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Zion Williamson throws a behind the back pass on Sunday.

Pelicans praise Australian tour as NBL push for more NBA visits to Australia

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.

  • Roy Ward and Angus Delaney

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Melbourne United’s Dash Daniels speaking to media post game.

‘I better see you in the NBA real soon’: Aussie teen makes big impression on basketball stars

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.

  • Roy Ward
How the NBL wooed the NBA to play pre-season games in Australia, with a charm offensive from NBL owner Larry Kestelman (right). The New Orleans Pelicans, including star Zion Williamson (left) are playing two games in Melbourne.

‘Does not trust easily’: Inside the charm offensive to woo the NBA 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.

  • Roy Ward
Andrew Bogut is an assistant coach to Brian Goorjian at the Sydney Kings this season.

Andrew Bogut co-owns the team he’s now an assistant coach of. Should Brian Goorjian be nervous?

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.

  • Jon Pierik and Roy Ward
South East Melbourne Phoenix owner Romie Chaudhari.

Phoenix uprising: Melbourne team joins legal action against NBL

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.

  • Marc McGowan and Chris Barrett
South East Melbourne Phoenix majority owner Romie Chaudhari and tennis star Nick Kyrgios, who is part of the team’s ownership group. 

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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The NBL has been majority owned by Larry Kestelman since 2015.

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
The NBL has been majority owned by Larry Kestelman since 2015.
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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
Under fire: NBL boss Larry Kestelman has been urged to step down by the Illawarra Hawks owner.

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
Josh Giddey of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls and NFL player Tyler Higbee of the Los Angeles Rams. Both sports leagues are coming to Melbourne.

Costs kept secret as Melbourne gets set to host NBA and NFL

The NSW government rejected an offer to bring the NFL to Australia worth an estimated $15 million a game. But Victoria is splashing out on American sport, with NFL and NBA teams on their way Down Under.

  • Jon Pierik and Cara Waters