2021-22 NBL Season + Off-season news

[DOC]

Watched that game this morning. I feel that Cotton is unlikely to play us again and shoot at18%. Ended up with 7 points instead of his usual 25.

[DOC]

Would anyone resign Soto for next season?

It's an emphatic no from me.

[Brodlach]

How many dollars has he brought into the club?

[Gozu]

Incredibly the 36ers just ended the Kings 13 game winning streak 90-82

[DOC]

Possibly their best 2 games back to back in quite some time.

[DOC]

How many dollars has he brought into the club?

Don't know. Is that a consideration ?

[Brodlach]

How many dollars has he brought into the club?

Don't know. Is that a consideration ?

It is for the owners and that is the main objective IMO?

[DOC]

How is he bringing in the money? A lot of Phillipino's going?

A winning side is easily the best method.

[Gozu]

How is he bringing in the money? A lot of Phillipino's going?

A winning side is easily the best method.

Sotto sells a lot of Sixers jerseys both among the Filipino community here and in the Philippines.

Anyway I think he's shown enough promise and he signed a 3 year deal with us too.

[Gozu]

Round 20 results:

Sydney 107 (Vasiljevic 33, Martin 21, Adams 17, Clark 17, Cooks 14) def Illawarra 102 (OT) (Harvey 35, Jessup 21, Reath 17, S. Froling 14)

Adelaide 82 (Dech 23, Hannahs 23, Johnson 23) def Perth 70 (Law 20, Hodgson 16)

Tasmania 88 (Adams 23, McVeigh 16, McIntosh 12) def NZ Breakers 86 (Loe 27, Siva 13, Bach 12)

Melbourne 88 (Lual-Acuil 25, Goulding 13, Ili 13, Dellavedova 10) def Brisbane 79 (Patterson 23, Cadee 20, Drmic 19, Franks 10)

Perth 106 (Cotton 22, Frazier 19, Law 17, Hodgson 14, Wagstaff 12, Travers 10) def Cairns 87 (Pinder 24, Deng 16, McCall 13, Jawai 12)

Tasmania 84 (McVeigh 26, Adams 23, Magette 12) def SE Melbourne 80 (Creek 27, Munford 17, Le'afa 11)

Adelaide 90 (Hannahs 22, Johnson 16, Dech 11, Gattorna 10) def Sydney 82 (Adams 28, Cooks 21, Makur 15, Vasiljevic 10)

Melbourne 92 (Goulding 27, Dellavedova 17, Hukporti 12) def Cairns 80 (Ayre 20, Deng 16, Pinder 15, Kuol 12, McCall 10)

[Gozu]

In a big blow to their championship hopes again this season the Perth Wildcats have announced star import Vic Law will be out for the rest of the season with a high ankle sprain.

https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/baske ... -c-6520602

Also the Tasmania JackJumpers have announced they've re-signed injured big man Will Magnay to a 2 year deal. He played just 11 games for them this season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/magnay-re-signs ... ackjumpers

The NBL have also announced the finalists for the end of season awards:

MVP
Bryce Cotton (Perth Wildcats)
Jaylen Adams (Sydney Kings)
Jo Lual-Acuil (Melbourne United)

Coach of the Year
Chase Buford (Sydney Kings)
Dean Vickerman (Melbourne United)
Scott Roth (Tasmania JackJumpers)

Most Improved Player
Jo Lual-Acuil Jr (Melbourne United)
Keanu Pinder (Cairns Taipans)
Yanni Wetzell (New Zealand Breakers)

Best Sixth Man
Clint Steindl (Tasmania JackJumpers)
Shea Ili (Melbourne United)
Xavier Rathan-Mayes (Illawarra Hawks)

Best Defensive Player
Antonius Cleveland (Illawarra Hawks)
Shea Ili (Melbourne United)
Xavier Cooks (Sydney Kings)

Rookie of the Year
Bul Kuol (Cairns Taipans)
Luke Travers (Perth Wildcats)
Ousmane Dieng (New Zealand Breakers)

https://nbl.com.au/news/mvp-finalists-revealed

[Brodlach]

Wildcats missed the finals

[Gozu]

Incredible I think the longest current finals streak in professional sport has now ended at 35 years.

What a run it's been by the Perth Wildcats but one door closes and another opens, great to see the Tasmania JackJumpers make the finals in their inaugural season!

[Gozu]

Round 21 results:

Sydney 87 (Clark 21, Cooks 18, Vasiljevic 15, Makur 10) def Cairns 77 (McCall 22, Kuol 16, Deng 13, Pinder 12)

SE Melbourne 94 (Gliddon 24, Ashley 14, Munford 14, Zhou 12, Creek 11) def Adelaide 91 (Dech 20, Hannahs 18, Johnson 18, Sotto 16)

Illawarra 82 (Harvey 22, Reath 19, Rathan-Mayes 12, Cleveland 10) def Perth 77 (Cotton 25, Majok 16, Frazier 11)

Tasmania 83 (McIntosh 20, Adams 19, Magette 14, McDaniel 11) def Melbourne 61 (Agada 22, Lual-Acuil 12)

Cairns 112 (McCall 42, Deng 30, Pinder 17) def Brisbane 98 (Franks 30, Krebs 20, Samuel 14, Deng 12, Drmic 12)

Adelaide 93 (Dech 19, King 15, Withers 14, Hannahs 13, Sotto 12) def NZ Breakers 60 (Bach 14, Randle 14)

Illawarra 87 (Jessup 24, Cleveland 18, Harvey 15, Reath 12) def Sydney 84 (Cooks 20, Martin 13, Swaka Lo Buluk 11, Vasiljevic 11, Clark 10)

SE Melbourne 102 (Munford 24, Ashley 17, Creek 15, Adnam 14, Zhou 11, Le'afa 10) def Perth 100 (OT) (Cotton 28, Frazier 22, Hodgson 12, Norton 11, Blanchfield 10)

[Gozu]

Final regular season standings:

Melbourne 20-8
Illawarra 19-9
Sydney 19-9
Tasmania 17-11

Perth 16-12
SE Melbourne 15-13
Adelaide 10-18
Brisbane 10-18
Cairns 9-19
NZ Breakers 5-23

[Gozu]

Semi-Finals schedule:

(1) MELBOURNE UNITED v (4) TASMANIA JACKJUMPERS

Game 1: Thursday 28 April
Melbourne United v Tasmania JackJumpers, John Cain Arena, 7:30pm AEST
ESPN via Kayo and Foxtel

Game 2: Saturday 30 April
Tasmania JackJumpers v Melbourne United, MyState Bank Arena, 8:00pm AEST
ESPN via Kayo and Foxtel

Game 3 (if required): Monday 2 May
Melbourne United v Tasmania JackJumpers, John Cain Arena, 7:30pm AEST
ESPN via Kayo and Foxtel


(2) ILLAWARRA HAWKS v (3) SYDNEY KINGS

Game 1: Friday 29 April
Illawarra Hawks v Sydney Kings, WIN Entertainment Centre, 7:30pm AEST
ESPN via Kayo and Foxtel

Game 2: Sunday 1 May
Sydney Kings v Illawarra Hawks, Qudos Bank Arena, 3:00pm AEST
ESPN via Kayo and Foxtel

Game 3 (if required): Tuesday 3 May
Illawarra Hawks v Sydney Kings, WIN Entertainment Centre, 7:30pm AEST
ESPN via Kayo and Foxtel

[Gozu]

The NBL have announced that the Semi-Finals and Grand Final series will also be broadcast live on Kayo Freebies and Sunday's Game 2 between Illawarra and Sydney will also be live on 10 Peach.

https://nbl.com.au/news/finals-shown-live-and-free

Also Perth Wildcats young gun Luke Travers has announced he's declaring for this year's NBA Draft joining NZ Breakers french duo Next Star Ousmane Dieng and import Hugo Besson who have already done so.

https://nbl.com.au/news/travers-declaring-for-nba-draft

[Gozu]

The Brisbane Bullets have announced they've re-signed star guard Nathan Sobey to a 3 year deal. In other Bullets news their Next Star Tom Digbeu from France has declared for the NBA Draft.

https://nbl.com.au/news/sobey-re-signs-with-brisbane

Also tonight was the NBL's end of season awards night in which the Sydney Kings Jaylen Adams won the MVP award.

Full list of awards:

Andrew Gaze Trophy – Most Valuable Player – Presented by Hungry Jack’s

Jaylen Adams (Sydney) – 105 votes
Bryce Cotton (Perth) – 94 votes
Jo Lual-Acuil Jr (Melbourne) – 62 votes

Lindsay Gaze Trophy - Coach of the Year

Scott Roth (Tasmania) – 67 votes
Dean Vickerman (Melbourne) – 47 votes
Chase Buford (Sydney) – 25 votes

All-NBL First Team

Jo Lual-Acuil Jr (Melbourne) – 45 votes
Vic Law (Perth) – 32 votes
Jaylen Adams (Sydney) – 48 votes
Bryce Cotton (Perth) – 47 votes
Antonius Cleveland (Illawarra) – 37 votes

All-NBL Second Team

Xavier Cooks (Sydney) – 23 votes
Mitch Creek (South East Melbourne) – 19 votes
Josh Adams (Tasmania) – 26 votes
Chris Goulding (Melbourne) – 25 votes
Matthew Dellavedova (Melbourne) – 18 votes

Rookie of the Year – Presented by Champion

Bul Kuol (Cairns) – 71 votes
Luke Travers (Perth) – 36 votes
Ousmane Dieng (New Zealand) – 26 votes

Best Sixth Man – presented by Marsh Insurance

Shea Ili (Melbourne) – 59 votes
Xavier Rathan-Mayes (Illawarra) – 43 votes
Clint Steindl (Tasmania) – 25 votes

Most Improved Player

Keanu Pinder (Cairns) – 41 votes
Jo Lual-Acuil Jr (Melbourne) – 33 votes
Yanni Wetzell (New Zealand) – 25 votes

Damian Martin Trophy for the Best Defensive Player

Antonius Cleveland (Illawarra) – 47 votes
Shea Ili (Melbourne) – 46 votes
Xavier Cooks (Sydney) – 24 votes

Executive of the Year

Simon Edwards (New Zealand)

Fans’ MVP – Presented by Chemist Warehouse

Kai Sotto (Adelaide)

Gametime by Kmart Award

Jack McVeigh (Tasmania)

Referee of the Year – Presented by Europcar

Vaughan Mayberry

https://nbl.com.au/news/jaylen-adams-crowned-mvp

[DOC]

I have to say that I was at least sceptical about Sotto's ability and not around just how much support he had generated. The second part is highlighted by his winning the fans MVP which is certainly popularity over ability.

His last 5 games showed considerable improvement and given he is still 19 (I think) he has proven me wrong and deserves to be kept on.

[Gozu]

And just like that the Kai Sotto-era at the 36ers appears to have ended with him now declaring for the NBA Draft.

https://nbl.com.au/news/kai-sotto-decla ... -nba-draft