2015/16 NBL Season/Off-season news/Boomers

[Gozu]

It's going to be a chinese team that plays most home games in China but will occasionally play games on the GC when here so not really a GC team and if it's being backed by the CBA as it sounds like finances aren't a concern.

I think it's a positive for the NBL because getting China involved will bring in a lot of interest and a lot of money the concern I have is if once the NBL gets used to living the good life and then they decide it's no longer working for them and pull out the bubble might burst. Starting next year I think it is Australia moves into the FIBA Asia group in relation to future qualifying for Olympics and World Cup's so us and China will be playing a lot more against each other and with their insatiable appetite for basketball along with the drive to get better it would make a lot of sense for them to have a chinese team in the NBL.

The difference between this and the previous Singapore expansion is that Singapore doesn't have much of a sporting tradition so the Slingers were always going to struggle to attract interest there unlike a chinese team in China and they have a much larger population with a want to spend a lot of money on basketball. That's where Brian Goorjian has been for a number of years now coaching in China getting paid a lot more there than he could back here.

[Gozu]

Melbourne United today announced the re-signing of forward David Barlow to a 1 year deal after he missed all of last season due to an achilles injury.

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

Also the Sydney Kings have signed former Townsville Crocs guard Mirko Djeric who us 36ers fans would remember from that Crocs shock comeback win up there last season.

[Gozu]

Basketball Australia have announced a 17 man Boomers squad for the Melbourne selection camp from July 5th-14th for the Rio Olympics.

The 2016 Australian Boomers Selection Camp Squad:

# NAME SURNAME CLUB
1 David Andersen ASVEL (France)
2 Cameron Bairstow Chicago Bulls
3 Aron Baynes Detroit Pistons
4 Andrew Bogut Golden State Warriors
5 Ryan Broekhoff Lokomotiv Kuban (Russia)
6 Matthew Dellavedova Cleveland Cavaliers
7 Dante Exum Utah Jazz
8 Adam Gibson Brisbane Bullets
9 Cameron Gliddon Cairns Taipans
10 Chris Goulding Melbourne United
11 Joe Ingles Utah Jazz
12 Nathan Jawai Free Agent
13 Kevin Lisch Sydney Kings
14 Damian Martin Perth Wildcats
15 Patrick Mills San Antonio Spurs
16 Brock Motum Zalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania)
17 Brad Newley Gran Canaria (Spain)

http://www.basketball.net.au/australian ... amp-squad/

[hawks21]

Basketball Australia have announced a 17 man Boomers squad for the Melbourne selection camp from July 5th-14th for the Rio Olympics.

The 2016 Australian Boomers Selection Camp Squad:

# NAME SURNAME CLUB
1 David Andersen ASVEL (France)
2 Cameron Bairstow Chicago Bulls
3 Aron Baynes Detroit Pistons
4 Andrew Bogut Golden State Warriors
5 Ryan Broekhoff Lokomotiv Kuban (Russia)
6 Matthew Dellavedova Cleveland Cavaliers
7 Dante Exum Utah Jazz
8 Adam Gibson Brisbane Bullets
9 Cameron Gliddon Cairns Taipans
10 Chris Goulding Melbourne United
11 Joe Ingles Utah Jazz
12 Nathan Jawai Free Agent
13 Kevin Lisch Sydney Kings
14 Damian Martin Perth Wildcats
15 Patrick Mills San Antonio Spurs
16 Brock Motum Zalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania)
17 Brad Newley Gran Canaria (Spain)

http://www.basketball.net.au/australian ... amp-squad/

Quite possibly the strongest Boomers team we have had?
11 standouts with a decent starting 5.

[Gozu]

Quite possibly the strongest Boomers team we have had?
11 standouts with a decent starting 5.

I would rate the 2000 Olympic team that finished 4th our best.

Andrew Gaze, Shane Heal, Luc Longley, Mark Bradtke, Andrew Vlahov, Ricky Grace, Sam MacKinnon, Chris Anstey, Paul Rogers, Jason Smith, Brett Maher, Martin Cattalini.

When BA first announced the 26 man squad I think they said it would be culled to 16 so I think one has been added more for his service than being a genuine chance of being on the team and I think that's Exum. He's only just been cleared for contact and I highly doubt the Jazz would let him play. Aside from that I don't think Exum would be in our best 12 anyway.

Dellavedova/Lisch
Mills/Newley/Goulding
Ingles/Broekhoff
Andersen/Motum/Bairstow
Bogut/Baynes

That would be my team.

[Brodlach]

I wonder who's choice it was not to select Simmons? Coach or player?

[Gozu]

I wonder who's choice it was not to select Simmons? Coach or player?

He made himself unavailable for selection. Would've been fortunate to make it anyway, IMO.

[Brodlach]

Cheers must have missed that

[Gozu]

Melbourne United have announced the signing of former NZ Breakers championship forward Tai Wesley to a 2 year contract.

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

[Gozu]

Another big signing for Melbourne United today announcing the re-signing of NBL MVP runner-up Chris Goulding to a 2 year deal.

http://www.nbl.com.au/featured-news/gou ... ne-united/

[Gozu]

The Boomers are going to play a 2 game farewell series against a US college all-star team at Hisense Arena in Melbourne in July in preparations for Rio.

The biggest names in Australian basketball are set to go head-to-head with the best of American college basketball for two matches in Melbourne, when the Australian Boomers take on the USA Pac-12 College All-Stars as part of the Australian Boomers Olympic campaign, as announced by the Minister for Major Events, Sport and Tourism, John Eren today.

Melbourne’s Hisense Arena will stage the 2016 Australian Boomers Farewell Series on Tuesday July 12 and Thursday July 14.

http://www.basketball.net.au/australian ... melbourne/

Also the 36ers have announced they've signed local point guard Adam Doyle to their roster. Doyle plays for Forestville in the state league and has previously been a development player with the 36ers.

http://www.adelaide36ers.com/adelaide-3 ... yle-signs/

[Brodlach]

We get Doyle, MU get Goulding. Will we sign anyone decent?

[Gozu]

We get Doyle, MU get Goulding. Will we sign anyone decent?

It's looking a bit that way although getting Anthony Drmic was considered a bit of a coup but it looks to me when Joey got that 3 year extension it might've been with the understanding we're now entering a rebuilding phase. Gibbo was going anyway and then with Petrie leaving it might have hastened the rebuild.

We made the Grand Final in 2014, semi-finals in 2015 and then tried to squeeze the last drop out this previous season with Gibbo in his last season and Petrie on the decline which was probably the thinking behind the Ebi Ere signing he turned out to be cooked and we lucked into finding Randle which made us better than we probably should've been.

Joey likes to play an up temp run and gun style which suits Randle perfectly and younger players too so I'm not quite as glum as I was heading into last season. That roster (with McNeail and no Randle) had almost no chance of going anywhere. At least this team should be better to watch.

It looks to me we might be going:

Johnson/Hodgson
Import/Deng
Import/Creek
Drmic/Teys
Randle/Sobey/Doyle

Even if we were still able to sign a guy like Steindl instead of an import SF but made sure we got some sort of decent low post defender with the import PF spot I would be reasonably happy with that given the potential upside and the 36ers just don't have the budget of some of the other teams.

[norwood8]

The Sixers need to sign some decent talent to compliment Randle, what they've put together so far isn't good enough.

You don't need to bottom out in the NBL, so no excuses for anything other than a season that has playoffs within reach. Obviously we don't have the spending power of some others, but the squad looks very disappointing so far. Plenty talent around the globe, just need to bring it to Adelaide. No point of being in the competition if we aren't in it to win it.

It's a different sport, but if Adelaide United can do it, then so can the 36ers.

Geez Melbourne United are starting to look strong though

[Gozu]

Five time defensive player of the year and multiple championship winning point guard Damian Martin has re-signed with the Perth Wildcats to a 3 year deal.

http://www.wildcats.com.au/featured-new ... -contract/

[Gozu]

Big news today with Nathan Jawai leaving Perth to go back to the Cairns Taipans signing a 3 year deal.

http://www.taipans.com/news/club-news/j ... g-taipans/

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[Gozu]

A bit of NBL news with the announcement today of the inaugural Australian National Pro Combine that will take place from June 20-21 at the State Basketball Centre in Melbourne. It will be a 2 day camp showcasing up and coming players in front of NBL & SEABL coaches, 36ers coach Joey Wright has confirmed he will be in attendance.

http://www.nbl.com.au/featured-news/aus ... announced/

Speaking of the 36ers they've unfortunately had to pull out of the pre-season Merlion Cup tournament in Singapore due to the dates clashing with the NBL's pre-season Blitz tournament which will again be held in Brisbane.

Also the Perth Wildcats have announced they've re-signed forward Greg Hire to a 2 year deal.

http://www.nbl.com.au/featured-news/gre ... -wildcats/

[Gozu]

Confirmation today the Sydney Kings have signed SA born Boomers star Brad Newley to a 3 year deal. He returns to the NBL after playing the last 9 years overseas most recently in Spain.

http://www.nbl.com.au/featured-news/kin ... ad-newley/

[king neptune]

Damn that sucks to see a good Adelaide lad in Newley go to bloody Sydney Didn't he sign a contract to with the 36ers several years ago before he went to Europe? Maybe around the time Houston picked him in the NBA Draft.

Good to see he carved out a very respectable career in Europe though. Would've been nice living in the Canary Islands. Wish he was still there and not playing for those purple pansies!

[Gozu]

Damn that sucks to see a good Adelaide lad in Newley go to bloody Sydney Didn't he sign a contract to with the 36ers several years ago before he went to Europe? Maybe around the time Houston picked him in the NBA Draft.

Good to see he carved out a very respectable career in Europe though. Would've been nice living in the Canary Islands. Wish he was still there and not playing for those purple pansies!

Yeah he left Townsville and signed with the 36ers in 2007 but also put his name in the draft and when Houston picked him they told him to go and play in Europe so he exercised the NBA/European out-clause from his 36ers contract so never played for us and played in Greece, Lithuania, Turkey and then Spain.

I know Newley had a kid a few years ago but I'm surprised he is coming back now at 31. I had assumed he would've stayed over there for as long as he could then maybe come back to the NBL right at the end of his career and play a season or two for the 36ers.