2021–22 NBL season: Difference between revisions

2021–22 NBL season
2021–22 NBL season
League	National Basketball League
Season	2021–22
Duration	TBA
Games played	140 (regular season); TBD (semi-finals); TBD (Grand Final)
Teams	10
TV partner(s)	Australia: ESPN; 10 Peach (2 Sunday afternoon games per week); New Zealand: Sky Sport; Online: NBL TV; Kayo Sports; 10 Play;
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The 2021–22 NBL season will be the 44th season of the National Basketball League since its establishment in 1979. A total of ten teams will contest in the 2021–22 season.

Australian broadcast rights to the season are held by ESPN in the first season of a new three-year deal. All games are available live on ESPN and the streaming platform Kayo Sports.^[1] In New Zealand, Sky Sport continue as the official league broadcaster. 10 Peach will broadcast Sunday afternoon games from 1-5pm^[2], with the matches also streamed live on 10 Play.^[3]

Teams

Ten teams will compete in the 2021–22 season, with the Tasmania JackJumpers entering the league for their first season.^[4]

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Adelaide 36ers	Adelaide	Adelaide Entertainment Centre	11,300
Brisbane Bullets	Brisbane	Nissan Arena	5,000
Cairns Taipans	Cairns	Cairns Convention Centre	5,300
Illawarra Hawks	Wollongong	WIN Entertainment Centre	6,000
Melbourne United	Melbourne	John Cain Arena	10,500
New Zealand Breakers	Auckland	Spark Arena	9,300
Perth Wildcats	Perth	RAC Arena	14,800
South East Melbourne Phoenix	Melbourne	John Cain Arena	10,500
South East Melbourne Phoenix	Melbourne	State Basketball Centre	3,200
Sydney Kings	Sydney	Qudos Bank Arena	18,200
Tasmania JackJumpers	Hobart	MyState Bank Arena	5,000
Tasmania JackJumpers	Hobart	Silverdome	5,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Coach	Captain	Main sponsor	Kit manufacturer
Adelaide 36ers	Conner Henry	TBA		Champion
Brisbane Bullets	James Duncan	Jason Cadee
Cairns Taipans	Adam Forde	TBA	CQUniversity
Illawarra Hawks	Brian Goorjian	Andrew Ogilvy
Melbourne United	Dean Vickerman	Chris Goulding
New Zealand Breakers	Dan Shamir	Thomas Abercrombie	Sky Sport
Perth Wildcats	Vacant	Jesse Wagstaff
South East Melbourne Phoenix	Simon Mitchell	Kyle Adnam
Sydney Kings	Chase Buford	TBA	Brydens Lawyers
Tasmania JackJumpers	Scott Roth	TBA

Player transactions

Free agency negotiations were delayed until 28 June 2021, due to the late finish of the 2020–21 season which had been delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]^[6]

Coaching transactions

Team	Role	2019–20 season	2021–22 season
Brisbane Bullets	Head Coach	Andrej Lemanis	James Duncan
Cairns Taipans	Head Coach	Mike Kelly	Adam Forde
	Assistant Coach	Jamie O'Loughlin	Sam Gruggen
	Assistant Coach	Brad Hill	TBA
New Zealand Breakers	Assistant Coach	Chanel Pompallier	TBA
New Zealand Breakers	Assistant Coach	Rashid Al-Kaleem	TBA
Sydney Kings	Head Coach	Adam Forde	Chase Buford
	Assistant Coach	James Duncan	Fleur McIntyre
	Assistant Coach	Sam Gruggen	N/A
Perth Wildcats	Head Coach	Trevor Gleeson	TBA
	Assistant	Bob Thornton	Keegan Crawford
	Assistant	Jacob Chance	N/A
Tasmania JackJumpers	Head Coach	N/A	Scott Roth
	Assistant	N/A	Jacob Chance
			Mark Radford
			Jack Fleming

References

^ "NBL Achieves History-Making Media Deal". NBL. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
^ "National Basketball League | NBL". nbl.com.au. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
^ "https://twitter.com/nbl/status/1428160046077145090". Twitter. Retrieved 19 August 2021. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
^ "Tasmania will get its first NBL team since 1996". ABC News. 28 February 2020.
^ "Stars Headline Free Agency List". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
^ Liam Santamaria (21 July 2021). "NBL22 Roster Watch". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

External links

Official website

[1] "NBL Achieves History-Making Media Deal". NBL. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

[2] "National Basketball League | NBL". nbl.com.au. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[3] "https://twitter.com/nbl/status/1428160046077145090". Twitter. Retrieved 19 August 2021. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)

[4] "Tasmania will get its first NBL team since 1996". ABC News. 28 February 2020.

[5] "Stars Headline Free Agency List". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

[6] Liam Santamaria (21 July 2021). "NBL22 Roster Watch". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

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 The '''2021–22 NBL season''' will be the 44th season of the [[National Basketball League (Australia)|National Basketball League]] since its establishment in 1979. A total of ten teams will contest in the 2021–22 season.
-Australian broadcast rights to the season are held by [[ESPN]] in the first season of a new three-year deal. All games are available live on [[ESPN Australia|ESPN]] and the streaming platform [[Kayo Sports]].<ref>{{cite web |title=NBL Achieves History-Making Media Deal |url=https://nbl.com.au/news/nbl-achieves-history-making-media-deal |work=[[National Basketball League (Australia)|NBL]] |date=27 July 2021 |access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref> In New Zealand, [[Sky Sport (New Zealand)|Sky Sport]] continue as the official league broadcaster. The league is yet to announce their [[free-to-air]] partner for the season.
+Australian broadcast rights to the season are held by [[ESPN]] in the first season of a new three-year deal. All games are available live on [[ESPN Australia|ESPN]] and the streaming platform [[Kayo Sports]].<ref>{{cite web |title=NBL Achieves History-Making Media Deal |url=https://nbl.com.au/news/nbl-achieves-history-making-media-deal |work=[[National Basketball League (Australia)|NBL]] |date=27 July 2021 |access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref> In New Zealand, [[Sky Sport (New Zealand)|Sky Sport]] continue as the official league broadcaster. [[10 Peach]] will broadcast Sunday afternoon games from 1-5pm<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Basketball League {{!}} NBL|url=https://nbl.com.au/news/network-10-becomes-nbl-free-to-air-partner|access-date=2021-08-19|website=nbl.com.au|language=en}}</ref>, with the matches also streamed live on 10 Play.<ref>{{Cite web|title=https://twitter.com/nbl/status/1428160046077145090|url=https://twitter.com/nbl/status/1428160046077145090|access-date=2021-08-19|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref>
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