Australian basketball legend Andrew Gaze to commentate NBL games during 2019/20 season

Australian basketball legend Andrew Gaze will be back in the commentary box this season and will join a star-studded team for the International Basketball Series. See who else will join him.

Andrew Gaze will return to the NBL commentary box.

Australian basketball legend Andrew Gaze will return to the NBL commentary box for the 2019/20 season while he will also join a star-studded team for this month’s International Basketball Series on SBS Viceland and SBS On Demand.

Gaze will team up with four-time Olympian Shane Heal and former NBL MVP Corey ‘Homicide’ Williams for the seven game series starting in Perth this Friday when the Australian Boomers play Canada.

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They will be joined courtside for the opening Australia versus USA game at Marvel Stadium on August 22 by Melbourne Vixens and Australian Diamonds star Renae Ingles, the wife of Boomers forward Joe Ingles.

Veteran basketball commentator John Casey will call all seven games with former New Zealand NBL star Casey Frank to join the commentary team for the two games featuring the New Zealand Tall Blacks against Canada Basketball at the Quaycentre in Sydney on August 20 and 21.

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Andrew Gaze will return to the NBL commentary box.

Gaze, who played 612 NBL games for the Melbourne Tigers, won the league MVP award a record seven times and is the NBL’s all-time leading scorer with 18,908 points, can’t wait to return to the commentary ranks.

“These are going to be the biggest basketball events ever staged in Australia and I’m delighted to be joining the commentary team to bring all the action live on SBS,” Gaze said.

“Fans will have a chance to watch some of the best players from around the world including a number of NBA and NBL stars who will line up for the Boomers ahead of this month’s FIBA World Cup.”

Gaze recently completed a three-year coaching stint at the Sydney Kings, leading them to the finals last season.

The Australian basketball icon will also commentate during the World Cup in China for FIBA.

Originally published as Australian basketball legend Andrew Gaze to commentate NBL games during 2019/20 season