2021-22 NBL Season + Off-season news

[Brodlach]

Franks now confirmed too!

Best recruiting in nearly two decades

[Gozu]

Franks now confirmed too!

Best recruiting in nearly two decades

Fantastic news and agreed this import duo should practically guarantee a return to the playoffs.

[Brodlach]

When was the last time we secured imports this early? Normally get them late and just grab whoever is available

[Gozu]

When was the last time we secured imports this early? Normally get them late and just grab whoever is available

Well having both played in the NBL last season the scouting side of things has already been done but it would've come down to money of course and Humphries who was supposedly on superstar money with us the past couple of seasons his contract has ended freeing up a lot of money.

A lot of teams these days work with the idea of securing an Aussie core first and then hopefully land gun imports on the cheap that fall through the cracks towards the end of the off-season, just like we tried to do last season. That model might work for some but hasn't been working for the Sixers so looks like we decided to flip it lock in known gun imports early and probably fill out the rest of the roster with available locals later.

[Brodlach]

Our scouting for the best part of a decade, Randle excluded, has been terrible

[Gozu]

It has there has been a long list of dud imports over the last decade Jarrid Frye, Daequon Montreal, Ebi Ere, Kenyon McNeil, Terrance Ferguson, Ramone Moore, Ronald Roberts, Alan Wiggins, Adris DeLeon, Demitrius Conger, Eric Griffin, Deshon Taylor, Donald Sloan, Jeremy Kendle, Brandon Paul, Tony Crocker, Dusty Hannahs, Todd Withers.

Almost makes your eyes water lol

The only ones of note really have been Gary Ervin, Jamar Wilson, Randle, Eric Jacobsen, Shannon Shorter, Josh Childress, Jacob Wiley.

[Brodlach]

Think you’re being kind on some of those of note.

[Gozu]

Probably but it's a difficult thing especially with limitations of a budget. The Kings, United's and even Wildcats of the world rarely need to concern themselves with it. The Taipans to be fair have it down to a fine art but it still rarely translates to success for them.

[Gozu]

As mentioned the 36ers have signed their second import in Robert Franks to a 2 year deal. He averaged 19 & 9 with the Brisbane Bullets last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/robert-franks-signs-in-adelaide

Also the NZ Breakers have announced they've signed Rayan Rupert to a Next Star contract. The 18 year old Frenchman is a 6'7" forward who is projected to be a first-round pick in the 2023 NBA Draft and like Ousmane Dieng before him is a graduate of the INSEP Academy in France.

https://nbl.com.au/news/french-phenom-r ... -next-star

[Gozu]

The NZ Breakers have announced the signing of Kiwi guard Izayah Le'afa to a 2 year deal after spending the past couple of seasons playing for the SE Melbourne Phoenix.

https://nbl.com.au/news/izayah-leafa-returns-home-to-nz

Also the Perth Wildcats have re-signed their captain and six-time championship player Jesse Wagstaff to a one-year deal.

https://www.wildcats.com.au/news/jesse- ... 4th-season

[Gozu]

The Cairns Taipans have announced the signing of Aussie guard Jonah Antonio to a 3 year deal. He's a 6'6" SG who played in the Czech Republic last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/cairns-add-jonah-antonio

Also the Brisbane Bullets have re-signed forward Tanner Krebs to a one-year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/krebs-returns-to-brisbane

[Gozu]

The Perth Wildcats have announced the signing of Kiwi guard Corey Webster to a 2 year deal. The former Breaker spent last season playing in Egypt.

https://nbl.com.au/news/corey-webster-s ... h-wildcats

The SE Melbourne Phoenix have announced the signing of import Gary Browne to a one-year deal. He's a 6'1" PG who plays for the Puerto Rico national team and played last season in Turkey.

https://nbl.com.au/news/phoenix-sign-im ... ary-browne

Also the NZ Breakers have announced the signing of import Dererk Pardon to a one-year deal. He's a 6'8" PF who played in Israel last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/breakers-add-bi ... erk-pardon

[Gozu]

The Tasmania JackJumpers have announced the signing of their second import Rashard Kelly to a one-year deal. He's a 6'7" forward who played in France last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/tasmania-lock-i ... hard-kelly

[Gozu]

The Perth Wildcats have announced the surprise resignation of head coach Scott Morrison for family reasons.

https://nbl.com.au/news/scott-morrison- ... ly-reasons

The SE Melbourne Phoenix have also announced the resignation of assistant coach Judd Flavell to seek head coaching opportunities back home in NZ.

https://www.semphoenix.com.au/news/judd ... hing-roles

[Gozu]

A big day for Aussies and the NBL too at the NBA Draft!

Dyson Daniels - #8 by New Orleans

Ousmane Dieng (Breakers) - #11 by New York, rights traded to Oklahoma City

Luke Travers (Wildcats) - #56 by Cleveland

Hugo Besson (Breakers) - #58 by Milwaukee

https://nbl.com.au/news/3-nbl-players-s ... -nba-draft

Also today the Tasmania JackJumpers announced the signing of their third import Milton Doyle to a one-year deal. He's a 6'4" SG who has previously played in the NBA with the Brooklyn Nets and played last season in Turkey.

https://nbl.com.au/news/jackjumpers-sign-milton-doyle

[DOC]

All good for us.

Soto to return?

[Gozu]

All good for us.

Soto to return?

Not sure but he's still got 2 years to go on his contract with us.

[Gozu]

The Cairns Taipans have announced the signing of Sudanese-Australian Lat Mayen to a 2 year deal. He's a 6'9" forward who grew up in Adelaide and just finished playing his college ball at the University of Nebraska and during the off-season has been playing for the Cairns Marlins in the NBL1 North.

https://nbl.com.au/news/lat-mayen-signs-in-cairns

Also tonight the Boomers won their opening game of the FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers beating China 76-69 in Melbourne. The Boomers next play Japan on Friday night followed by China again on Sunday.

Australia 76 (Dellavedova 16, McCarron 13, McVeigh 11, White 10) def China 69 (Zhou Qi 16, Gu Quan 12, Guo Ailun 12)

[Gozu]

Big win for the Boomers tonight over Japan with one more against China on Sunday.

Australia 98 (McDaniel 14, McDowell-White 14, Froling 12) def Japan 52 (Tominaga 18)

[Gozu]

The NBL have announced it's annual Blitz pre-season tournament will be played in Darwin this year in mid-September where all 10 teams will play 15 game across the week-long tournament.

https://nbl.com.au/news/nbl-blitz-darwin-bound

Also tonight the Boomers wrapped up this FIBA qualifiers window with a big win over China.

Australia 71 (White 16, Dellavedova 13, Maker 13) def China 48 (Wang Zhelin 12)