There is no one else that caused as much of a stir in the off-season than Antonius Cleveland when he left the Illawarra Hawks for the Adelaide 36ers. Leaving Illawarra to join fellow import Robert Franks who had just left the Brisbane Bullets, on a two-year deal in the “City of Churches”.

When most players move to new teams, in foreign leagues, their main focus is getting comfortable, getting to know the team, the area, the league, and understanding the ins and outs of their new environment. Not Xavier Munford. Munford has one priority, and one priority only: he’s here for the takeover.

McVeigh joined the JackJumpers as their third player ever, closely following Sam McDaniel and Clint Steindl. He spent the previous three seasons with the Adelaide 36ers but said that he couldn’t resist the opportunity that the JJs presented, giving special credit to head coach Scott Roth.

Hunter was recently featured in Luc Longley’s Australian Story episode, One Giant Leap, shown playing a game of backgammon with the Chicago Bulls legend, and sharing what could be considered basketball-adjacent banter. Longley asks Hunter if he feels pressure playing basketball being named after arguably the greatest player of all time. However, it’s clear to anyone who watched the documentary who Longley’s favourite Jordan actually is. According to Hunter, the level of appreciation is definitely a two-way street.