2016/17 NBL Season/Off-season news/Boomers

[mighty hounds]

Melbourne United have announced they've re-signed David Barlow to a 1 year deal and in a couple of interesting coaching announcements 36ers coach Joey Wright will temporarily joining the Utah Jazz coaching staff for their NBA Summer League teams in Utah and Las Vegas and Sydney Kings coach Andrew Gaze will also be joining the coaching staff of the Indiana Pacers in Orlando.

Great news for Joey & Gaze

whats happening in 36ers land Gozu? we will retain Randle?

Haven't heard much on Randle at all other than what Brodlach mentioned above. If what Randle is asking for is true it would take a massive sponsorship deal to get it done. He was on about $300K last season and supposedly wants $800K to come back next season. Good luck with that.

thats a shame, loved watching him play

[Spargo]

I honestly thought he was on more than $300k

[Gozu]

I honestly thought he was on more than $300k

It might've been a touch over but that was the talk around $300k which put him in the Top 3 highest paid players in the league last season.

Only David Andersen & Chris Goulding at Melb United were supposedly on more.

[Gozu]

The NBL is again sending an All-Star team to China this year for a three game series against the Chinese national team starting next month.

One name stands out in the squad.

Mitch McCarron, Cairns Taipans
Lucas Walker, Perth Wildcats
Jesse Wagstaff, Perth Wildcats
Mitch Norton, Illawarra Hawks
Nick Kay, Illawarra Hawks
Todd Blanchfield, Sydney Kings
Daniel Kickert, Brisbane Bullets
Tom Jervis, Brisbane Bullets
Jeremy Kendle, Brisbane Bullets
Jerome Randle, Adelaide 36ers
David Barlow, Melbourne United

Head Coach: Rob Beveridge (Illawarra Hawks)
Assistant Coach: Mick Downer (Brisbane Bullets)

http://www.nbl.com.au/featured-news/nbl ... lay-china/

This series is being played at the same time as the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas so looks like there isn't much NBA interest in Randle and he probably asked to be included to showcase himself in China hoping for a big offer.

Also Melbourne United have announced they've signed Daniel Dillon a 6'3" guard who hasn't played in the NBL since 2012 and spent the past five years playing in Romania, Poland and last season in Japan. He's currently playing for Kilsyth in the SEABL.

http://www.nbl.com.au/featured-news/dan ... melbourne/

[Brodlach]

That is an interesting name. I'm still confident he will be back

[beef]

He's not NBA standard unfortunately. Very good player but too limited defensively for the NBA. Be interesting to see where ferguson gets drafted tomorrow. A lot of varying reports from pick 13 to 27/28. I know he wanted to get paid but I think if he went to college he would've been higher.

[Gozu]

He's not NBA standard unfortunately. Very good player but too limited defensively for the NBA. Be interesting to see where ferguson gets drafted tomorrow. A lot of varying reports from pick 13 to 27/28. I know he wanted to get paid but I think if he went to college he would've been higher.

Bruce Bolden's son Jonah is a good chance to get drafted tomorrow probably the only Aussie who might.

I don't have Foxtel but there was a Terrance Ferguson doco called 'Livin' Fearless' about his season in the NBL screening on ESPN tonight and being repeated tomorrow morning.

[Gozu]

The 36ers Terrance Ferguson has been drafted by OKC pick 21 in the 1st round.

[Gozu]

Jonah Bolden drafted by Philly pick 36 in the 2nd round.

Bruce Bolden's son joins Dave Simmons son under Brett Brown at the 76ers

[Brodlach]

According to Boti Nagy Randle not coming back and he won't play in the All Star game.

Jacobson not back either

[Gozu]

The Cairns Taipans have announced the signing of Kuany Kuany a 6'5" Sudanese-Australian guard to a two-year deal. He just finished playing his college ball at Chaminade University of Honolulu. He was born in South Sudan and grew up in Melbourne and has just started playing for the Cairns Marlins in the QBL.

http://www.taipans.com/featured-news/ta ... s-tonight/

Also the Illawarra Hawks have announced they've re-signed veteran forward Oscar Forman to a 1 year deal.

http://www.hawks.com.au/featured-news/o ... rman-back/

[Gozu]

Sounds like Randle's playing tonight in Game 1 of the NBL All-Australian series vs China in Beijing. The game is live at 9pm on Fox & NBL TV.

Also the NBL have released the 2017/18 NBL season schedule today, the season tips off October 5th and once again every game will be live on Fox Sports.

Highlights of the 2017-18 schedule include:

– The first ever NBL game on Christmas Eve between Adelaide 36ers and Cairns Taipans at Titanium Security Arena in Adelaide

– A game between Brisbane Bullets and Melbourne United on the Gold Coast on October 28

– A Boxing Day game between Melbourne United and Brisbane Bullets at Hisense Arena

– Two games on New Year’s Eve including the return of a game to Cairns

– A special heritage month in January to mark the 40th anniversary season of the NBL

– Grand Final Replay between Perth Wildcats and Illawarra Hawks at Perth Arena on October 13

– 10 games at Spark Arena (formerly Vector Arena) featuring the New Zealand Breakers

There will be two bye rounds during November 20-28 and February 19-27 so players can be available for FIBA World Cup qualifying matches.

http://www.nbl.com.au/featured-news/nbl ... -released/

[Gozu]

Game 1

China 68 (Wu Qian 25) def NBL All-Australians 66 (Kickert 18, Randle 13)

China lead the series 1-0

Yao Ming & Rob Beveridge before the game tonight.



Also in NBL news the Brisbane Bullets have announced the signing of import PG Travis Trice who played for the Cairns Taipans last season where he won their team MVP award and is currently playing for the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA Summer League.

http://www.brisbanebullets.com.au/bulle ... 18-season/

[Gozu]

Game 2 of the NBL All-Australian series vs China in Jilin tomorrow night 9pm live on Fox & NBL TV.

The 36ers Mitch Creek made his debut for the Utah Jazz in the starting lineup overnight in the NBA Summer League

[Gozu]

The 36ers have announced they've signed the first Indian player in NBL history 6'4" SG Vishesh Bhriguvanshi to a one year training deal who could play in replacement for an injured player. He currently plays in India and is captain of the Indian national team.

http://www.adelaide36ers.com/adelaide-3 ... an-player/

[Gozu]

NBL All-Stars up 40-33 at H/T.

[Gozu]

China too good in the second half and win game 2 89-75.

Game 2

China 89 (Guo Ailun 18, Ren Junfei 13, Li Gen 12) def NBL All-Australians 75 (Kickert 20, Barlow 12, Randle 10)

China lead the series 2-0

[Gozu]

The third and final game of the series tonight 9pm live on Fox and NBL TV, Randle would probably want to step it up.

[Gozu]

The NBL All-Australian team won 89-75.

Game 3

NBL All-Australians 89 (Kendle 20, Kickert 19, Randle 19) def China 75 (Zhou Peng 15, Li Gen 13, Hu Jinqiu 12)

China win the series 2-1

[Gozu]

The NZ Breakers have announced the signing of Kiwi James Hunter a 6'10" PF who has been playing in the NZ league. He lives in Australia and splits his time between the two countries and his father Todd was the bass player in the band Dragon.

http://www.nzbreakers.co.nz/news/skycit ... 7_68563693

Also in some unfortunate news new Melbourne United signing Daniel Dillon has done his achilles in a SEABL game which will see him out injured for 6-8 months. Dillon last played in the NBL with the Tigers in 2012 and had spent the last five years playing overseas most recently in Japan. United will now look to sign a replacement soon.

http://www.melbourneutd.com.au/featured ... jury-blow/