{"id":37213,"date":"2025-08-01T10:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/37213\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T10:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:22:09","slug":"three-time-nba-champ-nbl-bound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/37213\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-time NBA champ NBL-bound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three-time NBA champion, JaVale McGee, has signed aone-year deal with the Illawarra Hawks.<\/p>\n<p>McGee won championships in 2017, 2018, and 2020, during his 16-year tenure in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-foot center is set to appear among a star-studded Illawarra Hawks squad, coming off their first Championship in 24 year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Adding JaVale McGee to our program is a game-changer,&#8221; Hawks General Manager Mat\u202fCampbell said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His leadership, athleticism, and championship mentality will elevate our group and energise the Illawarra community. The signing of JaVale reinforces the club&#8217;s commitment to sustained success and global recognition&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Justin Tatum added, &#8220;JaVale&#8217;s experience and competitive drive align perfectly with our culture of excellence. We\u2019re excited to integrate him into our rotation and see him as a key contributor right away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McGee played for multiple NBA teams, including the Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, and Cleveland Cavaliers.<\/p>\n<p>He boasts close to 1,000 games in the NBA and most recently played for Vaqueros de Bayam\u00f3n, based in Puerto Rico in the National Superior Basketball League (BSN).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/687451e40ce51cb263571662_681e823466fb3c3c5ee8dd7a_a6e0d0a0-c9da-4bd4-bf10-ca5514573639.jpeg\" alt=\"1920x250 (2)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three-time NBA champion, JaVale McGee, has signed aone-year deal with the Illawarra Hawks. McGee won championships in 2017,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-37213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37213","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=37213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}