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

[Gozu]

Ramone Moore scored all 12 of the Sixers points in the 4th quarter.

Like Spargo said massive problems.

[Wedgie]

There are massive problems, spending the game near the 6ers bench last night I was amazed at the disharmony in the team.
Joey Wright absolutely went to town on Shorter once when he brought him off, half the building could hear his expletives, it was really demeaning and Shorter to his credit just walked to the far end of the bench and sat down. Sobey's body language and lack of respect to some of his team mates at times was disappointing as I'm a big fan of his. And Childress seemed very pissed off with Wright.
Not good signs.
Even though the 4th quarter was a shocker we seemed to take our pedal off from early in the 2nd.

PS Air con was better thank christ.

[Gozu]

It does seem like the players are tuning Joey out but we just re-signed him to a 5 year contract so I can't see the coach going anywhere.

[Gozu]

Round 6 results:

NZ Breakers 88 (Newbill 17, Penney 14, Ili 13, Sosa 12) def Perth 84 (Cotton 26, Tokoto 15, Wagstaff 11)

Cairns 92 (Gliddon 20, Smith 17, McCarron 14, Weigh 14, Loughton 12) def Melbourne 69 (Ware 12, Wesley 12, Boone 11, Prather 10)

Melbourne 108 (Prather 22, Wesley 21, Boone 19, Ware 14, Majok 12, Goulding 11) def Sydney 90 (Cadee 17, Newley 17, Blanchfield 12, Ellis 12)

Illawarra 96 (Conger 26, Clarke 24, Ogilvy 13, Norton 11) def Adelaide 87 (Moore 24, Creek 14, Shorter 13, Sobey 11)

Brisbane 82 (Trice 17, Jervis 14, Buford 11) def Cairns 74 (Gliddon 15, Weeks 14, McCarron 12, Weigh 12, Loughton 11)

NZ Breakers 88 (Newbill 20, Penney 17, Pledger 15, Ili 11) def Perth 82 (Tokoto 30, Cotton 19)

[Gozu]

An interesting article about NBL expansion and AFL clubs interest in fielding teams in the NBL. I've heard rumours before about Richmond & Collingwood investigating the idea but nothing beyond that and now according to AFL/NBL commentator Dwayne Russell AFL clubs are again looking into it.

THE NBL has confirmed that some AFL clubs are keen on creating their own basketball team to be part of the league’s expansion, with two Melbourne-based AFL clubs reportedly the front-runners.

NBL owner Larry Kestelman wants to expand the league by up to four teams in the coming years. And the league is keen for some AFL clubs to add basketball departments so they can also run NBL teams in the coming years.

Fox Footy and Fox Sports NBL commentator Dwayne Russell reported on Sportsday radio on Monday night that two Melbourne-based AFL clubs were the front-runners to enter teams into the soon-to-be-expanded NBL.

Russell said Collingwood, which already has both a netball team and AFLW side, had shown interest in owning a basketball team as the NBL seeks a second Melbourne-based franchise to enter the competition.

Fremantle also looms as a viable option to be a second WA-based NBL team off the back of the Perth Wildcats’ success, which has seen them attract over 15,000 fans to most home games so far this season.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/nbl-co ... 97a9be017a

[mighty hounds]

An interesting article about NBL expansion and AFL clubs interest in fielding teams in the NBL. I've heard rumours before about Richmond & Collingwood investigating the idea but nothing beyond that and now according to AFL/NBL commentator Dwayne Russell AFL clubs are again looking into it.

THE NBL has confirmed that some AFL clubs are keen on creating their own basketball team to be part of the league’s expansion, with two Melbourne-based AFL clubs reportedly the front-runners.

NBL owner Larry Kestelman wants to expand the league by up to four teams in the coming years. And the league is keen for some AFL clubs to add basketball departments so they can also run NBL teams in the coming years.

Fox Footy and Fox Sports NBL commentator Dwayne Russell reported on Sportsday radio on Monday night that two Melbourne-based AFL clubs were the front-runners to enter teams into the soon-to-be-expanded NBL.

Russell said Collingwood, which already has both a netball team and AFLW side, had shown interest in owning a basketball team as the NBL seeks a second Melbourne-based franchise to enter the competition.

Fremantle also looms as a viable option to be a second WA-based NBL team off the back of the Perth Wildcats’ success, which has seen them attract over 15,000 fans to most home games so far this season.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/nbl-co ... 97a9be017a

With the amount of teams that have come and gone surely this won’t work?

[Gozu]

With the amount of teams that have come and gone surely this won’t work?

Not necessarily, one big difference with the past is Larry Kestelman is worth a couple of hundred million dollars so no team is going anywhere unless he says so and regardless this would be funded by AFL clubs and they have plenty of money, well the richer clubs do.

[Gozu]

Round 7 games & times:

Thu 7pm Sydney at Illawarra

Fri 7pm Perth at Brisbane (11pm ABC)

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

Sun 12:30pm Brisbane at NZ Breakers
Sun 2:30pm Perth at Melbourne (SBS)

[Gozu]

Confirmed that Jerome Randle will be making his debut for the Kings tonight.

[Gozu]

Only one half but Randle does appear to be making a difference out there.

[Gozu]

Qtr time

Kings 28
Sixers 25

[Gozu]

H/T

Sixers 60
Kings 53

[mighty hounds]

Only one half but Randle does appear to be making a difference out there.

How are the crowd treating him Gozu?

[Gozu]

Only one half but Randle does appear to be making a difference out there.

How are the crowd treating him Gozu?

I haven't got the sound up so can't really tell, he's being well held though.

[Gozu]

3QT

Sixers 83
Kings 69

[Gozu]

Final

Sixers 108
Kings 93

[Gozu]

Round 7 results:

Illawarra 97 (Clarke 19, Ogilvy 19, Conger 16, Martin 13, Coenraad 10) def Sydney 93 (OT) (Randle 28, Ellis 21, Cadee 16, Newley 10)

Perth 90 (Cotton 24, Wagstaff 14, Martin 12, Tokoto 12, Cooke 10) def Brisbane 85 (Buford 18, Te Rangi 16, Trice 16, Kickert 11)

Adelaide 108 (Shorter 19, Sobey 16, Johnson 15, Hodgson 13, Moore 12, Creek 11, Childress 10) def Sydney 93 (Ellis 26, Randle 18, Humphries 17, Cadee 11)

Cairns 87 (Smith 19, Gliddon 18, Loughton 17, McCarron 14) def Illawarra 66 (Conger 17, Clarke 12, Kay 11)

NZ Breakers 90 (Sosa 24, Newbill 19, Ili 14, Abercrombie 11) def Brisbane 82 (Buford 18, Trice 17, Jervis 16, Kickert 14, Holt 10)

Perth 91 (Cotton 24, Walker 14, Martin 12) def Melbourne 59 (Prather 20, Boone 10)

[Gozu]

The NBL have announced that the Hawks Demitrius Conger has been charged by the game review panel with striking the Kings Brad Newley late in the overtime of their game on Thursday night. Conger has been given a two game suspension but if he takes an early guilty plea it will be reduced to a one game suspension.

http://nbl.com.au/news/article/38372-co ... n-king-hit

[Gozu]

All NBL teams have a bye this weekend as the Boomers will be playing two games as part of the new FIBA qualification process for the 2019 World Cup. The Boomers play Chinese Taipei away on Friday the 24th November and then play Japan here in Adelaide next Monday the 27th November.

Tickets for the game against Japan at Titanium Security Arena start at $10 each and both games will be televised live on Fox.

The Boomers team for these two games is:

Angus Brandt, Perth Wildcats
Jason Cadee, Sydney Kings
Mitch Creek, Adelaide 36ers
Cameron Gliddon, Cairns Taipans
Chris Goulding, Melbourne United
Matt Hodgson, Adelaide 36ers
Nick Kay, Illawarra Hawks
Daniel Kickert, Brisbane Bullets
Damian Martin, Perth Wildcats
Mitch McCarron, Cairns Taipans
Brad Newley, Sydney Kings
Nathan Sobey, Adelaide 36ers

[Spargo]

The NBL have announced that the Hawks Demitrius Conger has been charged by the game review panel with striking the Kings Brad Newley late in the overtime of their game on Thursday night. Conger has been given a two game suspension but if he takes an early guilty plea it will be reduced to a one game suspension.

http://nbl.com.au/news/article/38372-co ... n-king-hit

Real cheap shot - lucky not to get more.