{"id":707817,"date":"2026-06-01T07:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/707817\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T07:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:35:09","slug":"star-import-departs-united-as-turnover-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/707817\/","title":{"rendered":"Star import departs United as turnover continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The changing of the guard at Melbourne United has continued, with the club announcing that Tyson Walker won\u2019t be returning for the Hungry Jack\u2019s NBL27 Season.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as the American guard, who averaged 14.3 points, 4.4 assists and 2.8 rebounds in NBL26, penned a deal with French outfit JL Bourg-en-Bresse for next season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of our most exciting imports, Tyson, made an immediate impact in NBL26,\u201d United said via a club statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thank Tyson for everything he brought to Melbourne United.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Following the announcement that Tyson Walker has signed with JL Bourg-en-Bresse, we will not see him return to Melbourne for NBL27.<br \/>One of our most exciting imports, Tyson made an immediate impact in NBL26.<br \/>We thank Tyson for everything he brought to Melbourne United. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XVnY3voFOY\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/XVnY3voFOY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Melbourne United (@MelbUnited) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MelbUnited\/status\/2061233715229995029?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">May 31, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Walker\u2019s departure follows in the footsteps of coach Dean Vickerman, forward Finn Delany and young guns Campbell Blogg and Tom Koppens leaving the club.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to that change, Aussie hoops icon Joe Ingles, Tall Blacks international Sam Waardenburg and Christian D\u2019Angelo are all joining the club for next season.<\/p>\n<p>Other players on United\u2019s roster for NBL27 include Shea Ili, Fabijan Krslovic, Kyle Bowen and Dash Daniels.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/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 changing of the guard at Melbourne United has continued, with the club announcing that Tyson Walker won\u2019t&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-707817","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\/707817","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=707817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}