2010/11 NBL season & off-season news

[Pag]

Never rated Hill, and he's had a fair bit of time to develop and have a decent impact on games. Glad we got Weigh, definitely upgraded IMO.

[Gozu]

Sydney Kings have signed Alex Gynes returning from Nova Southeastern Uni in the US.

[Gozu]

The Kings have signed import Kevin Ratzsch who was impressive at High Stakes Hoops last year and the 36ers have announced Leanne Grantham as the club's new CEO.

[bloods08]

Noticed the sixers have announced a female CEO today - Leanne ???(last name escapes me). Interesting move

[Gozu]

Noticed the sixers have announced a female CEO today - Leanne ???(last name escapes me). Interesting move

Just above you mate

[Gozu]

The Sydney Kings with another good signing now getting young aussie Anatoly Bose who had been playing at Nicholls State Uni in the US.

Also the Kings Luke Cooper and the Hawks Rhys Martin have been added to the Boomers squad for the two game series against China (YouYi Friendly Games) starting Friday week in Perth, supposedly One HD are considering televising the game on delay. I doubt the second game in Singapore would be on the cards.

[Gozu]

An interview with new 36ers signing Stephen Weigh on the NBL's website:

http://www.nbl.com.au/news/article/2011 ... hen-weigh/

[bloods08]

Noticed the sixers have announced a female CEO today - Leanne ???(last name escapes me). Interesting move

Just above you mate

Thanks for that. Didn't read on once I saw the kings.

[Gozu]

Basketball Australia have announced that the previously mentioned Luke Cooper & Rhys Martin have been called into the Boomers squad along with Cam Tragardh and Dante Exum to replace the likes of Julian Khazzouh, Adam Gibson, Stephen Weigh and Jason Cadee for next week's series against China.

[Gozu]

Sounds like this mob intend to get a second NBL team back up in Melbourne:

http://www.theage.com.au/sport/basketba ... 1g61a.html

[Gozu]

Confirmation that One HD will indeed be showing both games of the Australia/China series live.

ONE HD’s scheduled coverage of the YouYi Games

Game 1: Golden Star Boomers vs China, Friday 24 June, 2011 (Perth)
OneHD Coverage commences at 11.10pm AEDT. (WA 11.25pm local time delayed telecast)

Game 2: Golden Star Boomers vs China, Sunday 26 June, 2011 (Singapore)
OneHD Coverage commences at 12.00 midnight AEDT (10pm WDT, 11.30pm ACDT)

[brod]

Confirmation that One HD will indeed be showing both games of the Australia/China series live.

ONE HD’s scheduled coverage of the YouYi Games

Game 1: Golden Star Boomers vs China, Friday 24 June, 2011 (Perth)
OneHD Coverage commences at 11.10pm AEDT. (WA 11.25pm local time delayed telecast)

Game 2: Golden Star Boomers vs China, Sunday 26 June, 2011 (Singapore)
OneHD Coverage commences at 12.00 midnight AEDT (10pm WDT, 11.30pm ACDT)

Great news

[Gozu]

Matthew Knight has been replaced in the Boomers squad by Tom Jervis and China have announced their squad ahead of Friday night's Game 1:

Guards: Liu Wei, Yu Shulong, Xirilijiang, Wang Shipeng, Zhang Qingpeng, Zhang Bo, Sun Yue
Forwards: Zhu Fangyu, Ding Jinhui, Zhou Peng, Yi Li, Wang Lei, Mo Ke,
Centers: Wang Zhizhi, Su Wei, Zhang Zhaoxu

http://www.asia-basket.com/China/basket ... sID=229292

Their NBA players Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian aren't playing but they do have two former NBA players in journeyman Wang Zhi-Zhi and Sun Yue, who won a championship in his one NBA season with the Lakers in 2009.

[Gozu]

One HD's broadcast times for the Boomers vs China series (YouYi Friendly Games):

Game 1 (Perth) Friday night at 11:10pm, replay Saturday at 7:30am

Game 2 (Singapore) Sunday night at 11:30pm, replay Tuesday at 5:30am

[Gozu]

The Boomers have announced the team to take on China Friday night in Game 1 in Perth:

Damian Martin (188cm, 91kg, Perth Wildcats)
Ben Madgen (193cm, 83kg, Sydney Kings)
Clint Steindl (201cm, 88kg, St Mary's College)
Daniel Dillon (194cm, 90kg, Melbourne Tigers)
Peter Crawford (193cm, 88kg, Townsville Crocodiles)
David Barlow (205cm, 97kg, CAI Zaragoza, Spain)
Daniel Kickert (208cm, 109kg, PGE Turow, Poland)
Jesse Wagstaff (203cm, 98kg, Perth Wildcats)
Luke Nevill (216cm, 120kg, BC Triumph Lyubertsy, Russia)
Anatoly Bose (201cm, 89kg, Sydney Kings)
Aron Baynes (208cm, 118kg, EWE Baskets Oldenburg, Germany)
Rhys Martin (193cm, 79kg, Wollongong Hawks)

Good to see a South Aussie in Madgen make the team.

[Gozu]

Surprisingly Sudanese born Australian Ater Majok who played for the Wildcats & Blaze this past season was today taken pick 58 in the second round of the NBA Draft by the LA Lakers.

[Gozu]

The Boomers just managed to get over the line in Overtime in what was a pretty scrappy game. For mine no one really stood out for the Boomers Nevill just misses too much cheap stuff under the basket but Wang Shipeng got hot from outside at one point and Wang Zhi-Zhi made some good veteran plays including the iso against Nevill late when he took him to the hole.

Game 1

Australia 67 (Nevill 20, D. Martin 11) def China 65 (OT) (Wang Shipeng 22)

Boomers lead the series 1-0

Game 2 from Singapore is on One HD Sunday night at 11:30pm.

[Johno6]

tony ronaldson is so frustrating to listen to...
he cant get a sentence out right... keeps fumbling and mumbling.

[Gozu]

tony ronaldson is so frustrating to listen to...
he cant get a sentence out right... keeps fumbling and mumbling.

Agreed, Ronaldson was pretty ordinary. It's strange because he was decent during the NBL season. I can't really handle that Lachie Reid guy though, he's normally the Wildcats courtside announcer I think.

Pretty sure we're getting both of them again for Game 2 tonight.

[Gozu]

The Boomers won Game 2 62-57 and won the series 2-0.