United wraps it up in overtime
NBL regular season champion Melbourne United today confirmed its place in the 2017-18 Grand Final Series when it delivered an 88-86 knock-out blow to New Zealand in overtime, sweeping their series.
Psst. Have you heard the news?
THE AFL's Hawthorn Footy Club is reputedly circling the NBL and looking to snatch the Illawarra franchise out of Wollongong and re-locate it to Melbourne.
36ers leave Perth seeing red
IF any team is going to KO the two-time defending champion Perth Wildcats from achieving an NBL threepeat, who better than their arch rival Adelaide 36ers?
Perth Arena is an 'NBA' place to play
ADELAIDE 36ers coach Joey Wright and his Boomers guard Nathan Sobey agree - Perth Arena, a.k.a. "The Jungle" - is THE place to play NBL basketball in Australia.
What the FOX is going on?
IT'S clear the NBL needs to get more on the front foot when it comes to advertising where to see its semis "live on FOX" after a raft of complaints from people who missed the Melbourne-NZ game by tuning in to the regular 503 broadcast station.
United, 36ers take care of home court
NBL regular season champion Melbourne heads to Auckland with a 1-0 semi final lead over New Zealand while Adelaide crosses the Great Australian Bight after taking a massive bite out of Perth's threepeat dream.
Is it really a fourth NBL import?
DON’T let your knickers bunch up too quickly at the NBL’s latest breaking new innovation of expanding club rosters to 12, adding a “one-and-done” NBA prospect – a la Terrance Ferguson – to each team.
When Game 1 is all it's about
RARELY has winning Game 1 of an NBL playoff series been more important than tomorrow night's openers in both the Melbourne-New Zealand (1v4) and Adelaide-Perth (2v3) semi finals.
Chill has one thing to add to his resume
JOSH Childress has genuine NBA cred, played top basketball in Europe and Asia, revelled in Ice Cube’s Big3 3x3 tournament last year but it is now in Adelaide, South Australia, where he finally is in reach of a championship goal.
Melbourne-NZ set for a new chapter
REGULAR season champion Melbourne United faces off with arch enemy New Zealand Breakers in the NBL’s 1v4 semi final series in a rivalry four years in the making.

