{"id":653129,"date":"2026-05-06T10:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/653129\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:50:17","slug":"nbl-champion-signs-with-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/653129\/","title":{"rendered":"NBL champion signs with Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The South East Melbourne Phoenix have reportedly made their second signing in less than a week, apparently agreeing to a deal with NBL26 champion Hunter Goodrick.<\/p>\n<p>According to ESPN\u2019s Olgun Uluc, the Phoenix are penning big man Goodrick, fresh off a solid debut season with the Sydney Kings, to a deal for the Hungry Jack\u2019s NBL27 Season.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hunter Goodrick has signed a one-year deal with the South East Melbourne Phoenix, sources told ESPN. The 6\u20197 F\/C is coming off a championship in Sydney, where he emerged as a rotational big for the Kings; he was top-3 in the NBL in ORB% (15.1%).<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Olgun Uluc (@OlgunUluc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OlgunUluc\/status\/2051824481480663337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 6, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Goodrick proved a reliable presence off the bench during the Kings\u2019 journey to the title, including being top-3 in the League in ORB% (15.1%).<\/p>\n<p>This signing comes off the back of Josh King\u2019s side announcing the signing of Tanner Krebs for two seasons on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>This reported signing adds to King\u2019s roster of Nathan Sobey, Jordi Hunter, Angus Glover, Owen Foxwell, Krebs and Ellis Biggar for the 2026-27 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbl.com.au\/news\/nbl26-free-agency-every-move-as-it-happens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Free Agency Tracker: Rolling updates, signings and reported moves<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778064617_636_69d47a153353ed2bdf7cd807_Article Banner_1920x250 (1).jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The South East Melbourne Phoenix have reportedly made their second signing in less than a week, apparently agreeing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":653130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-653129","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\/653129","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=653129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}