2022-23 NBL Season + Off-season news

[Gozu]

Round 10 results:

Sydney 88 (Walton 21, Cooks 18, Simon 14, Soares 11) def NZ Breakers 81 (Le'afa 17, McDowell-White 16, Brown 15, Brantley 12, Pardon 11)

SE Melbourne 111 (Broekhoff 21, Creek 19, Browne 12, Williams 11, Adnam 10) def Illawarra 72 (Frazier 20, Harvey 13)

Perth 98 (Cotton 32, Thomas 22, Webster 22) def Adelaide 90 (McCarron 20, Franks 19, Cleveland 13, Drmic 11, Johnson 10)

Cairns 102 (Hogg 23, McCall 23, Pinder 18, Scott 12) def Illawarra 101 (2OT) (Frazier 26, Froling 22, Harvey 21, Siva 13, Deng 11)

Melbourne 104 (Goulding 20, Tucker 20, Lee 18, Ili 15) def Brisbane 88 (Sobey 24, Gak 15, Cadee 14, Johnson 12)

SE Melbourne 102 (Creek 24, Kell 20, Williams 18, Zhou 11) def Adelaide 84 (Franks 18, Marshall 15, Dech 10, Johnson 10)

Tasmania 84 (Doyle 25, McVeigh 18, Kelly 11, Macdonald 10) def Sydney 76 (Walton 21, Vasiljevic 17, Cooks 12)

Perth 90 (Cotton 29, Webster 20, Thomas 13, Travers 11) def Melbourne 89 (Rathan-Mayes 22, Goulding 20, Humphries 12, Ili 12)

[Gozu]

The drama at the Brisbane Bullets continues with Sam Mackinnon stepping down as interim coach to return to his role as General Manager and assistant coach Greg Vanderjagt now becoming the interim coach.

https://nbl.com.au/news/bullets-appoint ... erim-coach

On Monday afternoon, Mackinnon -- who was in his position as the Bullets' interim head coach -- was offered the role of head coach for the remainder of the 2022-23 NBL season, with the proviso that he step down from the team's General Manager of Basketball duties, sources said.

Mackinnon quickly opted against signing the short-term contract, sources said.

Later that morning, the Bullets' CEO, Peter McLennan arrived for a sit-down meeting with the entire playing group in an attempt to assuage the dismay felt among the majority of players, sources said. The meeting was extremely heated, sources said, with multiple senior players pushing back at what's perceived as dysfunctional decision-making within the franchise.

The players then had to prepare to fly out of Brisbane in the early afternoon, ahead of their Wednesday night matchup with the Cairns Taipans. Until a new full-time head coach is signed and joins the team, Vanderjagt will take over the helm on an interim basis.

The Bullets announced Vanderjagt's temporary promotion in a press release before he was informed, sources said. Mackinnon joined the team on their road trip, sources said.

https://www.espn.com.au/nbl/story/_/id/ ... y-go-round

[Brodlach]

Adelaide sign Ian Clarke as their third import, a 6 year NBA player and played in the NBL at the end of last season with the Sydney Kings.

He’s a 6’ 3 combo guard and shot at 47% from beyond the arc with the Kings

[Brodlach]

Adelaide bear Brisbane 108-77

[Spargo]

Good tough win tonight.

[Gozu]

36ers beat Tassie 93-82

Also Chinese national team star centre Zhou Qi has left the SEM Phoenix due to "personal reasons" and returned home to China.

https://nbl.com.au/news/zhou-qi-to-return-home

[Brodlach]

Adelaide sign Ian Clarke as their third import, a 6 year NBA player and played in the NBL at the end of last season with the Sydney Kings.

He’s a 6’ 3 combo guard and shot at 47% from beyond the arc with the Kings

IannClark officially confirmed, hoping to play the Christmas Eve game

[LaughingKookaburra]

Structurally and strategically probably the best I’ve seen the Sixers play in a very long time last night. Eventually broke down Tasmania at their own game and their defensive intensity was definitely the best I’ve seen for a long time…

[Gozu]

Ian Clark fit in well with the Kings last season on the way to winning the NBL championship so hopefully he does the same with us. Plus he's won a championship in the NBA too.

[Brodlach]

Played 330 NBA games

[Gozu]

Round 11 results:

Cairns 85 (Kuol 23, Hogg 15, McCall 13, Pinder 12) def Brisbane 76 (Baynes 17, Sobey 13, Gak 10)

Melbourne 92 (Tucker 33, Goulding 16) def SE Melbourne 76 (Creek 22, Browne 16, Kell 16, Williams 15)

Sydney 86 (Cooks 21, Soares 18, Vasiljevic 17) def Illawarra 79 (Harvey 19, Siva 15, Froling 13)

Cairns 91 (Pinder 34, McCall 23, Scott 12, Hogg 11) def Tasmania 82 (McVeigh 17, Doyle 15, Magette 13, Magnay 12)

Adelaide 108 (Franks 25, Cleveland 20, Drmic 16, Sotto 13, Dech 10, Marshall 10) def Brisbane 77 (Cadee 18, Mitchell 12, White 12, Bach 10, Gak 10)

SE Melbourne 113 (Creek 46, Kell 21, Williams 10) def Sydney 112 (2OT) (Walton 45, Noi 12, Soares 12, Vasiljevic 10)

Melbourne 88 (Goulding 25, Peatling 19, Humphries 13, Tucker 12, Lee 11) def Illawarra 77 (Frazier 27, Froling 18)

Adelaide 93 (Cleveland 20, Drmic 16, Dech 12, Franks 11) def Tasmania 82 (Doyle 18, Magette 13, White 12)

Perth 105 (Cotton 24, Thomas 22, Harris 17, Travers 14, Manek 11) def Cairns 83 (Hogg 24, McCall 18, Kuol 11, Antonio 10, Ayre 10)

[Gozu]

Ian Clark has arrived in Adelaide and could make his debut for the 36ers on Saturday.

https://nbl.com.au/news/clark-could-play-christmas-eve

Also in an historic first for Australian sport the Sydney Kings will take on Melbourne United on Christmas Day and the game will be broadcast live on 10 Peach & ESPN from 6pm.

https://nbl.com.au/news/nbl-christmas-clash-locked-in

[Gozu]

36ers beat SEM 94-88

[Gozu]

Round 12 results:

SE Melbourne 104 (Creek 29, Kell 17, Adnam 14, Williams 13, Madut 10) def Brisbane 77 (Sobey 31, Baynes 14, Mitchell 14)

Tasmania 87 (McVeigh 15, Doyle 14, Kelly 14, Magette 12, White 11) def Illawarra 60 (Froling 19, Mathiang 10)

Melbourne 84 (Tucker 27, Goulding 19, Ili 14) def Cairns 81 (McCall 21, Hogg 20, Pinder 16, Scott 12)

Adelaide 94 (Franks 20, Johnson 20, McCarron 16, Cleveland 13) def SE Melbourne 88 (Creek 24, Adnam 18, Smith-Milner 14, Foxwell 10. Kell 10)

Sydney 101 (Cooks 24, Hunter 14, Simon 12, Soares 10, Walton 10) def Melbourne 80 (Tucker 31, Humphries 16, Okwera 13)

Tasmania 93 (Magette 16, Doyle 14, Krslovic 14, McVeigh 13, Kelly 12) def NZ Breakers 82 (Le'afa 21, Brantley 16, Brown 16, Abercrombie 11, Pardon 10)

Brisbane 97 (Sobey 30, Krebs 15, Baynes 12, Johnson 11, Cadee 10) def Perth 93 (OT) (Cotton 30, Webster 16, Thomas 15, Travers 15)

[Gozu]

The Brisbane Bullets have signed former NBL veteran and NZ Tall Black Pero Cameron as an assistant coach for the rest of the season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/pero-cameron-joins-bullets

NBL ladder after 12 rounds:

Sydney 12-5
NZ Breakers 11-6
SE Melbourne 12-8
Cairns 10-7
Tasmania 10-8
Perth 9-8

Adelaide 9-8
Melbourne 9-12
Brisbane 5-12
Illawarra 2-15

[Gozu]

36ers beat the Bullets 87-84 in front of a record Adelaide crowd 9,263.

[DOC]

Hows the third quarter, 23 points in total! That said, when you only score 8 in any quarter you will not win too many games.

Pushes them along and could really do with beating Cairns on NYE before another 2 games at home against Illawarra and NZ.

[Gozu]

Taipans beat the 36ers 86-83

[DOC]

Led by 18 with 6 to go. Equals the record for the biggest comeback in the league.

GOLDEN opportunity goes begging. I see Sotto started instead of DJ. Dech failed to score in 21 minutes. Clark played 19 minutes for 15 points. Will watch him with interest.

[Gozu]

Round 13 results:

Adelaide 87 (Franks 18, Cleveland 13, Drmic 11) def Brisbane 84 (Sobey 24, Krebs 13, Johnson 12, White 12, Baynes 10)

Sydney 97 (Cooks 23, Vasiljevic 13, Simon 12, Walton 11, Noi 10) def Tasmania 77 (Steindl 13, Macdonald 11)

Perth 107 (Webster 25, Cotton 24, Manek 23, Thomas 18, Travers 10) def Illawarra 97 (Harvey 28, Froling 19, Deng 15, Frazier 13, Mathiang 10)

Cairns 86 (Scott 31, McCall 19, Hogg 13, Waardenburg 10) def Adelaide 83 (Cleveland 16, Clark 15, Drmic 14, Johnson 11)

Tasmania 99 (Doyle 25, White 18, Magette 14, Kelly 12, Krslovic 10) def SE Melbourne 74 (Williams 21, Creek 18)

Melbourne 99 (Goulding 20, Tucker 20, Barlow 11, Ili 10, Lee 10) def Brisbane 86 (Gak 18, Johnson 17, Mitchell 16, Sobey 14)

Cairns 96 (Scott 18, Hogg 16, Ayre 15, Deng 13, McCall 11, Waardenburg 11) def Illawarra 89 (Froling 25, Harvey 21, Hickey 14)

Also the Perth Wildcats have announced the signing of Tai Webster to a 2 year deal. The Kiwi PG, the younger brother of Corey played for the NZ Breakers in the 2020-21 season, played in the EuroLeague last season and had been playing in Turkey this season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/tai-webster-sig ... h-wildcats

To facilitate Tai's signing the Wildcats have removed Corey Shervill from the roster but he will remain with the team as a training player for the rest of the season.