Tag Archive: Melbourne Tigers
Phone call from Wilson helps Taipans land Tragardh
A phone call from Jamar Wilson was the catalyst that helped the Cairns Taipans snag the signature of Cam Tragardh. The league’s biggest name local free agent has agreed to join the Taipans after being granted a release from his 2012-13 contract with the Melbourne Tigers. In a season where “Trigger” was a clear early …
NBL Twitter MVP – #2 @ctrigger11
Cam Tragardh Melbourne Tigers Joined Twitter: 7 February 2011 Followers: 1,785 (Rank 2nd) Tweets: 8,603 (Rank 3rd)
NBL Twitter MVP – #8 @ronnyrealnice
Ron Dorsey Melbourne Tigers Joined Twitter: 15 October 2009 Followers: 1,201 (Rank 8th) Tweets: 19,765 (Rank 1st) “Mr Doesn’t Shut Up”. By far the most active tweeter of the competition. Called out by Andrew Warren for tweeting….”Real Nice things”. A tough year on the court, still doin his thing off it. Has another year …
NBL Twitter MVP – #9 @lucaswaxy
Lucas Walker Melbourne Tigers Joined Twitter: 18 November 2010 Followers: 1,139 (Rank 9th) Tweets: 2,192 (Rank 10th) Regarded as one of the best athletes in the NBL and part of the Melbourne Tigers twitter “posse”. Loves the banter as all of his Tigers teammates do and evidently passionate about college basketball. Definitely a must …
NBL Twitter MVP – #19 @bennieboom9
Ben Lewis Melbourne Tigers Joined Twitter: 29 January 2010 Followers: 867 (Rank 19th) Tweets: 4,198 (Rank 6th) Another of the strong Melbourne contingent and one of the up and comers in the NBL. An exciting young talent, has seen some decent minutes with the mess that has been the Tigers guard rotation this season. …
NBL Twitter MVP – #20 @dee_dillon
Dan Dillon Melbourne Tigers Joined Twitter: 23 June 2011 Followers: 862 (Rank 20th) Tweets: 991 (Rank 23rd) Part of a strong Melbourne contingent in the MVP race, if nothing else, Dan’s NBL profile pic is certainly up there in the race for the bad ass award. One of the good guys on and off …
Melbourne Tigers change of ownership
Media Release Recently appointed Melbourne Tigers CEO, Michael Slepoy, and cousin Larry Kestelman (fellow Dodo Director and recently appointed Melbourne Tigers Chairman), are now the majority owners of the Melbourne Tigers Basketball Club. At a scheduled board meeting earlier today, Slepoy and Kestelman increased their ownership share of the club by purchasing former majority owners …
Friday night lights too much for Kings, Tigers
Media Release A record crowd at Vector Arena in Auckland saw the National Basketball League’s New Zealand Breakers thrash the visiting Sydney Kings 93-64 to record their fourth-straight win. Almost 8,000 fans crammed into the downtown Auckland stadium, the most ever to attend a basketball game in New Zealand. None went home disappointed …
