In The Post – Wildcats import to debut

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

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Frazier II to debut

Perth Wildcats import Michael Frazier II will make his club debut tonight in the NBL Blitz.

Basketball Operations GM Danny Mills spoke to The West Australian about what Frazier II brings to the court. Click here to read.

Wagstaff named skipper 

Wildcats veteran Jesse Wagstaff has been voted captain of the club for a second straight season.

Captain Clint

The Tasmania JackJumpers have named Clint Steindl as team captain and Jarrad Weeks as vice captain in the club's inaugural season.

Goulding’s Delly warning

Melbourne United captain Chris Goulding has no doubt Matthew Dellavedova will make a big impacting, saying “he'll rip your head off to try and win”.

Read the full story here via ESPN.

Deep dive on Next Stars 

ESPN draft expert Jonathan Givony has listed the NBL Next Stars program as one of the best pathways to the NBA.

He has broken down the program’s eligibility, compensation and contract details, competition, success stories, cautionary tales, and stability. Click here to read.

Giddey heaps praise on NBL

After another starring NBA outing with the Thunder, NBL Rookie of the Year Josh Giddey explained why coming to the league was a better option for his development than college.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Josh Giddey: “Australia is a physical league. That’s one of the reasons I chose the NBL over college, to play against grown men, which for me was better than playing against other kids in college. It’s one of the best leagues in the world.”</p>&mdash; Nick Crain (@CrainNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/CrainNBA/status/1461180580511555590?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


NBL legend to coach Braves

Two-time NBL championship winner Stephen Black has been named men’s head coach of the Bendigo Braves NBL1 team.

Black played 298 NBL games for the Perth Wildcats, Brisbane Bullets and Cairns Taipans from 1998-2009.

Backboard breaking import

Beware of the rims at South East Melbourne Phoenix games this season because new import Devin Thomas is used to breaking them…

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