The NBL Blitz is coming to Tasmania from September 19-22, and you can catch all the action streaming live on Facebook and Twitch. All games will be streaming via the NBL Facebook Page as well as on the NBL's Twitch Channel. Join the NBL Overtime trio of Cam Luke, Liam Santamaria and Corey 'Homicide' Williams on the call, with a daily show wrapping up all the action as it goes down in the Apple Isle. Check out the full schedule of games here If you're in Tasmania don't miss the stars of NBL20 in person. Tickets selling fast! Get yours here. Watch live video from TheNBL on www ..read more

The Hungry Jack’s National Basketball League (NBL) is pleased to announce it has extended its partnership with one of Australia’s favourite retailers Kmart Australia until 2022. The new agreement will see GAMETIME by Kmart continue for a third consecutive year to deliver a wide ranging community program to schools across Australia and New Zealand. More than 100,000 children have participated in the program each year since its inception with NBL players from nine clubs playing a key role in delivering the educational basketball activities. Kmart Australia’s Head of Community Kate Th ..read more

Five thoughts on the Australian Boomers’ 67-59 loss to France in the third-place game of the FIBA World Cup from NBL Media’s Liam Santamaria.   THE AGONY OF DEFEAT It hurts. After marching into the medal rounds with a 6-0 record, the Boomers lost their final two games at the 2019 World Cup in heartbreaking fashion, squandering sizeable second-half leads on both occasions. The result: yet another fourth place finish. Yes, it ranks as the highest ever placing for our men’s team at a World Cup, but after landing in that spot at four of the past eight Olympics, it also doesn’t ..read more

The Illawarra Hawks have announced that they will be returning to the nation’s capital with another action-packed game this 2019/20 NBL Season. After successfully bringing the NBL back to Canberra for the first time in ten years in January, the Hawks will once again be returning to AIS Arena with a blockbuster game against the Brisbane Bullets on November 3. In what has been a huge off-season for the Hawks, they will be bringing star power to Canberra with the likes of global teenage superstar LaMelo Ball, NBA veteran Aaron Brooks and powerhouse Josh Boone all new additions to this se ..read more

It has taken LaMelo Ball just two preseason NBL games to create worldwide headlines. The teenage sensation, who has joined the Illawarra Hawks under the NBL Next Stars program, scored 21 points on 7-of-11 shooting in the Hawks' 109-98 win over South East Melbourne Phoenix in Albury yesterday. Ball's performance circulated social media quickly, with numerous high profile American media outlets posting his highlights shortly after the game ended.   LaMelo just dropped 21 and the Hawks got a DUB ? @MELOD1P @NBL @ZO2_ pic.twitter.com/NeIYqIgwEm — Overtime (@overtime) September 15 ..read more

The Owner and Executive Chairman of the Hungry Jack’s National Basketball League Larry Kestelman has unveiled his bold vision for a new community sports and entertainment precinct at Wilkinsons Point in Hobart. The vision is part of Kestelman’s plan to purchase the Derwent Entertainment Centre (DEC) and become the home of the NBL’s 10th team as the league expands its footprint across Australia. It was unveiled as the league prepares to stage its preseason competition, the NBL Blitz, featuring all nine NBL clubs across Tasmania from September 19-22. The vision for the DEC and Wilkin ..read more

The Australian Boomers will have to settle for a frustrating fourth place finish at the FIBA World Cup in China unable to hold on to a handy early second half lead in the bronze medal playoff as France ended up prevailing 67-59. Both teams had to shake off the disappointment of losing their semi finals on Friday night but without question it was the Boomers who had the biggest job in that regard following the remarkable double overtime contest they just managed to lose to Spain. That was Australia's first loss of the World Cup and they had already defeat France to finish atop their gr ..read more

Written for NBL.com.au by Tom Hersz   Australia Boomers v France When: 6.00pm (AEST), Sunday 15 September Where: Wukesong Sport Arena, Beijing, China Broadcast: Fox Sports More; Kayo Sports   Character comes in many forms. For the Boomers, their character will be tested in one of the cruellest ways imaginable tonight after coming so close to fulfilling a goal; one that has eluded this nation. A World Cup was within their grasp, but the basketball gods had other ideas on Friday night leaving the Boomers devastated once again at the hands of Spain. It was a heroi ..read more

If there was a blueprint on how to win the NBL championship, there would be one fairly common theme -  make sure Casey Prather is on the roster. Prather has played three seasons in the NBL and won three championships - 2016, 2017, 2018 - and made a thunderous statement to the league last night that, yes, the ruler's back. After spending last season in Europe where he was hampered by injury, Prather squashed any doubts about his health in Melbourne United's 111-70 win over the Illawarra Hawks in Ballarat on Friday night. The 2017 All-NBL First Team member amassed 31 points, five reb ..read more

Five thoughts on the Australian Boomers’ 95-88 double overtime loss to Spain in the Semi-Finals of the FIBA World Cup from NBL Media’s Liam Santamaria.   HEARTBREAK Ugh. That was gut-wrenching. Australia had control of last night’s semi-final with Spain for most of the night but let it slip late in regulation – and again during a second period of overtime – as the Spaniards claimed a hard-fought victory. The Boomers were brave, there’s no doubt about that. Patty Mills put up a tournament-high 34 points (despite being hounded by multiple defenders all night), Matthew Dellavedo ..read more