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Glasgow Rocks have appointed Tony Garbelotto as the club's new head coach, on an initial two-year deal. Garbelotto joins the Rocks with a wealth of experience across all levels of the game. He said: "I am very pleased to be named the new Glasgow Rocks Head Coach. "This franchise and club has long been considered one of the top clubs in the UK and I am excited about the possibility of bringing success to the club, Glasgow and Scotland. "I hope that I can not only make an impact on the court by ultimately winning silverware, but also make an impact in the community and leave an ongoing legacy for basketball in Scotland." Garbelotto began his coaching career in 1993 with the London Towers and went on to coach in Iceland, Germany and more recently Vietnam, where he was named head coach of the national team. He was Assistant coach to the Great Britain Olympic Men's Team and has also served time as the England men's team Head Coach. As impressi

This is the Glasgow Rocks BIG BBL PREVIEW! It was an interesting season last year with yet another final defeat and an impressive league season spearheaded by GB co-captain Kieron Achara. With solid additions the Rocks under Sterling Davis who exudes consistency north of the border. Speaking ahead of the new season Davis was keen to point out that finals are not enough. He said: "It's the second year in a row we've been in a final, but our aim is to win a trophy, I want to win a trophy. "We're not ready just yet (speaking yesterday) but we've got a few days just to finish off some things and we'll be good to go. "We've bought in a few new players and they all look good in training, we're looking forward to gameday." Davis is also expecting another unpredictable season across the league with a number of teams on the up. He continued: "The [LONDON] Lions were one of the favourites last season and it took them a lot lon

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The Glasgow Rocks are currently the only Scottish team in the BBL; although the 2014/15 season will see a new local rival for the Rocks. The Rocks finished a credible third place in the table, but crashed out in the quarter-finals of the play-offs to Plymouth Raiders. Sterling Davis continues as head coach of the team - which can boast a GB international in Gareth Murray - he believes they must do better this season. He said: "I wouldn't say last season was a success, as our aim was to win silverware, it was a decent season but not a successful season." "Our aim next season is to get to the stage where we are competing for a trophy, every piece of silverware is as important as the other, they are big accolades." "It's great for us as an organisation to be associated with GB international players such as Gareth Murray [and former Rock] Kieron Achara, Gareth deserves his shot." Davis also spoke about the choosing to travel to Lithuania r

From the 26th August 2013 The UK Basketball Hub brings you: 'THE BIG BBL PREVIEW!' We will be speaking to someone from every team, trying to cover all angles as the new BBL season starts in a month or so! The Birmingham Knights are new to the BBL, how are they shaping up? The London Lions moved to the Copper Box, are they moving into the big leagues now? The Durham Wildcats and Surrey Heat have changed coach, good or bad move? The Newcastle Eagles want to be back on top, can they do it? Will the Leicester Riders defend their crown? Will Glasgow Rocks or Plymouth Raiders push for the play-off crown? Can Cheshire or Manchester get a play-off spot this time around? Will the Sharks win another BBL Trophy? So many questions and we'll try to give you the answers! Here are our confirmed interviewees: 26th August: Birmingham Knights player Martyn Gayle, coach Paul Douglas 27th August: Birmingham Knights owner Jo Aldridge and Durham Wildcats' Richard Warburton

The BBL continued this weekend with games on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and there was a shock or two to be had. Newcastle Eagles started the weekend top of the BBL ladder but suffered a shock defeat to Cheshire Phoenix on Friday. The loss makes it two defeats in a row following the BBL Trophy loss to the Worcester Wolves and gave Leicester Riders the chance to move up to the top with a two point lead. Leicester played the Manchester Giants on Saturday and sent a message to their ladder rivals with an impressive 84-59 victory. Both teams also had a Sunday game with Newcastle beating Plymouth Raiders 79-96 but the Riders would also win against Cheshire Phoenix to stay two points ahead. In the other weekend games, the Sheffield Sharks scored a victory over the Manchester Giants and the Mersey Tiger's losing streak continued with a loss to the Worcester Wolves on the Friday evening. The Wolves would defeat London Lions a day later after two periods of overtime to give the