2010/11 NBL season & off-season news

[Freo HeaveHo]

Confirmed, big day for the NBL with Patty Mills signing with the Tigers but will return to the NBA when the lockout ends.

http://www.nbl.com.au/news/article/2011 ... sengstock/

I wonder what Ayinde Ubaka thinks of the signing?

Is it just me having sour grapes with him not having signed with the sixers or is it a bit S*** on mills' behalf. I woulda thought being from Adelaide and coming off a healthy NBA contract he might have wanted to help the state of basketball in south Australia. His prescence would not only have great impact on our below par on field performance in recent seasons aswell as boost crowd attendances

[Gozu]

Confirmed, big day for the NBL with Patty Mills signing with the Tigers but will return to the NBA when the lockout ends.

http://www.nbl.com.au/news/article/2011 ... sengstock/

I wonder what Ayinde Ubaka thinks of the signing?

Is it just me having sour grapes with him not having signed with the sixers or is it a bit S*** on mills' behalf. I woulda thought being from Adelaide and coming off a healthy NBA contract he might have wanted to help the state of basketball in south Australia. His prescence would not only have great impact on our below par on field performance in recent seasons aswell as boost crowd attendances

I must admit I did think if he was going to sign with any team in the NBL I thought it would've been the 36ers, due to all his connections with the state (his mother lives here, he's a diehard Crows fan, he has a deal worked out with the 36ers where he buys season tickets for underpriviledged kids). Don't think he was born here though.

Might've been a bit of a money grab on Mills' behalf with the "interesting" arrangements Tigers owner Seamus McPeake has been rumoured to come up with in the past. The thing is though if he really wanted to go for the money he could've made a fair bit more in Europe so looks like he's decided to play in the NBL and maybe then try and get the best possible deal he could.

[Gozu]

It seems the unlucky player at the Tigers will be club veteran Daryl Corletto who will be "deactivated" from the roster until/if Mills departs back to the NBA.

Also looks as if the Taipans have signed their second import in Andrew Warren straight out of college from Bradley University.

[Gozu]

The Wildcats have won a pre-season game against the Lakeside All-Stars 85-75 but it saw the return from injury of star Shawn Redhage who did that big freak hip injury here around halfway through last season and it was feared he might never be able to play again.

Also the NBL have announced the details of the pre-season 'Sunshine State Challenege' tournament to be held in Queensland:


2011 NBL Sunshine State Challenge - Schedule

Sat 17 September

Townsville vs. Perth Rockhampton 7:30PM

Thurs 22 September

Cairns vs. Wollongong The Southport School, Gold Coast 2:00PM
Melbourne vs. Perth The Southport School, Gold Coast 4:00PM
Sydney vs. New Zealand The Southport School, Gold Coast 6:00PM
Gold Coast vs. Adelaide The Southport School, Gold Coast 8:00PM

Fri 23 September

Cairns vs. New Zealand Ipswich, Brisbane 7:00PM
Adelaide vs. Sydney Auchenflower, Brisbane 7:00PM
Melbourne vs. Wollongong Southern Districts, Brisbane 7:00PM
Gold Coast vs. Townsville Gold Coast Convention Centre 7:00PM

Sat 24 September

7th vs. 8th Chandler Arena, Brisbane 12:00PM
5th vs. 6th Chandler Arena, Brisbane 2:00PM
3rd vs. 4th Chandler Arena, Brisbane 4:00PM
9th vs. Bball. Qld. All-Stars Chandler Arena, Brisbane 6:00PM
1st vs. 2nd Chandler Arena, Brisbane 8:00PM

[Gozu]

Game 1 of the double-header Olympic qualifying series between Australia and New Zealand in Melbourne has already sold out.

2011 FIBA Oceania Championship for Men and Women
7 Sept 2011 FIBA Oceania Championship for Men (vs. NZ) – Game 1, Melbourne
9 Sept 2011 FIBA Oceania Championship for Men (vs. NZ) – Game 2, Brisbane
11 Sept 2011 FIBA Oceania Championship for Men (vs. NZ) – Game 3, Sydney

[cripple]

Very disappointing news about Mills, I guess coming from Canberra he was free to go anywhere but the obvious connection back to SA would have been nice to restore. Hopefully Marty Clarke knows how to deal with him after his time at the AIS.

[heater31]

Melbourne might have stolen Patty so we will have Bogut thanks....

Bogut now on Sixers radar in lock-out wake


With these boys hitting the floor it would be sell outs galore until the lockout is over

[Gozu]

One HD have announced the broadcast schedule for the three game Olympic qualifying series between the Boomers & New Zealand next week:

Broadcast Schedule on ONE – Boomers v Tall Blacks

Game One
Wed 7/9 at 11:35pm (all markets)
Thurs 08/09 1:00pm (repeated all markets)

Game Two
Fri 9/9 at 11:45pm (all markets)
Sat 10/09 6:00am (repeated all markets)

Game Three
Mon 12/9 at 12:05am (Syd, Melb and Bris), Sun 11/9 at 11:35pm (Ade) and Sun 11/9 at 10:05pm (Perth)
Mon 12/09 1:30pm (repeated all markets)

[Gozu]

The 36ers have started their pre-season games with a 100-84 loss to the Hawks in Ulverstone, Tasmania. Daniel Johnson scoring a game high 37 points. In other NBL pre-season results the Crocs beat the Taipans 85-82 with Luke Schenscher leading the way for the Crocs with 30 points.

Also the Wildcats beat the Lakeside All-Stars again 104-88 in the second game of their three game series, NBA big man Anthony Tolliver with a game high 21 for the all-stars in his match up against Luke Nevill who had 14 and is currently trialling with the Wildcats at the moment and the Kings beat the Waratah League All-Stars 103-58.

[Gozu]

The 36ers have now opened the pre-season 0-2 after going down to Wollongong again in Tasmania this time in Devonport, 83-81. Johnson led the undermanned Sixers with 24 and Stephen Weigh had 22.

Also the Lakeside All-Stars have upstaged the Wildcats in the third game of their series with a 111-92 victory, Anthony Tolliver again leading the way this time with 31 points.

[Gozu]

The Boomers beat the Melbourne Tigers 96-60 in a practice match and New Zealand have announced their team ahead of the start of the three game FIBA Oceania Championship series on Wednesday night:

2011 New Zealand Tall Blacks Team

Lindsay Tait
Mike Fitchett
Mark Dickel
Kirk Penney
Corey Webster
Tom Abercrombie
Leon Henry
Mika Vukona
BJ Anthony
Rob Loe
Casey Frank
Alex Pledger

Head Coach - Nenad Vucinic
Assistant Coach - Pero Cameron
Assistant Coach - Christopher Tupu
Assistant Coach - Dillon Boucher
Physiotherapist - Anousith Bouaaphone
Manager - Claire Dallison

[Gozu]

Boomers team named for the NZ series starting tomorrow night:

David BARLOW, Murcia, Spain
Aron BAYNES, EWE Basket Oldenburg, Germany
Matthew DELLAVEDOVA, St Mary's College, USA
Adam GIBSON, Gold Coast Blaze
Joe INGLES, Regal FC Barcelona, Spain
Aleks MARIC, Panathinaikos, Greece
Damian MARTIN, Perth Wildcats
Patrick MILLS, Portland Trailblazers, USA
Brad NEWLEY, Lietuvos, Rytas, Lithuania
Matthew NIELSEN, BC Khimki, Russia
AJ OGILVY, Valencia, Spain
Mark WORTHINGTON, Gold Coast Blaze

[Gozu]

Just a reminder the Boomers/NZ series starts tonight with Game 1 from Melbourne to be shown on One HD tonight at 11:35pm with a replay on Thursday at 1pm.

[Gozu]

First half wasn't much but the Boomers fired up in the second half for a strong win. Newley's tip jam off his own missed 3 and big block were the highlights of the game for mine.

Australia 91 (Mills 20, Worthington 13, Maric 11, Nielsen 10) def New Zealand 78 (Penney 30, Vukona 18)

Australia lead the series 1-0

[Goat Herder]

Good to see Mark Dickel is still the annoying little prat he was back in his Victoria Titans days in the NBL, copping 2x T's and being ejected for his part in instigating 2 scuffles. Dickel by name...............

[Gozu]

Dickel has certainly always been pretty annoying always seemed to suffer from a bit of white line fever to me.

For anyone that missed it here is Brad Newley's tip jam & block from last night:

[Gozu]

A clip of all the argy bargy from the game:

[Gozu]

Game 2 of the Boomers/NZ series in Brisbane is on Friday night on One HD at 11:45pm with a replay on Saturday morning at 6am.

[Gozu]

The Boomers ran away with it late to seal a birth at next year's London Olympics with a good win over NZ tonight in Brisbane.

Australia 81 (Newley 12, Ogilvy 11) def New Zealand 64 (Penney 17)

Australia lead the series 2-0

In NBL pre-season results Gold Coast beat the Kings in Tamworth tonight 89-82.

[Gozu]

NBL pre-season results the 36ers got their first win tonight with a 91-86 victory over the Taipans in Gawler. Stephen Weigh top scored for the Sixers with 24 points and ex-36er Brad Hill lead the way for Cairns with 23 points. Also the Kings and Blaze played in Tamworth again tonight with the Kings winning 105-93.

Just a reminder the third and final game of the Boomers/NZ series is on One HD Sunday night at 11:35pm with a replay on Monday afternoon at 1:30pm.