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

[Gozu]

Round 6 games & times:

Thu 5pm Perth at NZ Breakers
Thu 7pm Melbourne at Cairns

Sat 5pm Sydney at Melbourne (SBS Viceland)
Sat 7pm Illawarra at Adelaide

Sun 2:30pm Cairns at Brisbane (SBS)
Sun 6:30pm NZ Breakers at Perth

[Spargo]

Jerome Randle has signed for the Kings & will possibly line up for them vs Melbourne on Saturday.

[Brodlach]

Sydney just announced Ex-NBA big man Jeremy Tyler but no Randle?

[Gozu]

Obviously Randle's time in Turkey went well but I'm not sure he'll help the Kings that much. Something Randle overlooked was that the 36ers run & gun up tempo style suited him perfectly, that's not the way Gaze & the Kings play. They've also been used to Lisch being the primary ball handler these past one and a bit seasons and although Lisch will go back to his natural 2 spot that's likely to take some time. Not sure what kind of shape Tyler's going to be in and Leslie & Kendle appear to be the imports getting cut.

[Gozu]

So far all that has happened officially is Travis Leslie has been released and Jeremy Tyler has been signed. Tyler is a 6'10" F/C who has been playing in China and previously played four seasons in the NBA with Golden State, Atlanta and New York.

http://nbl.com.au/news/article/38080-sy ... ba-big-man

[Gozu]

Official now Jerome Randle has signed with the Sydney Kings. He had been playing in Turkey and is expected to make his debut in Round 7 which is when Jeremy Kendle will be released.

http://www.sydneykings.com/news/article ... e-now-king

Some big moves by the Kings but they had to do something to get off of the bottom of the ladder.

[LaughingKookaburra]

Looks like Sydney finally offered the coin that no one else would.

[Gozu]

Looks like Sydney finally offered the coin that no one else would.

Either that or he was being stiffed on his money in Turkey and faced with minimal vacant well paying spots around had to 'settle' for what the Kings were offering. I've got no doubt he will be paid well but highly doubt it's anywhere near what he was demanding in the offseason.

[Gozu]

Good battle in NZ 41-38 at H/T.

An interesting change this season is head-to-head not being a factor in playoff positioning anymore it'll come down purely to percentage, good thing for the Sixers already being down 0-3 to Melbourne.

[Gozu]

Cairns up 78-62 over with 4 min to go against Melbourne

[Gozu]

Looks like Sydney finally offered the coin that no one else would.

Either that or he was being stiffed on his money in Turkey and faced with minimal vacant well paying spots around had to 'settle' for what the Kings were offering. I've got no doubt he will be paid well but highly doubt it's anywhere near what he was demanding in the offseason.

Randle signed with Sydney for $400k down from his offseason demands of the 36ers rumoured to be in the $600k-$800k a year range.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/basketball ... 0e64b24097

[Wedgie]

Got a courteside gig again tomorrow so should catch a bit of the game, 33 tomorrow, I'll be sweating more than the players!

[Brodlach]

Got a courteside gig again tomorrow so should catch a bit of the game, 33 tomorrow, I'll be sweating more than the players!

Hopefully the air conditioning is fixed, shocking last season

[Gozu]

The Perth Wildcats have announced the signing of local small forward Clint Steindl for the rest of the season replacing the retired Matt Knight on the roster. The 6'7" Steindl has previously played in the NBL with Cairns & Townsville, played last season in Belgium and started this season playing in Greece. He trained with the Wildcats in the pre-season awaiting his next contract due to his partner playing for the WNBL's Perth Lynx.

http://www.nbl.com.au/news/article/3814 ... nt-steindl

[Gozu]

Qtr time

Sixers 30
Hawks 20

Great start Childress has a spring in his step.

[Gozu]

H/T

Sixers 50
Hawks 39

[Gozu]

3QT

Sixers 72
Hawks 63

[Gozu]

Final

Hawks 96
Sixers 84

Unbelievable

[Spargo]

Massive problems.

[mighty hounds]

Final

Hawks 96
Sixers 84

Unbelievable

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