In The Post – Exum on Phoenix’s radar

Catch up on all the latest headlines from around the basketball world in today’s edition of In the Post.

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Phoenix eye Exum 

The South East Melbourne Phoenix are still monitoring Dante Exum for their final roster spot.

Phoenix GM Tommy Greer spoke to Newscorp about Exum possibly signing with the club. Click here to read.

NBA the goal for Travers

Perth wunderkind Luke Travers and his agent Daniel Moldovan believe the sky is the limit for the Wildcats youngster. Network 10 has the exclusive story about Travers’ NBA goal.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Perth Wildcats player Luke Travers has openly declared alongside his management team that the NBA is in their sights and he plans to put words into action. <a href="https://t.co/hmu1bB8Nnn">pic.twitter.com/hmu1bB8Nnn</a></p>&mdash; 10 News First Perth (@10NewsFirstPER) <a href="https://twitter.com/10NewsFirstPER/status/1458009026063634437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Wildcats happy with home slate

Perth Wildcats CEO Troy Georgiu says the club is happy with their revised schedule which has them playing five home games in the first three weeks of the season.

He spoke to The West Australian about the new schedule. Click here to read.

Bullets to change under JD

Brisbane coach James Duncan is ready to implement a new culture with the Bullets. He spoke to Network 10 about how he is adjusting to his new role. 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">New Bullets coach James Duncan speaks exclusively to <a href="https://twitter.com/10NewsFirstQLD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@10NewsFirstQLD</a> on his new life in Brisbane, and how he plans to deliver the title the city has been waiting 15 years for. <a href="https://t.co/6m3kHjKoiC">pic.twitter.com/6m3kHjKoiC</a></p>&mdash; Josh Mclean (@McJoshmclean) <a href="https://twitter.com/McJoshmclean/status/1457985488908812290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Defence first five for Taipans

Cairns coach Adam Forde has revealed the Taipans’ starting five, declaring they have “one of the better defences out of the league”.

Click here to find out the starting five via The Cairns Post.

Basketball or nothing for Hukporti

Melbourne United Next Star Ariel Hukporti is taking a basketball or nothing approach to this season, with his sights set on eventually making the NBL to NBA leap.

He spoke to the Herald Sun in an in-depth feature about his goals, United’s culture and more. Click here to read.

Hawks soar a level

Illawarra Hawks coach Brian Goorjian says his club has "gone up a level" as they prepare for the NBL Blitz to begin this weekend.

Read the full story here via the Illawarra Mercury.

NBL1 goes national 

NBL1 is now a truly national competition with every state and territory covered after the inclusion of the Darwin Basketball Association/Basketball Northern Territory in NBL1 North.

It means that the NBL1 becomes the first Australian sport league to have clubs based in and playing out of every state and territory in Australia.