Donald Trump’s appointment as the next ambassador for New Zealand and Samoa, who is also a Republican political donor and the son of a St Louis oil baron, has emerged as the catalyst in the battle for control of one of the world’s top basketball leagues.
It is a story of international athletic A-listers, a controversial property development and high-net-worth individuals with pockets billions of dollars deep. But most of all it is about whether professional basketball in Australia can be viable, and whose vision may prove it so.
