2016/17 NBL Season/Off-season news/Boomers

[MatteeG]

Pay him whatever.

[Gozu]

Hugely disappointing.

Interested to hear Gozu's thoughts on this.

It would open up serious space in the cap. Thoughts on who we might pursue, or leagues/colleges we might scout?

It's unfortunate but with the personal and team success he had this season I suspected he wouldn't be back with us next season. If you're a player especially an import with no real vested interest in the league and you know a guy worth a couple of hundred million is pumping money into the league and helping out a few teams too the player or his agent starts expecting ridiculous money. The Sixers have a new majority owner now too an expat based in Singapore who isn't short of a quid too which wouldn't have 'helped' in keeping his price tag down.

The talk was all offseason that Randle was dead serious about trying to crack the NBA next season and was holding off signing with any team until at least after NBA Summer League in July in the hope of getting a training camp invite from an NBA team. In the interim whilst playing in France supposedly Melbourne United offered him a deal that was a little too difficult to believe (real or not who knows) and now this news comes that we never offered him a contract for next season i.e. the club weren't willing to come near his asking price and that's that.

I could go on about the pros and cons but to be honest I was more concerned with getting Sobey to come back than Randle. There are quite a few Randle types out there look at Bryce Cotton, Casper Ware even Kevin Dillard even just in the NBL this past season but locals like Sobey are few and far between. You've got to lock down your Aussie core especially after finishing the regular season top of the ladder which we did. All 8 of those guys are coming back next season just swapping out the three imports.

Imports as we all know can be hit or miss they're all relatively unproven until they're not look at Steve Blake 13 year NBA vet yet was barely back up PG standard yet Bryce Cotton hardly made a dent in his two years in the NBA yet stood out like dog's balls here. They're a mixed bag and even as good as Randle was in the owners shoes I wouldn't be prepared to hand him a blank cheque. He was on good enough money maybe give him a slight raise if not well go and get more in Russia.

The talk is we've got ex-United import Ramone Moore lined up essentially to replace Ferguson which would be an upgrade then if we're able to get an upgrade on Jacobsen which in theory shouldn't be too difficult and then you don't need Randle-like numbers out of Randle's replacement. I could go on but Joey's freelance run and gun system IMO was a big factor in making Randle the star he was in this league, I'm not sure Randle really understands that though.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/basketball/ ... fa096d7a8a

[beef]

Hugely disappointing.

Interested to hear Gozu's thoughts on this.

It would open up serious space in the cap. Thoughts on who we might pursue, or leagues/colleges we might scout?

It's unfortunate but with the personal and team success he had this season I suspected he wouldn't be back with us next season. If you're a player especially an import with no real vested interest in the league and you know a guy worth a couple of hundred million is pumping money into the league and helping out a few teams too the player or his agent starts expecting ridiculous money. The Sixers have a new majority owner now too an expat based in Singapore who isn't short of a quid too which wouldn't have 'helped' in keeping his price tag down.

The talk was all offseason that Randle was dead serious about trying to crack the NBA next season and was holding off signing with any team until at least after NBA Summer League in July in the hope of getting a training camp invite from an NBA team. In the interim whilst playing in France supposedly Melbourne United offered him a deal that was a little too difficult to believe (real or not who knows) and now this news comes that we never offered him a contract for next season i.e. the club weren't willing to come near his asking price and that's that.

I could go on about the pros and cons but to be honest I was more concerned with getting Sobey to come back than Randle. There are quite a few Randle types out there look at Bryce Cotton, Casper Ware even Kevin Dillard even just in the NBL this past season but locals like Sobey are few and far between. You've got to lock down your Aussie core especially after finishing the regular season top of the ladder which we did. All 8 of those guys are coming back next season just swapping out the three imports.

Imports as we all know can be hit or miss they're all relatively unproven until they're not look at Steve Blake 13 year NBA vet yet was barely back up PG standard yet Bryce Cotton hardly made a dent in his two years in the NBA yet stood out like dog's balls here. They're a mixed bag and even as good as Randle was in the owners shoes I wouldn't be prepared to hand him a blank cheque. He was on good enough money maybe give him a slight raise if not well go and get more in Russia.

The talk is we've got ex-United import Ramone Moore lined up essentially to replace Ferguson which would be an upgrade then if we're able to get an upgrade on Jacobsen which in theory shouldn't be too difficult and then you don't need Randle-like numbers out of Randle's replacement. I could go on but Joey's freelance run and gun system IMO was a big factor in making Randle the star he was in this league, I'm not sure Randle really understands that though.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/basketball/ ... fa096d7a8a

No chance of that happening, he couldnt guard me. Terrible defensively and too small for the NBA. Adelaide shouldve at least made an offer even if it was always going to be rejected. Now it looks like we've let another good player leave without even trying.

[hawks21]

Very unfortunate but has the club actually confirmed all this? From the clubs point of view, we obviously are not in a financial position like Sydney or Melbourne to offer him "whatever he wants". If we haven't got the money then we haven't got it....pretty black and white unfortunately. Let's hope the club can come up with some arrangement with him to get him back!

[Gozu]

Joey Wright has come out and said that report is false the 36ers did make him an offer but Randle rejected it. Joey also said we do want Randle back but aren't prepared to break the bank over him. Also his agent shopped him around to Melbourne & Brisbane who both baulked at his asking price so he's essentially priced himself out of the league.

THE Adelaide 36ers have refused to mortgage the club’s future on league MVP Jerome Randle, despite making an offer which would have kept him among the NBL’s highest-paid players.

In two seasons with the Sixers, Randle, 29, led the NBL in scoring, was twice an All Star Five First Team selection and this year won the MVP award after averaging 21.3 points and 5.4 assists.

An unsourced report saying Randle was not made an offer by the 36ers before departing to play for Limoges in France, was hotly disputed on Tuesday night by Adelaide coach Joey Wright.

“Yes, an offer was made to Jerome initially that still would have made him among the top-five highest-paid players in the league,” Wright said.

“Last season he was in the top three.”

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/bas ... 9799386719

[Gozu]

Melbourne United have announced the signing of former Fremantle Docker and Sydney Kings development player Craig Moller to a 3 year deal.

http://www.melbourneutd.com.au/featured ... melbourne/

[Gozu]

The Sydney Kings have announced the signing of young Aussie Dane Pineau a 6'9" PF who has just finished his college career at St. Mary's. He signed a 2 year deal the second year is a team option.

http://www.sydneykings.com/featured-new ... -prospect/

Also Melbourne United have announced they've re-signed PF/C Majok Majok to a 1 year deal.

http://www.melbourneutd.com.au/more-new ... g-2017-18/

[Gozu]

After having a short stint with Perth early last season as an injury replacement the Wildcats have now signed former 36ers PF Lucas Walker for next season.

http://www.wildcats.com.au/perth-wildca ... -wildcats/

[Gozu]

A couple of import big men have been re-signed today, firstly Melbourne United have re-signed former NBA PF Josh Boone who lead the league in rebounds last season and after the season went and played in Hong Kong and lead his team to the ABL championship and the Cairns Taipans have also re-signed centre Nnanna Egwu who is currently playing for the Super City Rangers in the NZ league.

Josh Boone announcement:

http://www.melbourneutd.com.au/more-news/boone-is-back/

Nnanna Egwu annoucement:

http://www.taipans.com/featured-news/nn ... ng-cairns/

[Brodlach]

Still think Randle will be back from the bit of back room talk I have heard. Might have a sponsor to help with his wage as a third party agreement

[Gozu]

Melbourne United have won the first game of their early pre-season tour of China beating the Jiangsu Dragons 85-72 in Nanjing. Tai Wesley scored 28 points and Kyle Adnam scored 25 for United.

[Gozu]

The Sydney Kings have announced the signing of their first import Perry Ellis a 6'7" PF who played in the D-League last season and also played a preseason game with the Charlotte Hornets before this season.

http://www.nbl.com.au/featured-news/kan ... ney-kings/

Also today SA's own Boti Nagy announced his retirement from basketball journalism after a long and successful 43 year career that even pre-dates the beginning of the NBL in 1979 and although his writing will no longer appear in The Advertiser/Sunday Mail he will continue writing about the sport on his blog.

http://www.botinagy.com/blog/goodnight- ... news-corp/

In more news Melbourne United has won it's second game against the Jiangsu Dragons in Yancheng winning 63-56. Majok Majok scored 16 and new recruit Craig Moller added 10 points.

[Gozu]

Terrible news for the Brisbane Bullets with star forward Cameron Bairstow expected to miss most if not all of the 2017-18 NBL season due to the bad knee injury he suffered back in December. The Bullets plan to use all of their three import spots this season to cover for Bairstow.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/bri ... 99e94458bd

I forgot to mention in 36ers news Brendan Teys will become the club's new captain taking over from Mitch Creek who although under contract will be playing for the Utah Jazz in the NBA Summer League in his hope to land a spot on an NBA roster.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/bas ... 5a9cb7e31f

[Gozu]

Some good news for the Brisbane Bullets with the announcement of the signing of import Stephen Holt a 6'4" guard who played for Melbourne United in the 2015-16 season and played in Spain and the Czech Republic last season.

http://www.nbl.com.au/featured-news/for ... -new-look/

The Bullets will also be sporting a new uniform for next season.

[Spargo]

http://www.nbl.com.au/featured-news/forever-brisbane-bullets-unveil-new-look/

The Bullets will also be sporting a new uniform for next season.

Can't polish a turd...

[Gozu]

http://www.nbl.com.au/featured-news/forever-brisbane-bullets-unveil-new-look/

The Bullets will also be sporting a new uniform for next season.

Can't polish a turd...

but you can roll it in glitter

[Gozu]

Basketball Australia have announced a preliminary 20 man Boomers squad for the camp on the Gold Coast in preparation for the FIBA Asia Cup in Lebanon from August 8-20. The squad will be culled to 12 for a series of warm up games overseas leading up to the tournament.

David Andersen, Melbourne United
Todd Blanchfield, Sydney Kings
Angus Brandt, Perth Wildcats
Jason Cadee, Sydney Kings
Mitch Creek, Adelaide 36ers
Cam Gliddon, Cairns Taipans
Chris Goulding, Melbourne United
Matt Hodgson, Adelaide 36ers
Tom Jervis, Brisbane Bullets
Nick Kay, Illawarra Hawks
Daniel Kickert, Brisbane Bullets
Kevin Lisch, Sydney Kings
Ben Madgen, Europe
Majok Majok, Melbourne United
Mitch McCarron, Cairns Taipans
Brad Newley, Sydney Kings
Mitch Norton, Illawarra Hawks
Nathan Sobey, Adelaide 36ers
Clint Steindl, Europe
Jesse Wagstaff, Perth Wildcats

[Gozu]

A couple of re-signings the Illawarra Hawks have re-signed Tim Coenraad to a 1 year deal and the Cairns Taipans have re-signed Damon Heuir also to a 1 year deal.

[mighty hounds]

whats happening in 36ers land Gozu? we will retain Randle?

[Gozu]

Melbourne United have announced they've re-signed David Barlow to a 1 year deal and in a couple of interesting coaching announcements 36ers coach Joey Wright will temporarily joining the Utah Jazz coaching staff for their NBA Summer League teams in Utah and Las Vegas and Sydney Kings coach Andrew Gaze will also be joining the coaching staff of the Indiana Pacers in Orlando.

Great news for Joey & Gaze

whats happening in 36ers land Gozu? we will retain Randle?

Haven't heard much on Randle at all other than what Brodlach mentioned above. If what Randle is asking for is true it would take a massive sponsorship deal to get it done. He was on about $300K last season and supposedly wants $800K to come back next season. Good luck with that.