LaMelo Ball on debut ⤵️
12 points
10 rebounds
5 assists
4 steals
0 turnovers
Ball is the first player in NBL history to have a double-double with five assists and no turnovers on debut 👀
@MELOD1P
#NBL20
What a career, the
@NZBreakers
show respect to
@kirkpenney
in the most moving fashion post-game with the Tall Blacks traditional haka. You'll be missed, Kirk
#NBL
Patty Mills has been named in the All-Star Five for
#Tokyo2020
by
@FIBA
⭐️
🇪🇸 Ricky Rubio
🇦🇺 Patty Mills
🇸🇮 Luka Doncic
🇺🇸 Kevin Durant
🇫🇷 Rudy Gobert
Across six games, Mills averaged 23.3 points per game for the Boomers
#Basketball
It’s not every day that an 18 y/o messes around and gets a triple-double in a pro league, but
@MELOD1P
became the youngest player in NBL history to do just that, giving us a performance we’ll be talking about for years to come.
32 PTS 🏀 11 REB 🏀 13 AST
#NBL20
#SeeIncredible
YES. THIS IS REAL LIFE.
And yes, this is preseason, but the
@Adelaide36ers
just did the NBL and Australian basketball proud and made history in the process with the first-ever
#NBLxNBA
win for the good guys.
Take a bow, 36ers 🙌
Vale Cecil Exum.
The NBL is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Cecil Exum. Cecil played 197 NBL games from 1989-1996 for the North Melbourne Giants, Melbourne Tigers and Geelong Supercats.
Our thoughts go out to the Exum family and those who were close to him.
7'2 👀
18 years old 👀
🇵🇭👀
The
@Adelaide36ers
have signed Filipino teenage sensation, Kai Sotto (
@kzsottolive
) for
#NBL22
on a multi-year deal.
Full details ⤵️
BRONZED AUSSIES 🥉
Medal mission complete. The
@BasketballAus
Boomers are coming home from the Olympics with a bronze medal for the first time
#Tokyo2020
Patty Mills went to another level with 42 points to lead like he has since the opening ceremony 🇦🇺
If the country of Georgia can almost get Zaza to the
#NBA
all-star game, surely Australia can get
@BenSimmons25
across the line.
Ben Simmons
#NBAVote
Smash that RT button, It'd be Un-Australian not to 🇦🇺🏀👊
The latest to make the
#NBLxNBA
leap 🙌
NBL21 Grand Final MVP Jock Landale has reportedly signed with the San Antonio Spurs on a two-year deal according to
@ShamsCharania
👀
Every highlight, all of them (there were a lot) from LaMelo Ball's triple-double against the Cairns Taipans ⤵️
3⃣2⃣ points
1⃣1⃣ rebounds
1⃣3⃣ assists
#NBL20
Obrigados,
@Didi
From Summer League to today, Didi Louzada's journey with the
@SydneyKings
as an NBL Next Star has been incredible to see.
@PelicansNBA
, you've got a good one 🙌
The youngest player with a triple-double in NBL history.
Take a bow,
@MELOD1P
. This is the stuff Next Stars are made of. The world is on notice, he's coming for that
#1
pick 👀
#NBL20
#CNSatILL
Another NBL player enters the NBA Draft 📈
Kai Sotto has announced that he will enter the 2022 NBA Draft off the back of his season with the
@Adelaide36ers
in
#NBL22
More ➡️
After 11 months of rehab, including learning how to walk again,
@aronbaynes
is back at full strength and ready to set his trademark screens in the NBA again.
It's an absolutely incredible comeback story, and we can't wait to see what's next for the Boomers BIG man.
While we can't high five in the real world right now, we're going to be hitting you with some virtual ones as we count down individual player's Top 🖐️ Plays of
#NBL20
First up, Rookie of the Year
@MELOD1P
👀
On This Day in 2006,
@Joeingles7
played his first ever NBL game with the South Dragons scoring 29 points, the most ever for an Australian on debut and a record that still stands today 👀
CC:
@utahjazz
OH MY JOSH.
@joshgiddey
has just entered the
#NBA
history books becoming the youngest player to record a triple-double, which goes nicely with his youngest player to record a triple-double in
@nblhistory
record.
The player that held the record before today? LaMelo Ball
#NBLxNBA
Andrew Gaze. A National Treasure.
You’ll be missed on the sidelines Gazey, 🤞 you remain an active part of the league you’ve played an integral role in for so many years 🐐
@AndrewGaze10
#NBL19
🚨 LaMelo Ball Triple-Double 🚨
With this assist, LaMelo Ball now has 24 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists. He is the youngest player to have a triple-double in NBL history.
#NBL20
#CNSatILL
From
@DukeMBB
➡️
@MelbUnitedHQ
in
#NBL21
After a standout College career with the Blue Devils, Jack White (
@5jackwhite
) is heading to Melbourne on a three-year deal 📝
Full details here:
Next Star LaMelo Ball will donate a portion of his NBL salary to victims of the bushfires that have devastated much of Australia in recent weeks.
The NBL will be announcing further initiatives to support the victims of bushfires around Australia.
First NBA career double-double for
@joshgiddey
, who becomes the 3rd youngest player in NBA history to record 10 assists in a game (behind only LeBron James twice) and gets the
@okcthunder
the W over the Lakers in the process.
GIDDEY UP INDEED.
#NBLxNBA
#NBLNextStars
All of the feels.
Let’s be honest, it's hard to find words when you get the phone call you’ve been waiting your whole life for.
This is the moment
@BrooklynNets
GM Trajan Langdon told Mitch Creek he was about to realise his NBA dream.
#NBLxNBA
@CreekMitchell
BOOMERS WIN.
The
@BasketballAus
Boomers open up their
#Tokyo2020
campaign with a first up win over Nigeria ✅
Patty Mills did Boomers Patty things with a game-high 25 points with 6 dimes and 4 steals
#GoBoomers