2017/18 NBL Season/Boomers/Off-Season news

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Half time

47-25

[Gozu]

I can see why Brisbane finished bottom, Andre Lemanis is a crap coach

Very overrated

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How funny was Chen’s flop

86-68 victory

[Gozu]

Two good comfortable wins for the Boomers.

Australia 88 (Creek 18, McCarron 11, Hodgson 10) def Chinese Taipei 68 (Chen 22, Davis 18, Hu 15)

Also New Zealand beat China in China 82-73. For the Tall Blacks the Webster brothers Corey & Tai each scored 18 points and for China former NBA power forward Yi Jianlian scored 37 points.

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What’s with the huge gap between regular seaosn and finals commencing?

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World Cup Qualifiers

[Gozu]

The NZ Breakers have announced the club has new owners and the consortium includes former NBA star Shawn Marion!

A consortium including two former NBA players and a co-owner of English Premier League club Swansea City will become the new majority shareholders in the Breakers, New Zealand's successful basketball franchise.

Long time club owners and directors Paul and Liz Blackwell announced on Monday that a newly formed company, Breakers Basketball Ltd, will take control of the club from March 1, on the eve of the club's eight appearance in 11 years in the NBL semifinals.

The consortium is headed by former NBA player Matt Walsh, along with business partners Adam Goodman, Romie Chaudhari, Dan Katz and Shawn Marion.

http://nbl.com.au/news/article/40429-ne ... z-breakers

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NBL Awards Night

Ramone Moore wins Best Sixth Man

Humphries, who I rate, from the Kings wins Rookie of the Year

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All the award winners:

Most Valuable Player: Bryce Cotton, Perth

Coach of the Year: Dean Vickerman, Melbourne

Rookie of the Year: Isaac Humphries, Sydney

Best Sixth Man: Ramone Moore, Adelaide

Best Defensive Player: Damian Martin, Perth

Most Improved Player: Shea Ili, NZ Breakers

Fans MVP: Mitch Creek, Adelaide

All-NBL First Team:

Casper Ware, Melbourne
Bryce Cotton, Perth
Demitrius Conger, Illawarra
Daniel Johnson, Adelaide
Josh Boone, Melbourne

All-NBL Second Team:

Edgar Sosa, NZ Breakers
Jerome Randle, Sydney
JP Tokoto, Perth
Mitch Creek, Adelaide
Tai Wesley, Melbourne

Hall of Fame inductees: Tony Ronaldson, Glen Saville & Brett Maher

[DOC]

So DJ can't crack the Boomers squad?

[Gozu]

Semi-Finals games & times:

Sat 5pm Game 1 - NZ Breakers at Melbourne (SBS Viceland)
Sat 7pm Game 1 - Perth at Adelaide

Mon 5pm Game 2 - Melbourne at NZ Breakers (SBS Viceland)

[Gozu]

An excellent story on Josh Childress by Boti Nagy on his journey to Adelaide.

http://www.botinagy.com/blog/chill-has- ... is-resume/

[Gozu]

An interesting idea from the NBL to lure 'one "& done' players from the US with an added roster spot for a fourth import.

The 'Next Stars' initiative was announced by the NBL on Friday, and will see NBA Draft eligible athletes — hand-picked by an NBL-selected panel of ‘experts’ — contracted by the league, before being entered into a pool, and allocated to teams. The allocation process is yet to be determined.

Each NBL team will be given a fourth import spot, where they could insert the young player.

The players who are brought over will be paid $AUD100,000, which ends up as $US50,000 net, sources told foxsports.com.au. The teenagers will also be given an apartment, a car, flights, and individual development training, sources said.

http://www.espn.com.au/nba/story/_/id/2 ... -nba-draft

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An excellent story on Josh Childress by Boti Nagy on his journey to Adelaide.

http://www.botinagy.com/blog/chill-has- ... is-resume/

A great read and it made me go back and watch some clips of Rick Barry and the "granny shot".

[Gozu]

There was talk coming all season it was going to happen and now it's official the Cairns Taipans have sacked head coach Aaron Fearne. He was their head coach for nine years, eight years as an assistant coach at the club before that and even two years as a player there prior to that. Fearne took the Taipans to two Grand Final's in 2011 & 2015 and also won the NBL coach of the year award in 2015.

http://nbl.com.au/news/article/40500-ca ... -part-ways

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Great coach IMO. Had little to work with but got a lot out of his players

[Gozu]

Great coach IMO. Had little to work with but got a lot out of his players

A bit too stubborn and inflexible for my liking but got more than most out of his rosters.

[Gozu]

Go the Breakers!

[Gozu]

Half-time

United 43
Breakers 43

[Spargo]

Prather just kicked his opponent, commentators even after the slo-mo replay chose to gloss over it.