2024–25 NBL season
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League	National Basketball League
Season	2024–25
Duration	19 September 2024 – 8 February 2025 February 2025 (play-in tournament) February – March 2025 (semifinals) March 2025 (finals)
Matches played	49
Teams	10
TV partner(s)	Australia: ESPN Network 10 10 Bold New Zealand: ESPN TVNZ Online: Kayo Sports NBL TV 10Play TVNZ+
Records
Losing streak	6 games Cairns Taipans (10 October 2024 – present)
Highest attendance	12,287 – Perth Arena Perth vs Melbourne (4 October 2024)
Lowest attendance	2,691 – Perth Superdrome New Zealand vs Brisbane (21 September 2024)
Attendance	342,713 (6,994 per match)
NBL seasons
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 7 November 2024.

The 2024–25 NBL season will be the 47th season of the National Basketball League since its establishment in 1979. A total of ten teams contested in the 2024–25 season.

The league extended its partnership with ESPN Australia. All games are available live on ESPN, Kayo Sports and Fetch TV.^[1] Network 10 will broadcast the marquee 2:30pm Sunday game on Network 10’s main channel and 10 Play. In New Zealand, ESPN New Zealand will be the official league broadcaster.^[2][3]

As Australia and New Zealand participated in 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification, the league took a break during the FIBA international windows of 21–24 November 2024 and 20–23 February 2025.^[4]

All ten teams from the 2023–24 NBL season continued on in 2024–25.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Adelaide 36ers	Adelaide	Adelaide Entertainment Centre	11,300
Brisbane Bullets	Brisbane	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	10,500
Cairns Taipans	Cairns	Cairns Convention Centre	5,300
Illawarra Hawks	Wollongong	WIN Entertainment Centre	6,000
Melbourne United	Melbourne	John Cain Arena	10,175
New Zealand Breakers	Auckland	Spark Arena	9,740
Perth Wildcats	Perth	RAC Arena	14,800
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix	Melbourne	John Cain Arena	10,175
		State Basketball Centre	3,200
Sydney Kings	Sydney	Qudos Bank Arena	18,200
Tasmania JackJumpers	Hobart	MyState Bank Arena	4,865
	Launceston	Silverdome	3,255

Team	Coach	Captain	Main sponsor	Kit manufacturer
Adelaide 36ers	Mike Wells	Dejan Vasiljevic	Walker Corporation	Champion
Brisbane Bullets	Justin Schueller	Mitch Norton	Carnival Cruise Line
Cairns Taipans	Adam Forde	Taran Armstrong Sam Waardenburg	Kenfrost Homes
Illawarra Hawks	Justin Tatum	Sam Froling Tyler Harvey	Greater Bank
Melbourne United	Dean Vickerman	Chris Goulding	Engie
New Zealand Breakers	Petteri Koponen	Parker Jackson-Cartwright Mitch McCarron	Bank of New Zealand
Perth Wildcats	John Rillie	Jesse Wagstaff	Mate Internet Mobile
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix	Sam Mackinnon	Jordan Hunter Nathan Sobey	Mountain Goat Beer
Sydney Kings	Brian Goorjian	Xavier Cooks	Harvey Norman
Tasmania JackJumpers	Scott Roth	Clint Steindl	Spirit of Tasmania

Free agency began on 15 April 2024.^[5]

Head coaching transactions

Team	2023–24 season	2024–25 season
Off-season
Adelaide 36ers	Scott Ninnis[6]	Mike Wells[7]
New Zealand Breakers	Mody Maor[8]	Petteri Koponen[9]
Perth Wildcats	John Rillie[10]
Sydney Kings	Mahmoud Abdelfattah[11]	Brian Goorjian[12]
In-season
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix	Mike Kelly[13]	Sam Mackinnon (interim)[14]	Josh King[15]

The pre-season games will begin on 17 August to 10 October 2024.^[16]

The pre-season also featured the New Zealand Breakers to play games between NBA teams, this will be the sixth NBLxNBA tour.^[17]

The 2024 NBL Blitz will run from 7 to 14 September with games being played at the Carrara Indoor Stadium and the Gold Coast Sports Centre.^[18] Gold Coast, Queensland will host the tournament for a second consecutive year.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PP	BP	Pts
1	Brisbane Bullets	3	3	0	285	262	108.8	6.5	15.5
2	Perth Wildcats	3	3	0	295	271	108.9	5	14
3	Sydney Kings	3	2	1	290	269	107.8	8	14
4	S.E. Melbourne Phoenix	3	2	1	307	262	117.2	7.5	13.5
5	Melbourne United	3	2	1	304	298	102.0	7	13
6	Adelaide 36ers	3	2	1	243	256	94.9	5	11
7	Illawarra Hawks	3	1	2	305	297	102.7	7.5	10.5
8	New Zealand Breakers	3	0	3	272	296	91.9	6.5	6.5
9	Cairns Taipans	4	0	4	322	367	87.7	4	4
10	Tasmania JackJumpers	2	0	2	140	185	75.7	3	3

The regular season will begin on 19 September 2024.^[19] It will consist of 145 games spread across 20 rounds, with the final game being played on 8 February 2025.^[20][21]

Pos	2024–25 NBL season v t e
	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	PF	PA	PP
1	New Zealand Breakers	8	6	2	75.00%	4–1	W3	4–1	2–1	711	673	105.65%
2	Illawarra Hawks	9	6	3	66.67%	3–2	L1	2–2	4–1	887	805	110.19%
3	Melbourne United	12	8	4	66.67%	4–1	W1	4–3	4–1	1115	1034	107.83%
4	Adelaide 36ers	9	5	4	55.56%	3–2	L1	4–1	1–3	812	846	95.98%
5	Sydney Kings	11	6	5	54.55%	2–3	W1	2–2	4–3	972	919	105.77%
6	Perth Wildcats	10	5	5	50.00%	3–2	W1	4–2	1–3	879	914	96.17%
7	S.E. Melbourne Phoenix	10	4	6	40.00%	4–1	W2	1–3	3–3	871	850	102.47%
8	Brisbane Bullets	8	3	5	37.50%	3–2	L1	1–3	2–2	715	748	95.59%
9	Cairns Taipans	10	3	7	30.00%	0–5	L6	2–4	1–3	846	938	90.19%
10	Tasmania JackJumpers	11	3	8	27.27%	1–4	L3	2–2	1–6	848	929	91.28%

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2024. Source: NBL.com.au

The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the overall points percentage will determine order of seeding.

	Leader and qualification to semifinals
	Qualification to semifinals
	Qualification to play-in
	Last place

The 2025 NBL Finals will be played in March 2025 consisting of three play-in games, two best-of-three semifinal series and the best-of-five Grand Final Series. In the semifinals, the higher seed hosts the first and third games. In the Grand Final, the higher seed hosts the first, third and fifth games.

The top two seeds in the regular season will automatically qualify to the semifinals. Teams ranked three to six will compete in the play-in tournament. The third seed will play the fourth seed for third spot and the loser will play the winner of fifth or sixth for the fourth seed.

• Loggins-Bruton Cup: Brisbane Bullets^[22][23]
• Most Valuable Player (Ray Borner Medal): Tyrell Harrison (Brisbane Bullets)^[24]

• Most Valuable Player (Andrew Gaze Trophy):
• Next Generation Award:
• Best Defensive Player (Damian Martin Trophy):
• Best Sixth Man:
• Most Improved Player:
• Fans MVP:
• Coach of the Year (Lindsay Gaze Trophy):
• Executive of the Year:
• Referee of the Year:
• GameTime by Kmart:
• All-NBL First Team:
• All-NBL Second Team:

• Grand Final Series MVP (Larry Sengstock Medal):
• NBL Champions:

Team	Competition	Progress	Result	W–L
Tasmania JackJumpers	Intercontinental Cup	Third place	Win vs. Al Riyadi	2–1
		Group stage	Loss vs. NBA G League United
			Win vs. Quimsa

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• Official NBL All-Time Stats at NBL Insider