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Road to the NBL 2023: St. George’s Slayers

Basketball, NBL, NewsMay 15, 202331Views 0Likes 0Comments

St George’s Slayers, the current NBL champions, are preparing to defend their title in the upcoming top-flight basketball league. The head coach, Rohan Robinson, has not yet had his full team in training, as most of the players are currently participating in the SDC Community League. However, Robinson is confident that the team will be…

Morgan Green signs contract with WNBA, NY Liberty

Basketball, News, Players OverseasMarch 26, 202332Views 0Likes 0Comments

The New York Liberty has signed guard, Morgan Green, to a training camp contract Morgan Green, 26, a 5-foot-9 guard who led Chabot College to their first state championship in women's basketball back in 2015. She was also named State MVP. She went on to represent Michigan State and UC Irvine. Prior to this contract, Green plays…

Nick Richards signs $15 million extension with Charlotte Hornets

Basketball, News, Players OverseasMarch 23, 202333Views 0Likes 0Comments

Much like his junior season at Kentucky, third-year Nick Richards has taken a huge leap forward in the NBA, and the Charlotte Hornets want to see some more. Richards, a former Jamaica College standout, and the Hornets agreed to a three-year $15 million contract extension, which will lock up the big man and have him…

JaBA President Paulton Gordon, technical director of Stella Azzurra Basketball Academy and Jamaica minister of state for sport Alando Terrelonge peruse the document at the MOU signing at Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday., January 12, 2023

JABA and Italy-based Stella Azzura ink Partnership

Basketball, News, ScholarshipJanuary 14, 202328Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jamaica Basketball Association (JABA) inked a deal with Italy-based Stella Azzura Basketball Academy yesterday. The agreement is aimed at developing and strengthening all aspects of youth basketball on the island and will include an exchange programme between both countries. Avshalom Filler, technical director at the Stella Azzurra Basketball Academy, believes the monumental move could provide rich…

Jamaica 3×3 Women knocked out of tourney

Basketball, News, Players OverseasNovember 8, 202218Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jamaica's female 3x3 basketballers, ended their campaign at the quarterfinal stage, where they were beaten 19-7 by Colombia. The loss meant they finished the competition in 5th place out of the 13 participating teams in Miami, with two wins from three games and 39-points overall. Jamaica's women bettered their outing last year where they finished in…

Jamaica shocks FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup 2022 on Day 1

Basketball, NewsNovember 4, 202225Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jamaica’s women created a major upset on Friday’s first day of the FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup 2022 basketball played outside the FTX Arena in Miami after topping Pool C and advancing to Sunday’s quarterfinals. Jamaica with two victories were over Chile (18-17) and basketball powerhouse Argentina (12-8). Led by Morgan Green, who scored no less than 11…

Kofi Cockburn signs Pro contract in Japan

Basketball, News, Players OverseasNovember 3, 202234Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jamaican and former Illinois center Kofi Cockburn has agreed to sign with Japanese basketball team Niigata Albirex BB, per a statement made by the club’s official Twitter: “We are pleased to inform you that we have agreed to a player contract with Kofi Cockburn for the B.League 2022-23 season. The conclusion of the player contract will…

Majesty Gardens’ girls leave for the USA on basketball Scholarships

Basketball, News, Players Overseas, ScholarshipOctober 17, 202228Views 0Likes 0Comments

Tahjera Forbes of The Queens School and Leka Reid of Haile Selassie High were offered scholarships to the North Florida Educational Institute while attending the JaBa Star Search basketball camp this summer at the GC Foster College. Both girls are amongst four participants of the Southern Basketball Conference life skill and basketball program in the community who…

Elite 1 Horizon tops Elite 1 Caribbean Basketball summer league

Basketball, NewsAugust 26, 202241Views 0Likes 0Comments

ELITE 1 Horizon claimed the first championship title in P.H.A.S.E.1 Academy's Elite 1 Caribbean Basketball League (E1CBL) after defeating Elite 1 Storm 82-71 in the championship game. The action took place at the National Arena in Kingston on Saturday. The result was a repeat of their preliminary matchup on Wednesday (August 17) during which the…

Nicholai Brown drafted No. 1 into First ever Caribbean Basketball Summer League

Basketball, NewsJuly 13, 202224Views 0Likes 0Comments

Former Tennessee Wildcats player, Nicholai Brown, was on Saturday selected as the number-one draft pick for the P.H.A.S.E 1 Academy Elite 1 Caribbean Basketball Summer League set to begin in August. P.H.A.S.E 1 Academy was founded by former basketball player Wayne Dawkins in Canada in 1993 and for the past 25 years has been organising…