Gold Coast Rollers

The Gold Coast Rollers were an Australian basketball team, that played in Gold Coast, Queensland, in the National Basketball League. The team was originally named the "Gold Coast Cougars" before being renamed the "Rollers" in 1992. The team was one of only two teams from the state of Queensland when it first joined the NBL (the Brisbane Bullets being the other). The Rollers were one of three teams (the Geelong Supercats and the Hobart Devils being the other two) that had their NBL licenses revoked by the league directors in 1996 due to financial difficulties. While not the first time teams had folded in the league, the sudden departure of the Devils, Supercats and Rollers signified that the NBL's successful era (between late 1980s and early 1990s) was truly over.

In 2007/08, thanks to the work of former Rollers coach David Claxton [http://www.nbl.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&aid=4240] , a new Gold Coast team, the Gold Coast Blaze, entered the NBL.

Only one player to have played for the Gold Coast Rollers remains in NBL competition today: Ben Castle, who currently plays for the Wollongong Hawks.

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