2024-25 NBL Season + Off-season news

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36ers
20 up at the HT

[mighty_tiger_79]

7 pts 36ers
Halfway thru last qtr

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FMD
A wins a win though

[Gozu]

Round 16 results cont:

Melbourne 91 (Goulding 42, Ili 15) def NZ Breakers 89 (Lopez 19, Mooney 19, Mennenga 18, Bolden 10)

Adelaide 91 (Harrell 26, Davis 25, Martin 16, Vasiljevic 16) def Illawarra 88 (Froling 35, Harvey 15, Days 13, Swaka Lo Buluk 10)

SE Melbourne 113 (Hurt 33, Sobey 26, Glover 11, Wieskamp 11) def Cairns 102 (Waardenburg 22, Armstrong 20, Bradshaw 16, Edwards 13, Groves 10)

Perth 112 (Cotton 36, Pinder 19, Windler 16, Pepper 10) def Brisbane 85 (Prather 32, Bannan 20, Adams 11)

[Booney]

Boti Nagy
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Hottest word around @NBL traps today has @Adelaide36ers on the verge of having to pay out yet another coach prematurely. If so, surely management duo who hired him has to go too.

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Boti Nagy
@boti_nagy
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Hottest word around @NBL traps today has @Adelaide36ers on the verge of having to pay out yet another coach prematurely. If so, surely management duo who hired him has to go too.

Article in the Tiser this morning - https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/36ers-blowup-kendric-davis-mike-wells-isaac-humphries-at-centre-of-nbl-clubs-toxic-standoff/news-story/575659168893033118e1794e7ea08bb2

36ers blow-up: Kendric Davis, Mike Wells, Isaac Humphries at centre of NBL club’s toxic stand-off

Adelaide’s NBL season is at breaking point with details emerging of a locker room feud between a high profile player and coach that prompted secret meetings to save the Sixers’ campaign.

A locker room blow-up between Adelaide coach Mike Wells and star import Kendric Davis has some within the club fearing the relationship has become too toxic to repair.

Two weeks after a crisis meeting that had Sixers’ coaching staff and players vowing to accept open and honest criticism, Adelaide was forced into damage control following Monday night’s narrow home win over Illawarra.

Sources told Code Sports Wells, who had been dealing with the stress of news his 91-year-old father was undergoing open heart surgery in the US on the same day the Sixers faced the Hawks, was frustrated with his side’s second-half performance.

The 36ers nearly gave up a 25-point lead to the ladder leaders in the 91-88 win.

A source said emotions spilt over as Wells addressed the group and it is understood he singled out big man Isaac Humphries.

Code understands that Wells took aim at Humphries’ body language and admonished the 27-year-old for “throwing him under the bus” when he told media on December 28 “no one knows their role”.

Sources say Davis went in to bat for his teammate, delivering an expletive-laden tirade at the coach in front of players, Wells’ family and a number of Adelaide powerbrokers who were in the rooms.

High-level talks were held between officials, players and coaches in a “tough” day on Tuesday and on Wednesday the group held another meeting, this one attended by club owner Grant Kelley.

It’s understood Kelley, Wells and captain DJ Vasiljevic all addressed the meeting, the coach offering an unreserved apology to both Humphries and the group.

This is not the first run-in between Wells and Davis, with the coach and star guard clashing back in November during the FIBA break.

A club insider told Code the run-ins had become increasingly regular.

The source said Davis can be difficult to be around and, despite his superlative play, his behaviour has worn thin on teammates.

The Sixers want to keep Davis long-term but there is speculation that won’t happen if Wells is at the helm next season.

But club officials reportedly still hold out hope that the pair can strike a better relationship and the 36ers can make a playoff run after wins over top-four teams Sydney, Melbourne United and Illawarra and a heartbreaking overtime loss to Tasmania.

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Another version of events was aired this morning where Coach had a crack at Davis for not following instructions and fouling late.

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Big personalities will always clash and the Sixers have many
Maybe 1 too many
And not the coach

[Brodlach]

Do they players try to “wag the tail”, every coach has seemed to have this issue within for decades

[Booney]

Coaches come and go. Players come and go. Only one thing remains constant and in reality we don't even know who they are.

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Do they players try to “wag the tail”, every coach has seemed to have this issue within for decades

Does sound that way
Not sure how KD could defend Humphries game.
Wells was giving Humphries harsh feedback and KD didn’t like it??
FMD
Take it on the chin and get better and move on

[LaughingKookaburra]

Humphries was poor in throwing the coach under the bus 3 weeks back in the media, however Wells was poor to bring that up after the club had sorted their differences. All parties need to park the ego for 5-6 weeks as Adelaide fans deserve better. They have let themselves and the fans down since that Melbourne debacle.

[DOC]

Don’t think Wells will coach here next season and may not see the season out.

He was pissweak dealing with Humphries which to me showed he’s not up for the fight.

[Gozu]

Round 17 results:

NZ Breakers 85 (Mennenga 29, Lopez 17, Fall 11, Mooney 11) def Tasmania 75 (Crawford 26, Krslovic 14, Doyle 10)

Cairns 111 (Edwards 35, Armstrong 19, Groves 17, Adnam 14) def Brisbane 80 (Prather 22, Bannan 16, Cook 13, Adams 10)

Perth 110 (Doolittle 27, Cotton 22, Henshall 14, Pepper 11, Pinder 10) def Adelaide 103 (Davis 31, Vasiljevic 23, Harrell 19, Martin 10)

SE Melbourne 102 (Sobey 28, Wieskamp 17, Hurt 14, Foxwell 12, Glover 11, Hunter 10) def NZ Breakers 89 (Lopez 20, Mooney 20, Jackson-Cartwright 12, Mennenga 10)

Illawarra 117 (Kell 23, Harvey 20, Olbrich 18, Froling 14) def Melbourne 95 (Ili 20, White 15, Goulding 14, Loe 10)

TBC

Also the SE Melbourne Phoenix have signed guard Owen Foxwell to a 2 year extension putting him under contract until 2027.

https://nbl.com.au/news/phoenixs-foxwel ... r-two-more

[Gozu]

Round 17 results cont:

Sydney 88 (Noi 32, Adams 17, Oliver 12, Cooks 10) def Tasmania 77 (Doyle 21, Crawford 17, Hummer 11)

Adelaide 99 (Vasiljevic 32, Davis 27, Harrell 17, Humphries 10) def Cairns 75 (Groves 23, Gak 12, Armstrong 11, Edwards 11)

Illawarra 121 (Froling 17, Swaka Lo Buluk 16, Peatling 15, Olbrich 14, Lee 12, Harvey 10) def Brisbane 87 (Cook 19, Bannan 15, Adams 12, White 11)

Sydney 103 (Noi 24, Adams 20, Oliver 16, Kuol 14, Toohey 10) def SE Melbourne 92 (Sobey 28, Foxwell 15, Hurt 11, Wieskamp 11)

Melbourne 99 (White 26, Dellavedova 17, Clark 16, Goulding 16) def Perth 93 (Doolittle 33, Cotton 14, Pinder 10)

[mighty_tiger_79]

Cairns with an upset win over hawks

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In the top 6

[Spargo]

In the top 6

Scary times…

[mighty_tiger_79]

Strange things happening with the 36ers

[DOC]

Strange things happening with the 36ers

Which is why Sundays game is vital.