2022-23 NBL Season + Off-season news

[Gozu]

36ers beat the Hawks 103-95 in front of a new record Adelaide crowd of 9,308.

Also the Tasmania JackJumpers have signed Development Player Sean Macdonald to a 2 year contract extension. He will remain a DP for the 2023-24 season and then come onto the roster the following season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/macdonald-signs ... mpers-deal

[Gozu]

Breakers beat the 36ers 85-83 in front of yet another new record Adelaide crowd of 9,368

[Spargo]

Breakers beat the 36ers 85-83 in front of yet another new record Adelaide crowd of 9,368

They’re their own worst enemy at the moment.

[amber_fluid]

Record crowds with cheaper tickets that are on offer.
I’ve been 4 times this season already.

Maybe the AFL and CA could learn something here.

[Jim05]

Record crowds with cheaper tickets that are on offer.
I’ve been 4 times this season already.

Maybe the AFL and CA could learn something here.

The Sixers are so ordinary you would have to pay me to watch them currently. Rabble of a organisation.
Another year of failure

[amber_fluid]

Record crowds with cheaper tickets that are on offer.
I’ve been 4 times this season already.

Maybe the AFL and CA could learn something here.

The Sixers are so ordinary you would have to pay me to watch them currently. Rabble of a organisation.
Another year of failure

No one tops the SACA

[Jim05]

Record crowds with cheaper tickets that are on offer.
I’ve been 4 times this season already.

Maybe the AFL and CA could learn something here.

The Sixers are so ordinary you would have to pay me to watch them currently. Rabble of a organisation.
Another year of failure

No one tops the SACA

True, but they are trying their hardest to get to that level it seems.
I loved going to Sixers games and you could always be proud of them even when they lost but for too long now they have been a disaster and so inconsistent with their effort. I’m not sure how a team can look good one day and then literally turn up their toes and not give a stuff the next day

[Gozu]

Round 14 results:

NZ Breakers 97 (Brown 23, Le'afa 18, Rupert 14, Pardon 13, Brantley 11) def Perth 94 (Cotton 32, Manek 20, C. Webster 19, Thomas 14)

Sydney 118 (Vasiljevic 42, Cooks 16, Soares 15, Hunter 10, Noi 10) def SE Melbourne 102 (Creek 32, Adnam 20, Williams 14, Madut 13)

Cairns 107 (Waardenburg 24, Hogg 23, Ayre 20, McCall 16, Kuol 14) def Brisbane 81 (Johnson 32, Stattmann 10)

Adelaide 103 (Johnson 18, Clark 16, Cleveland 16, Drmic 16, Franks 13) def Illawarra 95 (Harvey 22, Deng 19, Froling 14, Mathiang 12, Frazier 11)

Melbourne 92 (Goulding 23, Lee 22, Tucker 11, Ili 10, Rathan-Mayes 10) def Tasmania 85 (Doyle 20, McVeigh 18, Magnay 10)

Sydney 108 (Cooks 24, Walton 16, Glover 13, Noi 12, Soares 10) def Perth 87 (Cotton 22, C. Webster 22, Thomas 16, Manek 10)

NZ Breakers 85 (Brown 16, Brantley 15, Le'afa 13, McDowell-White 10, Pardon 10) def Adelaide 83 (Franks 20, Cleveland 18, Clark 16, Sotto 16)

Cairns 94 (McCall 24, Scott 19, Hogg 16, Ayre 10, Deng 10) def SE Melbourne 85 (Creek 25, Broekhoff 17, Williams 16, Adnam 14)

[Gozu]

Tassie beat the 36ers 98-82.

[Gozu]

Perth beat the 36ers 112-97

[DOC]

I think the last two results are season defining.

To give up 67 points (and it was Perth!) in a half is just woeful. The complete lack of defensive effort shows.

I think the game plan stinks. To play so many minutes without a centre who is a threat is damning. Sotto starting over Johnson regularly is just plain wrong, He is no offensive threat and the team knows it. It shows. Galloway is also a centre and he is a long way off from being a threat as well. 13 minutes for a rebound and no points. Sotto and Galloway need to harden the FUP as they get pushed around far too easily. It may dawn on them and the coach soon that the opponents are men who play like they mean it.

It's mouthguards at training time. And CJ the training needs to be all about effort and making the centres the centrepiece (pun intended) of the team. Get the ball up the court and through the hands to make the opposition have to guard all 5 players. We play far too slow. Otherwise our centre just becomes a spare dick at a wedding.

[Brodlach]

Sack CJ

[amber_fluid]

Sack CJ

Yeah time for a new coach with fresh ideas.

And I agree with Doc about Sotto.
The experiment just hasn’t work.
Need to recruit a centre as a priority for next season as DJ isn’t getting any younger despite still contributing whenever he’s on court.

[king neptune]

Easy to forget that we've actually made a couple of GF series in amongst the last 20 or so years of turgid mediocrity.

Don't even know what to say about this team any more. They are just the definition of 'meh'

[Gozu]

Round 15 results:

Tasmania 92 (Kelly 18, McVeigh 15, Weeks 14, Macdonald 12, Doyle 10) def Illawarra 89 (Harvey 22, Froling 21, Deng 16, Grida 16)

Perth 93 (Thomas 23, C. Webster 19, Manek 15, Cotton 14, Travers 11, T. Webster 11) def NZ Breakers 90 (Pardon 28, Brown 16, Brantley 13, McDowell-White 12)

Sydney 116 (Cooks 20, Soares 20, Walton 18, Glover 14, Simon 11, Vasiljevic 11) def Brisbane 67 (Sobey 14, Johnson 13)

Melbourne 77 (Rathan-Mayes 20, Goulding 14, Newley 14) def NZ Breakers 65 (Brantley 17, Le'afa 13)

Tasmania 98 (Doyle 28, McVeigh 28, Kelly 19) def Adelaide 82 (Franks 24)

Cairns 89 (McCall 24, Hogg 15, Scott 15, Deng 12, Waardenburg 10) def Illawarra 84 (Harvey 25, Hickey 16, Mathiang 14, Deng 10)

Melbourne 101 (Tucker 30, Goulding 21, Rathan-Mayes 20, Ili 11) def Brisbane 91 (Baynes 21, Sobey 18, Mitchell 15, Johnson 13)

Perth 112 (Cotton 23, Manek 23, Thomas 17, C. Webster 17, T. Webster 10) def Adelaide 97 (Franks 25, Cleveland 23, McCarron 14, Clark 10, Johnson 10)

Cairns 85 (Hogg 18, Kuol 18, McCall 18, Scott 10) def NZ Breakers 83 (McDowell-White 29, Brantley 25)

Sydney 84 (Walton 19, Soares 15, Galloway 13, Noi 12) def Illawarra 79 (Harvey 24, Dent 15, Froling 14, Swaka Lo Buluk 10)

Brisbane 84 (Cadee 28, Sobey 15, Mitchell 10) def SE Melbourne 79 (Williams 19, Creek 17, Browne 12, Kell 10)

[Gozu]

The NBL have announced they're scrapping their Rookie of the Year award and replacing it with the Next Generation award from this season. All players under 25 by the end of the season including imports and Next Stars will be eligible for the award.

https://nbl.com.au/news/nbl-launches-ne ... tion-award

[DOC]

I think 25 stretches it a bit too far.

Mind you the AFL would have you believe that you can be a rookie in your 30's with over 200 games played.

[Spargo]

Embarrassing, disgusting, laughable.

[Gozu]

Bullets beat the 36ers 106-101 in OT.

[MW]

Bullets beat the 36ers 106-101 in OT.

WTF is wrong with this club...no heart