The New Orleans Pelicans have praised their visit to Melbourne in glowing terms,now the NBL will begin to push for more NBA teams to come to Australia.
The high-flying Zion Williamson will put on a show for local fans when his New Orleans Pelicans play the first NBA games in Australia this weekend.
Bogut’s dual roles at the Sydney Kings will make for an intriguing dynamic,especially if the heat gets turned up on their seasoned mentor,super coach Brian Goorjian.
The simmering off-court dispute between the basketball league and certain teams has escalated with a club part-owned by tennis star Nick Kyrgios and Australian Boomers guard Dante Exum declaring its concerns.
The New Orleans Pelicans will make a historic trip to Melbourne in October,and Josh Giddey and his Chicago Bulls,and WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark,could be next.
The deal between the NBA,the NBL and the Victorian government comes as the NBL collaborates with rap mogul Ice Cube to promote his Big3 basketball league.
Josh King hates losing,loves coffee and his relentless drive has helped the South East Melbourne Phoenix recover from a 0-5 start to reach the NBL semi-finals.
He is one of the greatest shooters this country has produced,but Chris Goulding is facing mounting accusations that he is a “flopper”,and now he comes up against the coach who left him out of this year’s Olympics team.
The Phoenix’s win was overshadowed by a hostile social media post from team owner Romie Chaudhari,who attacked Chris Goulding on X,labelling the United star “weak”.
Five losses to start the season was enough for the Phoenix to part ways with Mike Kelly,a one-time coach of the year in the Australian league.