{"id":743436,"date":"2026-06-18T01:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T01:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/743436\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T01:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T01:13:12","slug":"nba-veteran-linked-to-nbl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/743436\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA veteran linked to NBL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 14-year NBA veteran might be the next big name to join the NBL, according to a news report released this week.<\/p>\n<p>CODE Sports has linked 35-year-old Jae Crowder to Adelaide, as coach, Trevor Gleeson, and head of basketball operations, Matt Weston, finalise the team\u2019s final import spot and roster.<\/p>\n<p>If not Adelaide, Crowder has emerged as a genuine option for other NBL teams looking for a power forward. Significantly, Crowder spent the BSN season in Puerto Rico with Vaqueros de Bayamon alongside Xavier Cooks and Jaylin Galloway where he was named an All-Star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmid reports late-season replacement John Jenkins would return for a second season with the Sixers, CODE Sports has been told new coach Trevor Gleeson and the club had not made any decision on who would be the club\u2019s third and final import,\u201d Code\u2019s Mick Randall and Matt Logue suggested.<\/p>\n<p>At 198cm and 107kg, Crowder built a NBA career as a role player known for his toughness and grit, and experienced back-to-back Finals appearances with Miami in 2020 and Phoenix in 2021. He also had a stint as a teammate of LeBron James in Cleveland.<\/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\/1781745192_371_69d47a153353ed2bdf7cd807_Article Banner_1920x250 (1).jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 14-year NBA veteran might be the next big name to join the NBL, according to a news&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-743436","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\/743436","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=743436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}