Helps that we’ve also started to get guys like LaMelo Ball and Josh Giddey to play here before they can be drafted to the NBA.
It’s all just had a nice flow on effect, there is now generally 2-3 players from the NBL (not necessarily all Australians) making the move to the NBA each season.
Yeah, that’s the other point I really should have mentioned is that perhaps more importantly than being a top league it’s considered a legitimate pathway to the NBA. While obviously soccer is different to basketball in that the NBL have taken advantage of kids needing to be one year removed from...
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