The NBL has struck back against US ambassador Jared Novelly’s basketball club,the Illawarra Hawks,the same week as he is due to take up his role as Donald Trump’s newly appointed ambassador to New Zealand.
A billionaire basketball owner who is Donald Trump’s ambassador to New Zealand has escalated his fight with NBL owner and Telco mogul Larry Kestelman.
Jared Novelly,who owns the Hawks and is US ambassador to New Zealand,has been at loggerheads with NBL owner Larry Kestelman for some time. On Monday,the feud heated up again.
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.
He might be just 17,but Dash Daniels earned high praise from the New Orleans Pelicans - the team his brother Dyson once played for - when the NBA finally came to Australia.
Australians love the NBA,but teams have refused to fly here. The NBL hope they can win over the New Orleans Pelicans this week with a first-class experience.
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.
South East Melbourne Phoenix is set to join the Illawarra Hawks’ court action as the NBL suggests a mounting crisis in the game poses an existential threat.
The governing body has been asked by the sport’s international federation to investigate claims made about NBL supremo Larry Kestelman.