The Mackay Meteors have signed NBL stars Biwali Bayles and Emmanuel Malou ahead of the 2022 Coles Express NBL1 North season.
Locals Max Cain, Riley Inkson and Lachlan Inkson have also signed on.
Malou is the reigning Mackay Meteors Most Valuable Player and was named in the NBL1 North All Star Five before being recruited by the Adelaide 36ers' for the 2021/22 NBL season.
Bayles, 20, is currently playing for the Sydney Kings in his maiden NBL campaign.
Across ten appearances, Bayles is averaging 5.6 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists and has been touted as a potential NBL ‘Rookie of the Year’ candidate.
The 185cm point guard represented Australia at the 2021 FIBA Under 19 World Cup and in seven games donning the green and gold, averaged 6.7 points, three rebounds, three assists and 1.6 steals per contest.
Bayles is also a graduate of the Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence program and was one of just four Aussies to attend the Basketball Without Borders Global Camp in Chicago back in 2020.
In addition, Bayles also spent a season playing college basketball for the University of Hawaii in the USA.
