{"id":179891,"date":"2025-12-12T08:21:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T08:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/179891\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T08:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T08:21:07","slug":"cheat-code-activated-as-import-nears-new-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/179891\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheat code activated as import nears new deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first-placed Adelaide 36ers have received a massive boost on the eve of their top of the table clash with Melbourne United.<\/p>\n<p>9 News Adelaide&#8217;s Will Crouch is reporting star import Zylan Cheatham and the 36ers are in advanced talks on a multi-year extension.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old forward, who is averaging 12.5 points, 10.1 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game for the 36ers, has been a key factor in helping the 36ers&#8217; start the Hungry Jack&#8217;s NBL26 season with a 13-3 record.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Exclusive: The 36ers are on the verge of re-signing star import Zylan Cheatham. Ownership already has Cotton, Vasiljevic and Humphries locked in for next year, and is acting now to solidify the future ahead of a championship tilt. Something big brewing in Adelaide <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@NBL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Crouch (@WillCrouch9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillCrouch9\/status\/1999031127168909317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 11, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>By extending his time in the City of Churches, Cheatham would join a core group featuring five-time MVP Bryce Cotton, Isaac Humphries, Flynn Cameron, Dejan Vasiljevic, Isaac White, Ben Griscti and Michael Harris (option) contracted beyond the 2025-26 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The 36ers&#8217; Round 12 clash with United tips off at 7.30pm on Friday, live on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765527667_817_690bcc0056be21e70a98dcf8_Updated NBL26 banner.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\"\/><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first-placed Adelaide 36ers have received a massive boost on the eve of their top of the table&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-179891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}