For the third year in a row, Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL) will head over to the states to play a slate of NBA preseason games, the league announced on Wednesday. One would assume this year’s schedule would include the Illawarra Hawks because of LaMelo Ball’s international popularity, but surprisingly they’re not.
However, RJ Hampton’s New Zealand Breakers will take on the Memphis Grizzlies on Oct. 9 and the Oklahoma City Thunder on Oct. 11