Victoria Giants
The Victoria Giants, previously known as the Victoria Titans, were an Australian professional basketball team based in Melbourne, Victoria. History. The Giants competed in the National Basketball League (NBL) between the 1998–99 season and the 2003–04 season, and played their home games at Vodafone Arena when branded as the Titans, and at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre when rebranded as the Giants. Under the Titans name, the team competed in back-to-back NBL Grand Finals in 1999 and 2000, losing to the Adelaide 36ers and Perth Wildcats respectively. After the Titans folded in mid-2002, a group fronted  by businessman Peter Fiddes was granted a licence in their place and called the new team the Giants. The club struggled financially for one season before being propped up by Gerry Ryan for the 2003–04 season. Ryan and co-owner Sandy Constantine pulled the team out of the league in 2004, but retained the licence despite the NBL's attempts to take it back.