2020-21 NBL Season + Off-season news

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Final

Sixers 90
Phoenix 81

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The Cairns Taipans have announced they've released import Cameron Oliver for the rest of the season on compassionate grounds to return home to be with his wife who is experiencing complications with her pregnancy. Oliver remains under contract to the Taipans for next season.

https://www.taipans.com/news/statement- ... ron-oliver

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Round 14 results:

Cairns 91 (Oliver 25, Ngatai 15, King 14, Jawai 13, Dufelmeier 12) def Adelaide 88 (Johnson 24, McVeigh 22, Paul 18)

Sydney 97 (Louzada 28, Kickert 17, Newley 17, Hunter 11) def SE Melbourne 90 (Mauriohooho-Le'afa 29, Moore 19, Creek 17)

NZ Breakers 91 (Randolph 20, Delany 17, Abercrombie 16, McDowell-White 13) def Brisbane 71 (Hodgson 16, Sobey 15)

Perth 83 (Blanchfield 18, Cotton 18, Mooney 17, Wagstaff 12) def Illawarra 69 (Froling 15, Harvey 14, Simon 10)

Adelaide 90 (Johnson 22, McVeigh 18, Dech 16, Paul 13) def SE Melbourne 81 (Creek 17, Gliddon 14, Mauriohooho-Le'afa 14, Wetzell 13, Moore 11)

Sydney 89 (Ware 40, Louzada 11) def Cairns 84 (Oliver 27, Machado 14, Ngatai 14)

Melbourne 87 (Lual-Acuil 15, Landale 13, Baba 11, Goulding 11) def Illawarra 76 (Jessup 19, Harvey 17, Froling 11, Ogilvy 11)

NZ Breakers 83 (Randolph 23, Abercrombie 14, C. Webster 14, Delany 13, Iverson 11) def Perth 78 (Mooney 22, Blanchfield 19, Cotton 12, Wagstaff 12)

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Great news for the NBL the Sydney Kings Next Star Didi Louzada has arrived in the US set to sign with the NBA team that traded for his draft rights the New Orleans Pelicans. Louzada will become the fourth NBL Next Star to go to the NBA after Brian Bowen (Sydney-Indiana), LaMelo Ball (Illawarra-Charlotte) and RJ Hampton (NZ Breakers-Denver).

https://nbl.com.au/news/nbl-next-star-d ... et-for-nba

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The Brisbane Bullets have signed import B.J. Johnson as a replacement for the injured Vic Law. Johnson is a 6'7" SF who has previously had brief stints in the NBA with the Atlanta Hawks and Sacramento Kings and has been playing in the G-League.

https://nbl.com.au/news/bullets-sign-import-bj-johnson

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The Cairns Taipans have signed local Venky Jois for the rest of the season as the replacement for the departed Cameron Oliver. Jois is a 6'8" PF who played for Melbourne United in the 2018-19 season and has been playing in Serbia.

https://nbl.com.au/news/cairns-taipans-add-venky-jois

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The 36ers have made a big signing, literally, signing young Filipino prospect Kai Sotto under the NBL's special restricted player rule to a 2 year deal with an option for a third year. The 7'2" 18 year old centre will join the team later in the year for pre-season training for the 2021-22 season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/adelaide-36ers-secure-kai-sotto

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The charges against Mitch Creek have been withdrawn.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-21/ ... /100085070

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The charges against Mitch Creek have been withdrawn.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-21/ ... /100085070

That's real shit process for everyone, unfortunately when innocent mud sticks and there will always be % that reflect back to it.

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QT

United 28
Sixers 22

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H/T

United 48
Sixers 47

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3QT

United 67
Sixers 63

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Final

United 92
Sixers 78

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QT

Breakers 25
Sixers 19

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H/T

Breakers 47
Sixers 43

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3QT

Breakers 71
Sixers 59

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Final

Breakers 93
Sixers 77

Josh Giddey youngest ever Aussie to have a triple-double in the NBL at 18 years 6 months.

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Spoon still on the cards.
Pathetic rabble of a organisation

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Round 15 results:

Sydney 101 (Hunter 19, Ware 19, Martin 11, Moller 11) def SE Melbourne 81 (Creek 29, Gliddon 16, Adnam 13, Wetzell 12)

Cairns 70 (Jawai 21, Dufelmeier 14, Machado 13) def NZ Breakers 68 (Delany 23, C. Webster 15)

Perth 92 (Cotton 21, Mooney 16, Wagstaff 12, Norton 11) def Brisbane 74 (Froling 20, Patterson 19, Sobey 14, Drmic 11)

Melbourne 92 (McCarron 21, Landale 19, Goulding 13, Lual-Acuil 13, Peatling 11) def Adelaide 78 (Paul 20, Johnson 16, Giddey 14, Dech 12)

Sydney 79 (Ware 18, Hunter 16, Moller 12, Martin 11) def Illawarra 75 (OT) (Froling 22, Harvey 18, Simon 16)

SE Melbourne 86 (Gliddon 22, Te Rangi 13, Adnam 12, Creek 11) def Cairns 66 (Jois 12, Dufelmeier 11, King 11, Jawai 10)

NZ Breakers 93 (Delany 23, Abercrombie 19, Randolph 15, C. Webster 15, Iverson 10) def Adelaide 77 (Johnson 20, Humphries 14, Crocker 13, Giddey 12)

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NBL ladder after 15 rounds:

Melbourne 19-5
Perth 18-6
Sydney 14-12
SE Melbourne 14-12

Illawarra 12-14
Brisbane 10-13
Adelaide 10-16
NZ Breakers 8-15
Cairns 7-19