09:12 EDT, 15 March 2021
Tokyo Olympic Games basketball prospect Mitch Creek has been stood down from the NBL after being charged by Victorian police.
The South East Melbourne co-captain, 28, has been stood down from the NBL after being charged with assault.
Creek, who is in the frame to play for the Boomers at this year s Olympics, has denied the Victorian police charges.
The 28-year-old has been stood down from playing and training duties after Basketball Australia s integrity unit undertook a preliminary investigation.
Police will allege Mitchell assaulted a woman in her 20s inside her Melbourne home on November 22 last year, according to The Age.
Safety concerns over NBL court stickers
The NBL has been urged to take action after slippery on-court stickers at Adelaide s home court were again slammed as an accident waiting to happen.
The Australian Basketball Players Association (ABPA) has demanded the NBL address the issue after players continually slipped on the sponsor decals in Friday s clash between the Adelaide 36ers and New Zealand Breakers.
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Former Adelaide and Sydney Kings star import Jerome Randle was watching the game and led a chorus of warnings.
1 Related After the game, obviously she s ecstatic and a very joyful person, as I m sure everyone knows, Mills tells ESPN. There was a moment in time of when we were together, where she looked me in the eyes and said, you don t know what you mean to our people . I kind of answered in a way of, oh, I know, I know, I know . And she grabbed me and stared at me back with her serious face now: no, you don t know what you mean to our people, so keep doing what you re doing . That s probably a moment where, you know, it really made me think and go back to the point of, she s right. I think I do, but I don t really think I do.