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NBL warns entire league could collapse as Kyrgios-backed team goes to court
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.
- Chris Barrett
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Basketball Australia to investigate conflict of interest claims in billionaires’ stoush
The governing body has been asked by the sport’s international federation to investigate claims made about NBL supremo Larry Kestelman.
- Chris Barrett
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- NBA
Australia’s ‘Great Barrier Thief’ makes history with major NBA award
Bendigo-raised guard Dyson Daniels has capped off a stellar NBA season by becoming the first Australian to claim the most improved player award.
- Roy Ward
It’s 6am in Melbourne, the phone rings, 30 minutes later Josh Giddey joins the Chicago Bulls
The Australian superstar could have been traded anywhere within the NBA, but in an exclusive chat he reveals he’s exactly where he needs to be.
- Roy Ward
Billionaires’ brawl for control of Australian basketball escalates
Newly filed court documents have detailed an escalating dispute between American billionaire Jared Novelly and the Larry Kestelman-owned Australian league.
- Chris Barrett
- Investigation
- Investigation
Off-court battle: Inside the civil war dividing Australian basketball
A decade after rescuing the NBL, Larry Kestelman is facing off against team owners in a fight led by an American billionaire and Donald Trump appointee.
- Chris Barrett
NBL legend Bryce Cotton to leave Perth Wildcats
The five-time league MVP knocked back a contract offer from Perth that reportedly would have made him the highest-paid player in NBL history.
- Joanna Guelas
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- Basketball
Beaten Dellavedova’s amazing gesture as Hawks crowned NBL champions
The Illawarra Hawks beat Melbourne Utd 114-104 in Wollongong in the decisive fifth match to clinch an epic victory, but there was another twist to come.
- Jasper Bruce
Battle of the billionaires: The Trump connection to an NBL hostile takeover bid
Billionaire NBL owner Larry Kestelman has been urged to step down from the league amid a hostile takeover bid from an Illawarra Hawks owner who has close ties to Donald Trump.
- Jon Pierik
Battered Hawks pull off upset win over United to force NBL title decider
The NBL championship series will go to a deciding fifth game after the injury-hit Illawarra Hawks pulled off a remarkable 80-71 win over Melbourne United.
- Shayne Hope
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