{"id":727078,"date":"2026-06-10T09:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/727078\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T09:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:18:11","slug":"kings-farewell-two-time-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/727078\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings farewell two-time champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The turnover from the Sydney Kings\u2019 NBL26 championship side has continued, with another key piece being confirmed to depart.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, that club announced that two-time NBL champion Tim Soares would not be returning for the Hungry Jack\u2019s 2026-27 Season, after the Brazilian big man signed a deal with Japanese B.LEAGUE side, the Ibaraki Robots.<\/p>\n<p>This move will see him team up with former Melbourne United forward Finn Delany, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbl.com.au\/news\/melbourne-united-farewell-key-forward-finn-delany\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">whose departure from the NBL was also confirmed this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2025-26 season, Soares, who also helped the Kings win the NBL23 title, posted averages of 11.4 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.<\/p>\n<p>Soares\u2019 exit follows in the footsteps of Bul Kuol and Kouat Noi signing with Adelaide and New Zealand respectively.<\/p>\n<p>As it stands, Brian Goorjian has Kendric Davis, Xavier Cooks, Matthew Dellavedova, Jaylin Galloway, Keli Leaupepe, Tyler Robertson and Jason Spurgin on his NBL27 roster.<\/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\/06\/1781083091_941_69d47a153353ed2bdf7cd807_Article Banner_1920x250 (1).jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The turnover from the Sydney Kings\u2019 NBL26 championship side has continued, with another key piece being confirmed to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-727078","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\/727078","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=727078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}