crocs draw first Blood

The Townsville Crocodiles drew first blood in the NBL play offs with a home court sudden death victory against the Singapore Slingers 106-93.  Playing without import Marq... Full Article >>

Bullets move to 18 consecutive wins

The Brisbane Bullets have entered uncharted waters securing their 18th win in a row with a victory against the Cairns Taipans in Cairns earlier today.With star point guard CJ ... Full Article >>

Bullets shoot for 17 in a row

Can the Brisbane Bullets create history this week and get past the NBL record for most consecutive wins – 16 – held jointly by the Melbourne Tigers and the Townsvi... Full Article >>

Time to review the play off format

It looks possible that this year a 10-20 record will get you into the National Basketball League play offs!Currently sitting in 7th place on the NBL ladder is the South Dragon... Full Article >>

Big Guns Start to Fire

Glen Saville and Chris Anstey, relative sleepers in the NBL this season have both come up with huge games as round 18 of the season kicked off last night.Saville, ranked numbe... Full Article >>

Americans in the National Basketball League

More than half the Americans playing in the National Basketball League come from six of the top 10 ranked conferences in American College Basketball, there were no clear stand... Full Article >>

Newley for the NBA?

Will Brad Newley make it into the NBA? If I had a dollar for each time someone has asked me that question I would be a wealthy man, it is a tough question to answer but we wil... Full Article >>

Jingles all the way

Rookie of the Year to be Joe Ingles tonight had a huge impact as the 8th placed South Dragons upset reigning NBL Champions the Melbourne Tigers 107-94 at Vodafone Arena in Mel... Full Article >>

Interest from Players and Universities

Word has spread around the Australian Basketball community about All Star Scouting and I have had numerous requests from players wanting to attend University in the USA.At thi... Full Article >>

Newley and Powell go head to head

Two of the hottest players in the NBL went head to head tonight as Brad Newley and the Townsville Crocodiles travelled to New Zealand to take on Carlos Powell and the Breakers... Full Article >>

All Australian Camp

The annual All Australian Basketball Camp held at the Australian Institute of Sport each January is the must see event for young basketball players from Australia.The stand ou... Full Article >>

Powell is the man

Carlos Powell continues to impress and there is no doubt in my mind that this guy is an NBA talent.Tonight against the Cairns Taipans in Auckland he collected 30 points, 10 re... Full Article >>

Aussies invade the USA

Australians are featuring prominently in some of the major basketball programs around the USA and they are making an impact! Aaron Bruce a junior at Baylor is averaging 11.4pp... Full Article >>

Newley continues to improve

Brad Newley re affirmed tonight why he is Australia’s hottest prospect for next years NBA draft with an impressive display as he led the Townsville Crocodiles to a 105 -... Full Article >>

Powell impressive

New Zealand Breakers power forward Carlos Powell continues to impress in his first season in the NBL. Powell who is currently ranked number 4 in the All Star Scouting Top 10 f... Full Article >>

Anstey returns to form

After a relatively slow start to the NBL season Chris Anstey produced a dominating performance tonight collecting 40 points and 6 rebounds as the Melbourne Tigers handed the W... Full Article >>

Basketball Australia to review development programs

Basketball Australia recently announced that it will fully review the elite level player and coach development programs it conducts. The review will include the Australian Ins... Full Article >>

Australian Institute of Sport visit

All Star Scouting recently paid a visit to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra to check on the progress of the scholarship players there prior to them departing for ... Full Article >>

Crocs recruit Rowland

The McDonald’s Crocodiles ended speculation over their replacement import with the announcement that ex-Sydney King EJ Rowland has agreed to terms and conditions with th... Full Article >>

Kings cut Rowland

The Firepower Sydney Kings announced Sunday that import point guard EJ Rowland has been released from his Philips Championship NBL contract, effective immediately.Head Coach B... Full Article >>

36ers vs. Crocs game statement

National Basketball League General Manager of Operations, Chuck Harmison, has issued the following statement on behalf of the NBL with regards to the Adelaide 36ers versus Tow... Full Article >>