2011/12 NBL Season/off-season news/Boomers

[Gozu]

Former Blaze coach and Hawks championship winning coach Brendan Joyce has been named the president of the newly formed NBL Coaches Association.

[Gozu]

The Townsville Crocs have signed former Blaze guard Brendan Teys.

[Gozu]

Two pre-season games played tonight firstly Cairns beat Perth in Cairns 91-80. Top scorers for the Taipans were Cam Tragardh with 20 & Shane Edwards with 17 and for the Wildcats Jesse Wagstaff had 18 & Shawn Redhage had 17.

Also Wollongong defeated the NZ Breakers in Dunedin 64-61. For the Hawks Rhys Martin had 15 & Larry Davidson had 13 and Alex Pledger lead the Breakers with 18.

[Gozu]

Two more pre-season games tonight, Perth beat Cairns in Cairns 69-61. Shawn Redhage & Jesse Wagstaff each had 17 for the Wildcats and Alex Loughton had 15 for the Taipans.

Staying in Queensland Townsville beat Sydney 78-68 in Toowoomba with Peter Crawford scoring 19 and Ben Allen 16 for the Crocs and Darnell Lazare had 21 for the Kings and Ben Madgen had 15.

[Gozu]

Wollongong had another win in NZ tonight beating the Breakers 90-84. For the Hawks Lance Hurdle scored 21 & Larry Davidson had 16 and for the Breakers Cedric Jackson had 16.

[brod]

Loving your coverage Gozu...!!!!

[Gozu]

Cheers! Thanks mate

[Brodlach]

Loving your coverage Gozu...!!!!

Yep agree Brod

[Gozu]

Thanks Brodlach, I appreciate it guys.

Tonight Townsville beat Sydney in Toowoomba again 92-79. Leading the Crocs were Ben Allen with 17 & Russell Hinder with 16 and for the Kings Darnell Lazare had 23 and Ben Madgen had 19.

[Gozu]

The Sydney Kings have completed their roster with the signing of Kevin White who had previously been a development player with the Kings and had recently been playing in the SEABL comp.

[Gozu]

Former Melbourne Tigers/Perth Wildcats centre Luke Nevill has been signed by the Indiana Pacers for their training camp squad:

http://www.nba.com/pacers/news/pacers-s ... hansbrough

The 36ers have unveiled their new uniforms for this season:

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/bas ... 6476831460

Also the NBL have signed a 3 year deal with Sky Sport in NZ to show all Breakers home & away games on TV. Sky Sport will also increase the amount of non-Breakers NBL games they already show too.

[RustyCage]

36ers playing a preseason game against Wollongong now

http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/1329/06/07/70/49hWCLnaxyPw/

[Gozu]

Unfortunately the 36ers went down to in-form Wollongong 105-104 in double OT on Day 1 of the NBL's pre-season tournament in Dandenong. For the Hawks Rhys Martin had 24 and Dave Gruber 19 and for the 36ers Daniel Johnson had 32 and Luke Schenscher 15.

In other results tonight Perth def Sydney 97-70. For the Wildcats Shawn Redhage had 20 & Matthew Knight 14 and for the Kings James Harvey had 19 and Ben Madgen 14.

Melbourne defeated Cairns 78-74. For the Tigers Liam Rush had 19 and former 36ers Adam Ballinger & Matt Burston each had 16 and for the Taipans imports Jamar Wilson & Shane Edwards lead the way with 18 & 13 respectively.

Also New Zealand def Townsville 71-66. CJ Bruton, Mika Vukona & Corey Webster all had 13 for the Breakers and Ben Allen led the Crocs with 14. You would think there might start to be a few questions being asked of Crocs imports Jason Forte & Curtis Withers, neither has yet scored in double figures in all three of the Crocs pre-season games and Forte shot a horrendous 1/8 on FT in their previous game too.

[Gozu]

In Day 2 results at the NBL's pre-season tournament the 36ers had a tight win over Sydney 96-90. For the 36ers Daniel Johnson led the way with 24 & Jason Cadee had 19 and for the Kings Corin Henry had 21 and James Harvey & Darnell Lazare each scored 16.

New Zealand defeated Cairns 83-75. For the Breakers Cedric Jackson had 19, Alex Pledger 18 & Will Hudson 17 and for the Taipans Clint Steindl had 22.

In a surprise Perth only just beat Melbourne 70-67. Shawn Redhage leading the Wildcats with 24 and Bennie Lewis with 19 & Seth Scott 17 for the Tigers.

Perhaps a measure of where both teams are at the moment Wollongong flogged Townsville 75-53. Daniel Jackson had 14 for the Hawks and Jacob Holmes also lead the Crocs with 14.

[RustyCage]

36ers easily accounted for the Taipans tonight, winning 89-62

Weigh 16
Massingale 15
Cadee 14

[Gozu]

Also Perth took out their 3rd consecutive pre-season title defeating Wollongong in the final 72-60. For the Wildcats Everard Bartlett had 14 and Shawn Redhage & Jeremiah Trueman each scored 13 and for the Hawks Oscar Forman scored 19. Shawn Redhage won the pre-season MVP award.

In other results Sydney beat NZ 100-93. Corin Henry led the Kings with 25 and Darnell Lazare & Ben Madgen each had 19 and for the Breakers Will Hudson had 21 & Cedric Jackson 15.

In the other game Townsville defeated Melbourne 80-60. For the Crocs Ben Allen had 21 & Peter Crawford 19 and for the Tigers Seth Scott had 24 points and also 21 rebounds.

[Johno6]

“The Adelaide 36ers are pleased with the news today that confirms Basketball SA will submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for the Adelaide Arena. The 36ers will work to attract commercial partnerships in support of their EOI and will also continue to urge Governments, at all levels, to contribute the necessary funding. Basketball, collectively, cannot do this alone.”
“The Adelaide Arena is home to the Adelaide 36ers, Adelaide Lightning, Basketball SA and SA Country Basketball and the fact is there is no other venue in South Australia that can accommodate us throughout the year. It is an outstanding 7800-seat venue – one of the best in the country - that is not only used for Basketball but for a wide range of sports.”
“Rest assured, the Adelaide 36ers will be doing everything it can over the coming weeks and months to see it remain in the hands of sport.”

[Gozu]

Thats good to hear, Johno.

[RustyCage]

the fact is there is no other venue in South Australia that can accommodate us throughout the year

this really doesn't sound good. No Adelaide Arena = no 36ers

[Gozu]

The Perth Wildcats now annual three-day pre-season tournament against visiting asian teams the Cable Beach Invitational played on an outdoor court on Cable Beach in WA got under way tonight with Perth beating former NBL club the Singapore Slingers 62-54. For the Wildcats Ben Purser had 12 and Gavin Field 11 and for the Slingers imports Kyle Jeffers & Lester Strong had 16 & 13 respectively.