National Basketball League (Australasia)
The National Basketball League (NBL), also known as the iiNet NBL Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the pre-eminent professional men's basketball league in Australasia. The league is made up of seven teams in Australia and one in New Zealand. The teams are located in Adelaide, Auckland, Cairns, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Townsville and Wollongong. Most teams have historically featured at least one and usually two American imports; teams are limited to having two non-Australasians on the roster at any one time. Some of these players have moved to Australia permanently and become Australian citizens; a few have even played for the Australian national team (under a rule that allowed one naturalised player to compete for a national team).
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