Basketball

Team GB to be Eurobasket 25 surprise package? 

We'd like to wish a huge congratulations to all players recognised in The 2024-2025 Molten Awards. The gongs celebrate the very best of elite British basketball:

• Most Valuable Player
• Coach of the Year
• Team of the Year
• British Team of they Year
• Defensive Team of the Year
• Most Improved Player
• Community Champion
• Sixth Player
• Defensive Player of the Year

The voting process involves Super League Basketball's Head Coaches, Captains and select members of the media. Read all

Women's British Basketball going from strength to strength...

The Super League Basketball x Molten Monthly Player & Coach Awards recognise the top performers in Men's & Women's Super League Basketball.

September/October Awards

Super League Basketball and Molten UK & Ireland have penned a multi-year partnership that will make Molten’s BG4500 the official game ball of all Men’s and Women’s SLB competitions from this season.  

The partnership between Molten and British basketball’s top division continues a relationship that extends to well over 20 years support between the manufacturer and elite level British basketball. 

“We’re proud to confirm Molten as partners of Super League Basketball. Molten has worked closely with the British basketball community for decades and we’re excited to work with them over the coming years to further elevate the game in the UK,” confirmed SLB Interim Chair, Vaughn Millette said.

Ahead of June’s European Championship, FIMBA GB+60 Women have received a welcome boost from the UK and Ireland division of global basketball specialists, Molten. 

Molten’s UK & Ireland Brand Manager, Paul Reaney visited during a recent training session to present the group with a batch of Molten BG4500 matchballs –the same ball used in major European competition and the British and Ireland Basketball Leagues.

The 18-strong squad, whose ages range from 60-73, is currently in training for the European Championship, which will take place in Pesaro, Italy in June. Team GB is looking to improve on the bronze medal they won in Portugal in 2023 and is also hoping to compete in the bi-annual World Championships in Switzerland, in 2025.

 
Molten and The British Basketball League are delighted to announce that Molten will continue their partnership as official ball supplier of the Men’s and Women’s British Basketball League.
 
The deal is the most lucrative investment Molten have placed into the British game, which will see their high quality basketballs continue to be used throughout the League for at least the next three years. 
 
With a month of the

Basketball Ireland and Molten have agreed a four-year partnership extension which will see Molten continue as ‘Official Ball Supplier’ in Ireland until at least 2027.

Molten Brand Manager for the United Kingdom and Ireland, Paul Reaney, noted: