{"id":13028,"date":"2025-07-22T09:20:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T09:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/13028\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T09:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T09:20:13","slug":"will-magnay-returns-to-jackjumpers-for-2025-26-nbl-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/13028\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Magnay returns to JackJumpers for 2025\/26 NBL season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tasmanian basketball fans have today received confirmation that Will Magnay will return to the JackJumpers for the 2025\/26 NBL season.<\/p>\n

The talented centre is set to arrive back in Tasmania this week following his NBA Summer League campaign.<\/p>\n

The team says Magnay impressed during his time with the Memphis Grizzlies and is now ready to slot into the JackJumpers\u2019 pre-season training program.<\/p>\n

\u201cSummer League was an amazing and really valuable opportunity for me; I loved the experience. But I\u2019m now excited to get home and get after it with the new group,\u201d Magnay said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m excited about the guys that we\u2019ve got coming in this season.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it can be a really, strong, competitive group and I can\u2019t wait to lock in with them and prepare for another season in Tassie.\u201d<\/p>\n

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There won\u2019t be much time for Magnay to ease in, with plans to join the JackJumpers\u2019 mini-camp on day three, before heading into Australian Boomers preparations for the FIBA Asia Cup.<\/p>\n

JackJumpers General Manager of Basketball Darren Smith praised Magnay\u2019s form overseas.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an incredible opportunity to play with and against some of the best talent in the world,\u201d he said. \u201cWill put in some great performances over there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re absolutely thrilled to welcome him back to Tasmania and to have him as a crucial part of our team this season.\u201d<\/p>\n

The JackJumpers will open their season against Melbourne United on Thursday, September 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tasmanian basketball fans have today received confirmation that Will Magnay will return to the JackJumpers for the 2025\/26…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-13028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}