June
Robyn Denholm, Larry Kestelman buy slice of women’s basketball
The WNBL, currently run by Basketball Australia, has struggled to make money for years. The two businesspeople will buy a controlling stake in the league.
- Zoe Samios
How Australia became a big money-maker for the NBA
NBA says Australia is the highest revenue-generating market for merchandise and its streaming service, NBA League Pass.
- Zoe Samios
Denholm, Kestelman in joint play for big stake in women’s basketball
Tesla chairwoman and the Dodo founder already have significant interest in basketball. Others to have submitted offers for a 30 per cent stake include IMG, sources say.
- Zoe Samios
May
Women’s basketball chases investors for $20m-plus slam dunk
The WNBL is for sale. It’s attracted interest from Aussie rich-listers to offshore funds.
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- Zoe Samios
September 2023
New Zealand’s NBL side assembles bank dream team in search for deal
The high-performing Breakers basketball team has four advisers stretching from Los Angeles to Sydney as they prepare to test the appetite of potential buyers.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
August 2023
Moelis woos NBL team NZ Breakers as sporting M&A action heats up
Sources said the investment bank has its teams in the United States and more locally working on the pitch. However, it hadn’t been formally hired yet.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
June 2023
Former mall king gets his bonus erased
Former Vicinity Centres chief executive Grant Kelley has had almost $4 million of unvested stock rubbed out by Vicinity Centres.
- Mark Di Stefano
May 2022
No money, no talent and playing in the finals: meet Australia’s newest sporting heroes
They’ve been described as the “least talented team in the competition” but the Tasmanian JackJumpers are in the NBL finals, which start tonight.
- Julie Hare
March 2022
Ex-NBL basketballer dodges leadership questions
Dan van Holst Pellekaan, who became Deputy Premier of SA last year, has plenty of fans in the outback, but his next step could be tricky.
- Simon Evans
July 2021
New basketball chief a chip off the old block
His wife Nickie Scriven was until very recently a board director at the very same institution.
- Myriam Robin
January 2021
Chicago Bulls forward buying into NBL’s Brisbane Bullets
Chicago Bulls forward Thaddeus Young is joining a growing contingent of current and ex-NBA players buying into Australian teams.
- Max Mason
Rich Lister hails NBL's record haul of NBA talent
With more ex-NBA players than ever before, and two 2021 NBA draft prospects, National Basketball League owner Larry Kestelman believes the reworked season will be the game's best.
- Max Mason
Why this former Young Rich Lister is trying to save a sporting club
New Hawks owner Dorry Kordahi knows a pandemic is not the ideal time to try to save a struggling basketball club. "But there’s always opportunity in tough times," he says.
- Jessica Gardner
NBL postpones season opener on virus outbreaks
The COVID-19 outbreak continues to wreak havoc on sporting codes. Now the NBL's opening games will be in Cairns and Perth.
- Jessica Gardner
November 2020
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Larry Kestelman shoots basketball and property goals in Glenorchy
The Rich List developer and National Basketball League owner has plans approved for a $200 million sports precinct on Hobart's northern edge.
- Michael Bleby
March 2020
Ban throws NRL, AFL seasons into disarray
The National Rugby League and AFL are contemplating playing to empty stadiums this season after the government ban on gatherings of more than 500 people.
- Mark Ludlow and Patrick Durkin
July 2019
NBL set to go free-to-air under new deal
Fans will be able to broadcast or stream the entire season live on SBS' channels and platforms from October, with ESPN also broadcasting 59 of the season's prime-time games.
- Lucas Baird