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Brandon Paul, a veteran wing who played one season in the NBA, has finalised a deal to join the Adelaide 36ers for the remainder of the 2021 NBL season. As first reported by ESPN on February 14, Paul, a 6'4 wing, will replace Jeremy Kendle, who joined the team after Donald Sloan requested a release. Paul, 29, is coming off a stint in China with Zhejiang Chouzhou, where he averaged 10.2 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.2 assists, in 11 minutes per game. There's a limit to how many minutes import players can play in the Chinese Basketball Association. "I'm looking forward to the opportunity and to c...

Her song entry, Set Me Free, is mostly sung in English, except for one Hebrew phrase in the chorus: 'Chalas im ha’shiga’on,' which translates to: 'Enough with the madness'

0 of 5 Tony Ding/Associated Press The 2021 NBA draft conversation has mostly revolved around the projected one-and-done freshmen at the top. But there are always late bloomers who tend to rise over the final few months. Each of these five prospects has a chance to move up into different tiers on boards. One figures to generate more attention overseas with his season about to tip off. The other four are returning college basketball players who are validating their breakout starts with more consistency midway through January.  Chris Duarte (Oregon, SG, Senior) 1 of 5 Draft ceiling: Late first ...

This NBL off-season lasted nearly an entire year. Think about that for a second. We had a pandemic disrupt everything, players opt in and out of contracts, salary cuts across the entire league, the start to the new season pushed back and back, and teams re-located then re-relocated some more. Editor's Picks Sides were forced to operate amid unprecedented uncertainty, while the league did its best to outsmart a virus that's seemingly uncontrollable. It seems miraculous that, in the end, we ended up with all nine rosters filled without losing a significant amount of talent, ahead of a season th...

Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images Breakers centre Rob Loe will join his team-mates in Melbourne several weeks ahead of schedule to prepare for NBL 2021. Mother Nature keeps to no-one’s schedule and in the case of the arrival of Breakers big man Rob Loe’s first baby, the timeline has been reset firmly in the team’s favour. Loe’s wife, Kelly, had their first baby boy in Auckland several weeks ahead of schedule, which means the experienced centre will be able to join his Breakers team-mates in Melbourne in plenty of time to play a full part in the team's NBL pre-season campaign.