The National Basketball League (NBL) is a men's professional basketball league in Australasia, currently composed of 10 teams: 9 in Australia and 1 in New Zealand. It is the premier professional men's basketball league in Australia and New Zealand.
The Sheboygan Red Skins were a professional basketball team based in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, which was an original National Basketball Association franchise during the 1949–50 season.
Robert Paul Rose is an American-Australian retired professional basketball player. He played the majority of his career in the Australian National Basketball League (NBL), where he won a championship with the South East Melbourne Magic in 1992 and was a two-time NBL Most Valuable Player in 1993 and 2001. Rose was nicknamed "Australia's Michael Jordan" due to his clutch shooting and defensive abilities.
Kevin Brooks is an American professional basketball coach and former player. Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, Brooks is a graduate of White Castle High School in White Castle, Louisiana and graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then named the University of Southwestern Louisiana.
The Illawarra Hawks are an Australian professional basketball team based in Wollongong, New South Wales. The Illawarra Hawks compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at WIN Entertainment Centre, known colloquially as "The Sandpit". The Illawarra Hawks are the only remaining NBL team to have competed in every season since the league's inception in 1979. The team won their first and so far only NBL Championship in 2001 and finished as runners-up in 2005, 2010 and 2017.
Michael Lawrence Chappell is a retired American professional basketball player born in Southfield, Michigan.
Dusty Mike Rychart was an Australian-American professional basketball player for the Brisbane Capitals of the Queensland Basketball League (QBL).
Carl Thomas is American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently the head coach at Cleary University.
LaFarrell Darnell Mee is an American former professional basketball player who played 12 seasons in the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for Western Kentucky before being selected by the Golden State Warriors with the 34th overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft. He played 40 games in the NBA for the Denver Nuggets. In his 12 seasons in Australia, Mee was named the NBL Best Defensive Player five times and won two NBL championships. He became an Australian citizen in 2006.
Joey Glenn Wright is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He has been the head coach of three teams in the Australian National Basketball League: the Brisbane Bullets, which won an NBL championship in 2007, the now-defunct Gold Coast Blaze and the Adelaide 36ers. He is a three-time NBL Coach of the Year, and was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.
Leslie Galen Young was an American professional basketball player. He played two years of Division I college basketball for the Charlotte 49ers, where he earned first-team All-Conference USA honors in 1999. He played professionally in the United States and abroad for 13 years, winning a Continental Basketball Association championship in 2007 with the Yakima Sun Kings and an Australian National Basketball League championship in 2010 with the Perth Wildcats.
Aaron Trahair is an Australian basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach for the Kalamunda Eastern Suns of NBL1 West.
Cortez Groves is an American former professional basketball player who is best known for his time spent in the Australian National Basketball League (NBL).
Gordon "Gordie" McLeod is an Australian former professional basketball player and former assistant coach for the Cairns Taipans in the National Basketball League (NBL).
Larry Davidson is an Australian former professional basketball player who played 12 seasons in the National Basketball League (NBL).
Adam Ballinger is an American-Australian former professional basketball player who spent his entire career in the Australian National Basketball League, playing 12 seasons for various clubs such as the Victoria Giants, Wollongong Hawks, Adelaide 36ers and Melbourne Tigers. He also spent time in Puerto Rico, New Zealand and Israel during the Australian NBL off-seasons.
Luke Alexander Nevill is a former Australian professional basketball player who last played for Yulon Luxgen Dinos of the Taiwan Super Basketball League. He played college basketball for the University of Utah.
Gary Ervin is an American professional basketball player who last played for Chorale Roanne Basket of the French LNB Pro B. He played college basketball for Mississippi State University and the University of Arkansas. Ervin was the NBL's Most Valuable Player for the 2010–11 NBL season while playing for the Wollongong Hawks.
Rhys Martin is an Australian professional basketball player who last played for the Gold Coast Rollers of the Queensland Basketball League (QBL). He is most well known for his 10 seasons in the National Basketball League (NBL) with the Illawarra Hawks.
Kevin Jerome Tiggs is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Mott Community College and East Tennessee State University.
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