Brisbane to play the Phoenix Suns as reported by Greg Davis of the Courier Mail.

Sydney Kings to play the Utah Jazz as reported by Matt Logue.

Not about the NBL teams going over there to win! All to do with big marquee cities. The US is more aware of Syd Mel and Bris than Perth. Makes perfect sense to send those 3 teams.

I think it comes down to costs, not marquee cities, whatever that is.

I actually would have thought 36ers would have been a better choice to play OKC, considering T-Ferg went from them to the NBA and they had the only 2 Aussie NBL players in the Summer League.

If the teams get beaten by 50pts, what will happen then?

I somehow dont think Adam Silver cared that Wright Creek and Sobey were apart of Summer League when they made the choice of the big Eastern cities to compete! NBL needs those specific teams to do well for the domestic competition to thrive. This is the best case scenario for the NBL, its not about wins and losses but exposure of the right views of the NBL.

US fans arent all that smart, would wonder why NZ is representing the 'Aussie league', would wonder why the 36ers sound like the 76ers and have a trash Pelicans rip off of a logo, and Perth is unlucky... if this was somehow played in AUS theyd have to be playing with the crowds and stadium they put on show... but its not. Mel Syd and Bris are ideal.

You mean When they get beaten by 50pts. And when Westbrook scores 80+.
He's gonna tear Melb a new one.

Should have been kings vs okc

Humphries vs Adams.

Westbrook won't go off and score 80, as he will barely play, if he does at all.

Maybe Abrines will get 30 or some other bench dude

PERFECT choice of cities.

I see Melbourne and Brisbane have actual NBL fixtures within a day or two of these games, will these be re-scheduled?

Don't worry Perth Wildcats fans - it's one less game that gives Matty Knight the opportunity to get injured again before the season starts.

All NBA preseason games are televised so it's just a matter of a broadcaster here grabbing the feed. So yes.

But it didn't heard LK & JLo et al. were at the NBA All-Star Weekend hobnobbing with all of the NBA. That sort of thing creates connections and relationships which have yielded this.

KET relex that will be announced later on, let the news sink in about the games first! Geez

United, Bullets, Kings in USA. Sixers in Singapore. #global

What are Wildcats doing this preseason? Going down south to Waroona again?... LOL!

"Does the NBL season usually start in October?"

????????????? How long have you been following the NBL for? A week?

It's not bad really. The Kings game is a week before their season opener (perfect). Bullets have a bye in Round 2 when they play in the US. United is between their first and second game.

Also all three teams are playing US west coast-ish teams, which isn't that far from Aus east coast.

Luuuc that schedule is out of date.

The game below has been changed to December 3rd:

Sun. Oct. 15, 2017 Brisbane v. New Zealand

NBL in the original schedule had one Sunday in December with no game, which was a provision for this change. They had a contingency in place for it. I see no issue, Kings a week before their season opener, Bullets during their bye after one game, United also after their first game.

With NBA starting late October it was always going to be in early October. It's not like these games are being played in Round 5 or 9 or 15.

"Cats fans are losing their minds on twitter over being snubbed for this."

They're really not.

The TAB have already released odds for these games with the NBA teams favoured to win by at least 30 points.
If the likes of OKC play guys like Westbrook minimal minutes surely our teams a chance to cover the line.

Wildcats have played an NBA team before. After October the four main cities have played an NBA team once. Fair.

It's a preseason friendly, anything can happen.

Even if the Wildcats didn't want to participate during timing doesn't meant they would've been selected. Sounds like a "we didn't want to anyway" excuse for being excluded. Why do they assume even if they wanted to they'd be picked? lol

Poor Adelaide

Adelaide were invited and accepted an invite to the Singapore preseason tournament. Poor Perth - nowhere.

Wow, that is the worst troll ever.

Yes it was, a very lame dig at Adelaide fans.

If Perth can make the finals for the 32nd consecutive time in a row and top it off with a 3rd championship in a row they won't mind missing a practice game against an NBA team.

Have seen worse trolls.
Just move on. Great for the NBL hopefully NBA teams will come here down the track

Well this is interesting.

"Wildcats coach Trevor Gleeson, when asked by ESPN, said he did not know of the announcement, or any discussions prior"

"First I've heard of it was this morning so obviously been no discussion with Perth about that," Gleeson said. “I was just like everybody else and seen the announcement this morning.”

Right, Perth said no to the NBA over scheduling. Im done!!

Could be Perth, Adelaide or Breakers the following year who knows.

"Right, Perth said no to the NBA over scheduling. Im done!!"

HAHAHAHA my thoughts exactly.

Perth had power and clout over the league when it was under BA and pre-LK. Marvin was a little despot-like leader. It carried over to the LK ownership era with him jumping up and down. But he saw the writing on the wall - the power had changed. Got out before the power completely evaporated. There is a new order now.

power had shifted*

"Wildcats coach Trevor Gleeson, when asked by ESPN, said he did not know of the announcement, or any discussions prior"

"First I've heard of it was this morning so obviously been no discussion with Perth about that," Gleeson said. "I was just like everybody else and seen the announcement this morning."

Hilarious, the truth didn't take long to come out.

Lots of people complain when threads here become all about Perth, but then you get moronic comments from the dickhead above, and then the threads become all about Perth...

No, the moronic comments came out from the Wildcats organisation.

Pretending that you turned down the NBA when you weren't even invited is so ridiculous arrogant and fits that franchie to a tee. Arrogance.

It was discussed with Perth in the initial stages. Trevor doesn't run the club.

Lachy Reid needs to take it easy. PERTH arent involved and thats smart for the league as a whole. To say it was some how their choice is awkward. Its my choice im not dating Charize Theron too...

Haha yeah I choose not to be a millionaire.

Travelling to the US to play a meaningless practice game against an NBA team during the NBL season does not help the Wildcats defend its championship. It might be the highlight of the year for Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane but Perth regards winning 3 championships in a row as more important. Besides Perth has already played in the Macdonalds championship where champions from all major leagues played including the NBA champs played, now that is something worth crowing about. Anyway it's good to see the non-finals team have a "win" once in a while.

I'll translate the above: "Boo hoo hoo we missed out we're the best team how dare they oh wait no we didn't want to go anyway, championships are won in Round 1 let's remind everyone we won the last two bla bla bla"

" let's remind everyone we won the last two bla bla bla""

Also three of the last four, and four of the past eight. Commonly known as a dynasty. Hows your club doing?

I'm neutral. Nice try, though.

Practice games as a highlight of the year...talk about setting low expectations. Suppose some clubs need the hype to put bums on seats cause their clubs are so mediocre.

Can see these games going the way of the Wildcats vs Rockets (sans Olajuwon) back in the 90s.

Zodiac another article suggests the games will air on ESPN. Think it was teh Roy Ward piece.

The Wildcats vs Rockets 1995 World Club Cup game was different for many reasons.

First it was a real game.

Secondly NBL season had just ended, everyone else (Europe, US) were in pre-season. This was in mid-October.

Wildcats win the title vs. Tigers, all hung over after celebrating and then have to quickly fly from Perth to London via Singapore (1995 connections yo). They arrive hungover/jetlagged and mentally checked out after their season was over.

Although they won the bronze medal after being on the wrong side of the draw, after defeating Euroleague champions Real Madrid. Pretty good achievement. The highest ever by an Australian club. If Cats were on the other side of the draw probably would've been in the Final vs. Houston. Main thing is they came 3rd and medalled. NBL strangely don't really showcase it.

I wouldn't mind if my employee gave me a free ticket to America, I think they call them junkets...don't forget the autographs and selfies boys...all official business of course!

I watched it live on TV once 22 years ago so sorry about not getting the finer points right. However the point remains, good achievement, 3rd in the world. No idea what your point was. Later.

Yeah they won one game but that was the format of the tournament. Again point?

Nice link. kr is watching it again for the 1,000th time analysing it all.