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The '''Singapore Slingers''' is a [[Singapore|Singaporean]] professional [[basketball]] team that currently compete in the [[ASEAN Basketball League]]. The Slingers were known as the '''JobStreet.com Singapore Slingers''' between 2009 and 2014, due to sponsorship reasons with [[JobStreet.com]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/singapore_slingers_secure_a_range_of_sponsors|title=Singapore Slingers secure a range of sponsors - SportsPro Media|website=www.sportspromedia.com}}</ref>
The Slingers formerly competed in Australia's [[National Basketball League (Australia)|National Basketball League]] (NBL), becoming the first – and so far, the only – Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the [[2006–07 NBL season]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fiba.basketball/news/-Slingers-will-be-competitive-|title=Slingers will be competitive|website=FIBA.basketball}}</ref> They withdrew from the competition in July 2008,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-07-29/slingers-pull-out-of-nbl/456328|title=Slingers pull out of NBL|date=29 July 2008|website=ABC News}}</ref> with their decision influenced by the financial costs of travelling.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/basketball/slingers-expected-to-pull-out-of-nbl-20080730-ge79hi.html|title=Slingers expected to pull out of NBL|date=29 July 2008|website=The Age}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/basketball/slingers-suicide-allows-nbls-survival-20080731-ge79mh.html|title=Slingers' suicide allows NBL's survival|first=Stephen|last=Howell|date=31 July 2008|website=The Age}}</ref> They subsequently competed in the "Singapore Challenge Series", where they played against a range of teams from the [[Philippines]], [[China]], [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]], [[India]] and [[Australia]].
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