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2000-2020 NBL All-Star Five: Gold Coast Blaze

They might not have been around for very long, but the Gold Coast Blaze can still lay claim to some elite ball players.

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Matt Hickey
Sep 22, 2021
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The last 20 years have been a rollercoaster ride for Australian basketball, and more specifically, the NBL.

Early in the 2000s, the league was riding high due to the boom period that was the 1990s. However, things went downhill before Larry Kestelman and co. created a foundation, that has resulted in the resurgence we are experiencing at the moment. Thro…

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