| 2024–25 NBL season | |
| League: | National Basketball League |
| Pixels: | 240px |
| Season: | 2024–25 |
| Matches: | 67 |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Regular Season: | Regular season |
| Regular Season Link: | 2024–25 NBL season#Regular season |
| Finals: | Finals |
| Finals Link: | 2025 NBL Finals |
| Mvp Link: | NBL Most Valuable Player Award |
| Finals Mvp Link: | NBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award |
| Top Scorer Link: | List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders |
| Losing Streak: | 9 games Cairns Taipans |
| Highest Attendance: | 12,505 – Perth Arena Perth vs New Zealand |
| Lowest Attendance: | 2,691 – Perth Superdrome New Zealand vs Brisbane |
| Seasonslist: | List of NBL seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | NBL |
| Prevseason Link: | 2023–24 NBL season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2023–24 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2025–26 NBL season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2025–26 |
| Updated: | 1 December 2024 |
The 2024–25 NBL season will be the 47th season of the National Basketball League since its establishment in 1979. A total of ten teams contested in the 2024–25 season.
The league extended its partnership with ESPN Australia. All games are available live on ESPN, Kayo Sports and Fetch TV.[1] Network 10 broadcasts the marquee 2:30pm Sunday game on Network 10’s main channel followed by the second game at 4:30pm on 10 Bold and 10Play. In New Zealand, ESPN New Zealand will be the official league broadcaster.[2] [3]
As Australia and New Zealand participated in 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification, the league took a break during the FIBA international windows of 21–24 November 2024 and 20–23 February 2025.[4]
All ten teams from the 2023–24 NBL season continued on in 2024–25.
| Team | Coach | Captain | Main sponsor | Kit manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide 36ers |  Mike Wells |  Dejan Vasiljevic | Walker Corporation | Champion |
| Brisbane Bullets | Justin Schueller | Mitch Norton | Carnival Cruise Line | |
| Cairns Taipans | Adam Forde | Taran Armstrong Sam Waardenburg | Kenfrost Homes | |
| Illawarra Hawks | Justin Tatum | Sam Froling Tyler Harvey | Greater Bank | |
| Melbourne United | Dean Vickerman | Chris Goulding | Engie | |
| New Zealand Breakers |  Petteri Koponen | Parker Jackson-Cartwright Mitch McCarron | Bank of New Zealand | |
| Perth Wildcats | John Rillie | Jesse Wagstaff | Mate Internet Mobile | |
| S.E. Melbourne Phoenix | Josh King | Jordan Hunter Nathan Sobey | Mountain Goat Beer | |
| Sydney Kings | Brian Goorjian | Xavier Cooks | Harvey Norman | |
| Tasmania JackJumpers | Scott Roth | Clint Steindl | Spirit of Tasmania |
Free agency began on 15 April 2024.[5]
| Team | 2023–24 season | 2024–25 season | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Off-season | ||||
| Scott Ninnis[6] | Mike Wells[7] | |||
| Mody Maor[8] | Petteri Koponen[9] | |||
| John Rillie[10] | ||||
| Mahmoud Abdelfattah[11] | Brian Goorjian[12] | |||
| In-season | ||||
| Mike Kelly[13] | Sam Mackinnon (interim)[14] | Josh King[15] | ||
See main article: 2024 NBL pre-season. The pre-season games will begin on 17 August to 10 October 2024.[16]
The pre-season also featured the New Zealand Breakers to play games between NBA teams, this will be the sixth NBLxNBA tour.[17]
The 2024 NBL Blitz will run from 7 to 14 September with games being played at the Carrara Indoor Stadium and the Gold Coast Sports Centre.[18] Gold Coast, Queensland will host the tournament for a second consecutive year.
The regular season will begin on 19 September 2024.[19] It will consist of 145 games spread across 20 rounds, with the final game being played on 8 February 2025.[20] [21]
The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the overall points percentage will determine order of seeding.
The 2025 NBL Finals will be played in March 2025 consisting of three play-in games, two best-of-three semifinal series and the best-of-five Grand Final Series. In the semifinals, the higher seed hosts the first and third games. In the Grand Final, the higher seed hosts the first, third and fifth games.
The top two seeds in the regular season will automatically qualify to the semifinals. Teams ranked three to six will compete in the play-in tournament. The third seed will play the fourth seed for third spot and the loser will play the winner of fifth or sixth for the fourth seed.
| Team | Competition | Progress | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intercontinental Cup | 2–1 | |||
| Loss vs. NBA G League United | ||||
| Win vs. Quimsa |