The NBL is Australia's main basketball league. We'll update stats and standings every once in a while, preview the NBL playoffs, and do occasional NBL basketball features. For regular coverage use nbl.com.au.

NBL Salaries: InsideHoops.com reports that the NBL maximum player salary is $175,000 Australian dollars. The NBL basketball salaries minimum, which we haven't confirmed, is probably around $30,000, a source of ours says. We don't know the average NBL player salary, but our source _GUESSES_ that it's around $70,000 per year.

NBL Attendance: A source tells InsideHoops.com that most NBL teams have an average attendance between 3,000 and 4,500 fans per game. The average attendance for the whole league -- and this is not official info, just a rounded-off general estimate -- is around 3,500 fans per game.

2007-08 NBL Basketball Teams: Adelaide 36ers, Brisbane Bullets, Cairns Taipans, Gold Coast Blaze, Melbourne Tigers, New Zealand Breakers, Perth Wildcats, Singapore Slingers, South Dragons, Sydney Kings, Townsville Crocodiles, West Sydney Razorbacks, Wollongong Hawks.

Key NBL Hoops Links: News | Teams | Players | Schedule | Standings | Stat Leaders

Expanded NBL Basketball Teams Info:

Adelaide 36ers -- Major Sponsor: Pura Milk. Venue: Distinctive Homes Dome. Joined NBL: 1982. Colours: Home - Blue; Away - White

Brisbane Bullets -- Major Sponsor: Virgin Blue. Venue: Brisbane Convention Centre. Joined NBL: 1979. Colours: Home - Royal Blue, White; Away - White, Royal Blue

Cairns Taipans -- Major Sponsor: Skytrans Airlines. Venue: Cairns Convention Centre. Joined NBL: 1999/2000. Colours: Home - Navy blue & Orange; Away - White.

Gold Coast Blaze -- Major Sponsor: ???. Venue: Gold Coast Convention Centre. Joined NBL: 2007/08. Colours: Home - Blue; Away - White.

Melbourne Tigers -- Major Sponsor: Aust Tiger. Venue: State Netball Hockey Centre. Joined NBL: 1984. Colours: Home - Red; Away - Yellow.

New Zealand Breakers -- Major Sponsor: Harvey Norman. Venue: North Shore Events Centre. Joined NBL: 2003/04. Colours: Black, Blue, Silver.

Perth Wildcats -- Major Sponsor: Saville Australia. Venue: Challenge Stadium. Joined NBL: 1982. Colours: Home - Red; Away - White.

Singapore Slingers -- Major Sponsor: ???. Venue: Singapore Indoor Stadium. Joined NBL: 2006/07. Colours: Home - Red; Away - Gold.

South Dragons -- Major Sponsor: Crazy John's. Venue: Vodafone Arena. Joined NBL: 2006. Colours: Home - Black; Away - White.

Sydney Kings -- Major Sponsor: Firepower. Venue: Sydney Entertainment Centre. Joined NBL: 1988. Colours: Home - Purple; Away - Gold.

Townsville Crocodiles -- Major Sponsor: McDonald's. Venue: Townsville Entertainment Centre. Joined NBL: 1993. Colours: Home - Green; Away - White.

West Sydney Razorbacks -- Major Sponsor: Westbus. Venue: Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre. Joined NBL: 1998/99. Colours: Home - Navy Blue; Away - White.

Wollongong Hawks -- Major Sponsor: IMB. Venue: WIN Entertainment Centre. Joined NBL: 1979. Colours: Home - Red; Away - White.

- Year-by-year NBL player and coach award winners.

MAY 9, 2007 NBL SALARY INFO: The max salary in the NBL is $175,000 Australian dollars, which is equal (as of May 9, 2007) to $145,805 American dollars.

- 2004-05 NBL teams.

NBL salary cap for the 2004-05 NBL season is $736,000 (Australian dollars). In 2003-04 it was $700,000

2003-04 NBL Playoffs:
Grand Final:
The Kings beat the Razorbacks in 5 games to win the 2003-04 NBL championship.

Semi-finals:
Hawks 91 v Razorbacks 107
Kings 104 v Bullets 100
Bullets 96 v Kings 101
Razorbacks 110 v Hawks 95

FINAL 2003-04 NBDL STAT LEADERS
POINTS PER GAME:
Martin Cattalini 36ers 22.8
Mike Chappell Breakers 22.7
Kevin Freeman Bullets 22.4
Stephen Black Bullets 22.3
Matthew Nielsen Kings 22.0
Dusty Rychart 36ers 21.7
Andrew Gaze Tigers 21.2
James Harvey Wildcats 20.7
John Rillie Razorbacks 19.8
Jeremy Veal Crocodiles 19.4

REBOUNDS PER GAME
Mark Bradtke Tigers 10.9
Matthew Nielsen Kings 10.6
Dusty Rychart 36ers 9.9
Rashad Tucker Wildcats 9.6
Bobby Brannen Bullets 9.6
Glen Saville Hawks 9.6
Sam Mackinnon Razorbacks 9.5
Matthew Burston Wildcats 9.2
Kevin Freeman Bullets 9.1
Simon Dwight Razorbacks 9.1

ASSISTS PER GAME
Ricky Grace Wildcats 7.3
Rashad Tucker Wildcats 6.6
Derek Rucker Bullets 5.9
Charles Thomas 36ers 5.9
Nathan Crosswell Taipans 5.8
Darnell Mee Hawks 5.2
Sam Mackinnon Razorbacks 5.2
John Rillie Razorbacks 5.1
Darryl McDonald Tigers 5.0
Brett Maher 36ers 4.7

STEALS PER GAME
Dillon Boucher Breakers 2.0
Brad Davidson Taipans 2.0
Derek Rucker Bullets 1.9
Dave Thomas Tigers 1.9
Darnell Mee Hawks 1.9
Glen Saville Hawks 1.7
Darryl McDonald Tigers 1.6
Charles Thomas 36ers 1.6
Matthew Burston Wildcats 1.6
Sam Mackinnon Razorbacks 1.6

BLOCKS PER GAME
Simon Dwight Razorbacks 3.7
Matthew Nielsen Kings 2.5
Carlos Daniel Crocodiles 1.7
Sam Mackinnon Razorbacks 1.4
Chris Carrawell Kings 1.3
Ben Pepper Giants 1.2
Melvin Thomas Taipans 1.1
David Stiff Tigers 1.1
Mark Bradtke Tigers 1.0
Michael Kingma Pirates 1.0

2003-04 All-NBL First Team
Matthew Nielsen (Sydney Kings)
Mark Bradtke (Melbourne Tigers)
Stephen Black (Brisbane Bullets)
John Rillie (West Sydney Razorbacks)
Sam Mackinnon (West Sydney Razorbacks)

2003-04 All-NBL Second Team
Simon Dwight (West Sydney Razorbacks)
Bobby Brannen (Brisbane Bullets)
Ebi Ere (Sydney Kings)
Martin Cattalini (Adelaide 36ers)
Glen Saville (Wollongong Hawks)

2003-04 All-NBL Third Team
Kevin Freeman (Brisbane Bullets)
Mike Chappell (New Zealand Breakers)
Darnell Mee (Wollongong Hawks)
Rashad Tucker (Perth Wildcats)
CJ Bruton (Sydney Kings)

2003-04 NBL MVP
Matthew Nielson (Sydney Kings) - 153 votes
Runners-Up:
Sam Mackinnon (West Sydney Razorbacks) - 128 votes
Martin Cattalini (Adelaide 36ers) - 103 votes
Glen Saville (Wollongong Hawks) - 102 votes
Marcus Timmons (Cairns Taipans) - 97 votes

2003-04 NBL Media Award Winners
Basketball Writer of the Year - Michael Cowley (Sydney Morning Herald)
Best Feature Article - Grantley Bernard (Herald Sun)
Best Television Feature Story - Tim Wharton (Fox Sports)
Best Television News Story - David Adamson (Channel 10 - Melbourne)
Best Radio Presentation Package - Radio 2 (NSW)
Best Radio News Package - ABC Radio (SA)
Best Photograph - Wayne Venables (Illawarra Mercury)

ALL-NBL TEAMS 2003

Coming when we find it.

ALL-NBL TEAMS 2002

FIRST TEAM
Mark Bradtke (Melbourne), Ricky Grace (Perth), Lanard Copeland (Melbourne), Paul Rogers (Perth), Chris Anstey (Victoria)

SECOND TEAM
Willie Farley (Adelaide), John Rillie (West Sydney), Simon Dwight (West Sydney), Randy Rutherford (Brisbane), Robert Rose (Townsville)

THIRD TEAM
Brett Maher (Adelaide), Tony Ronaldson (Victoria), Darryl McDonald (Victoria), Shane Heal (Sydney), George Banks (Canberra)

ALL-NBL TEAMS 2001

FIRST TEAM
Mark Bradtke (Melbourne), Robert Rose (Townsville), Darnell Mee (Adelaide), Jason Smith (Victoria), Ricky Grace (Perth)

SECOND TEAM
Matthew Nielsen (Sydney), Andrew Gaze (Melbourne), Shane Heal (Sydney), Paul Rogers (Perth), Chris Anstey (Victoria)

THIRD TEAM
Melvin Thomas (Wollongong), Glen Saville (Wollongong), Darryl McDonald (Victoria), Ben Knight (Cairns), Jayson Wells (Canberra)