2022-23 NBL Season + Off-season news

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Embarrassing, disgusting, laughable.

See ya later CJ.
Time for change.

[Gozu]

Melbourne beats the 36ers 94-87 in front of yet another new record Adelaide crowd of 9,505.

[Jim05]

Melbourne beats the 36ers 94-87 in front of yet another new record Adelaide crowd of 9,505.

Gluttons for punishment.
This mob deserved to play in an empty stadium

[Gozu]

Round 16 results:

SE Melbourne 86 (Creek 23, Browne 15, Williams 14) def Tasmania 75 (Doyle 16, McVeigh 15, Kelly 12)

Illawarra 78 (Harvey 25, Mathiang 15, Froling 11, Swaka Lo Buluk 10) def NZ Breakers 76 (Pardon 19, Brantley 16, Abercrombie 13)

Brisbane 106 (Johnson 27, Cadee 22, Mitchell 17, Baynes 16) def Adelaide 101 (OT) (Drmic 20, Cleveland 18, Franks 17, Johnson 13, Harris 10)

Tasmania 85 (McVeigh 18, Kenyon 15, Magette 14, Doyle 12) def Cairns 77 (Hogg 17, Kuol 17, Waardenburg 13, McCall 11)

Perth 111 (Cotton 21, Manek 21, Thomas 20, C. Webster 18, Travers 16) def Sydney 104 (Vasiljevic 26, Cooks 15, Glover 14, Simon 13, Walton 12, Soares 11)

Brisbane 103 (Johnson 23, White 18, Baynes 15, Froling 14, Cadee 12) def Illawarra 86 (Harvey 22, Deng 13, Grida 13, Mathiang 10)

Melbourne 94 (Goulding 28, Tucker 25, Rathan-Mayes 20) def Adelaide 87 (Franks 24, Sotto 15, Dech 14, Drmic 13)

SE Melbourne 112 (Williams 27, Broekhoff 26, Creek 20, Browne 14, Kell 10) def Perth 91 (Cotton 25, C. Webster 21, Travers 13)

NZ Breakers 93 (Brantley 30, McDowell-White 20, Loe 15, Pardon 11) def Sydney 88 (Walton 17, Simon 16, Vasiljevic 12, Cooks 11)

[Gozu]

NBL ladder after 16 rounds with 2 rounds to go:

Sydney 17-7
Cairns 16-8
NZ Breakers 14-10
Tasmania 14-11
Perth 13-11
SE Melbourne 14-12

Melbourne 14-12
Adelaide 11-14
Brisbane 8-17
Illawarra 3-22

[Gozu]

Brisbane Bullets centre and former 36er Harry Froling has been hospitalised with a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain after a one punch attack in Wollongong on Saturday night.

https://www.sportingnews.com/au/nbl/new ... tbqtt48brb

[Gozu]

Round 17 results:

SE Melbourne 85 (Creek 21, Kell 17, Williams 17, Browne 15, Te Rangi 10) def Cairns 80 (Hogg 24, McCall 14, Waardenburg 14, Pinder 11, Ayre 10)

NZ Breakers 99 (Brantley 22, Pardon 17, Brown 14) def Brisbane 71 (Johnson 20, Baynes 13, Sobey 13, Mitchell 12)

Sydney 91 (Vasiljevic 24, Walton 16, Galloway 13, Cooks 12, Simon 11) def Tasmania 77 (White 11, Kelly 10)

Perth 106 (Cotton 40, Manek 16, C. Webster 15, Travers 11, Thomas 10) def Illawarra 86 (Harvey 23, Froling 21, Deng 14)

NZ Breakers 80 (Brantley 18, Loe 15, Rupert 12, Brown 11, Pardon 11) def Melbourne 74 (Rathan-Mayes 15, Tucker 14, Goulding 11)

Cairns 94 (Hogg 23, Kuol 23, McCall 23) def Brisbane 87 (Sobey 27, Johnson 20, Baynes 13, Mitchell 12)

Tasmania 102 (Doyle 21, Kelly 18, McVeigh 18, Magette 11, Magnay 10) def Perth 94 (Thomas 19, Cotton 17, C. Webster 17, Manek 13, Travers 12, Wagstaff 10)

Sydney 111 (Walton 27, Vasiljevic 21, Cooks 16, Simon 12, Hunter 11, Noi 11) def SE Melbourne 106 (Creek 29, Kell 18, Browne 14, Foxwell 13, Williams 12, Te Rangi 11)

Adelaide 99 (Cleveland 27, Franks 20, Sotto 12, Clark 11, Johnson 11) def Cairns 96 (Hogg 26, Waardenburg 26, Kuol 15, Ayre 11)

[Gozu]

The Illawarra Hawks have announced they've re-signed import Justin Robinson for next season. The 6'1" PG suffered a season ending injury in the Hawks opening game of the season and has previously played in the NBA with Washington, Oklahoma City, Milwaukee, Sacramento and Detroit.

https://nbl.com.au/news/robinson-to-run ... with-hawks

[Gozu]

Illawarra Hawks veteran Tim Coenraad has announced his retirement after 14 seasons with the Hawks. He initially retired in 2020 but came back as an injury replacement for Cam Bairstow and will play his 374th and final game against Tasmania at home on Saturday.

https://nbl.com.au/news/hawks-legend-ca ... lar-career

36ers CEO Nic Barbato says the club will conduct a full review in the off-season in light of this disappointing season with coach CJ Bruton a part of the review process.

“We can start thinking about what that will look like now and we’ll sit down and work through that with everyone at the end of the season — the coaching staff, players, structure — and see what we come out with,” Barbato said via Newscorp.

“CJ’s a great part of our club and we’re with him … we want him to be part of that whole process.”

https://nbl.com.au/news/adelaide-to-sta ... or-answers

[mighty_tiger_79]

Wildcats needed to win by 11 to get into the finals

win by 12

[Gozu]

Round 18 results:

NZ Breakers 91 (Brown 22, Brantley 20, Abercrombie 11) def Illawarra 81 (Harvey 22, Froling 17, Dent 11)

Adelaide 115 (Cleveland 23, Franks 19, Clark 18, Drmic 13, Johnson 12, McCarron 12) def Sydney 108 (Soares 24, Vasiljevic 18, Simon 15, Noi 13, Galloway 11)

Cairns 84 (Kuol 15, Deng 14, Hogg 14, Ayre 10) def Perth 71 (Cotton 28, Thomas 23, Manek 12)

Tasmania 87 (Doyle 20, McVeigh 14, Magnay 13, Krslovic 12) def Illawarra 63 (Harvey 13, Froling 12)

NZ Breakers 80 (Brantley 19, McDowell-White 15, Abercrombie 14, Le'afa 12, Vodanovich 10) def Brisbane 75 (OT) (Baynes 17, Johnson 15, Sobey 14)

Melbourne 116 (Tucker 31, Goulding 23, Rathan-Mayes 21, Humphries 11) def Adelaide 107 (Cleveland 30, Dech 20, Clark 14, Franks 13, Johnson 10)

Perth 96 (C. Webster 26, Travers 22, Manek 21, Thomas 10, Wagstaff 10) def Sydney 84 (Vasiljevic 18, Cooks 15)

[Gozu]

Final regular season standings:

Sydney 19-9
NZ Breakers 18-10
Cairns 18-10
Tasmania 16-12
SE Melbourne 15-13
Perth 15-13

Melbourne 15-13
Adelaide 13-15
Brisbane 8-20
Illawarra 3-25

[Gozu]

NBL Finals start this Thursday with the Play-in games with Sydney and NZ Breakers already advancing to the Semi-Finals:

The winner of the Play-In advances to face the loser of the Seeding Qualifier, to determine who plays the Sydney Kings in Series 2 of the Playoffs.

The winner of the Seeding game will advance to Series 1 of the Playoffs against the New Zealand Breakers.

Play-In Qualifier: Thursday 9 February
South East Melbourne Phoenix v Perth Wildcats, John Cain Arena, 6:30pm AEDT
ESPN via Kayo and Foxtel

Seeding Qualifier: Thursday 9 February
Cairns Taipans v Tasmania JackJumpers, Cairns Convention Centre, 8:30pm AEDT
ESPN via Kayo and Foxtel

Play-In Game: Sunday 12 February
Teams TBC, Venue TBC, 2:00pm AEDT
ESPN via Kayo and Foxtel, 10 Peach and 10play

https://nbl.com.au/news/nbl23-finals-be ... sday-night

[Gozu]

NBL Awards night tonight and Sydney's Xavier Cooks won his first MVP award.

Most Valuable Player: Xavier Cooks, Kings

Most Improved Player: Keanu Pinder, Taipans

Best Defensive Player: Antonius Cleveland, 36ers

Best Sixth Man: Barry Brown, Breakers

Coach of the Year: Adam Forde, Taipans

Next Generation Award: Sam Waardenburg, Taipans

All-NBL First Team

Xavier Cooks, Kings
Mitch Creek, Phoenix
Bryce Cotton, Wildcats
Milton Doyle, JackJumpers
Derrick Walton, Kings

All-NBL Second Team

Keanu Pinder, Taipans
Dererk Pardon, Breakers
Barry Brown, Breakers
DJ Hogg, Taipans
Chris Goulding, United

Executive of the Year: Mark Beecroft, Taipans

Fans MVP: Kai Sotto, 36ers

Gametime Award: Reuben Te Rangi, Phoenix

Referee of the Year: Vaughan Mayberry

https://nbl.com.au/news/xavier-cooks-wins-mvp-honours

[Gozu]

Also the SE Melbourne Phoenix have announced they've re-signed import Alan Williams to a 2 year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/phoenix-import-re-signs

[DOC]

I note that the defensive player of the year could not make either the first or second team.

[Gozu]

I note that the defensive player of the year could not make either the first or second team.

That's true but as we know the Sixers had a pretty disappointing season and frankly I thought AC was pretty fortunate to win the award again anyway.

[Gozu]

The Brisbane Bullets have announced the signing of their new coach Justin Schueller to a 2 year deal. He's been an assistant coach with Melbourne United for the past 6 years.

https://nbl.com.au/news/bullets-confirm ... head-coach

Also today Basketball Australia announced that Melbourne United coach Dean Vickerman will be filling in as Boomers coach for Brian Goorjian during the upcoming FIBA qualifiers against Bahrain Thursday february 23 and Kazakhstan on Sunday February 26 in Melbourne. 36ers assistant coach Jamie Pearlman has also been named as an assistant coach for the games.

https://nbl.com.au/news/vickerman-to-co ... qualifiers

[Gozu]

Cairns will be playing Perth in the Play-In Game and NZ Breakers take on Tasmania in Game 1 of their Semi-Final series both this Sunday afternoon.

Play-In Qualifier

Perth 106 (Cotton 26, Manek 24, Thomas 13, C. Webster 12, Travers 11, Norton 10) def SE Melbourne 99 (Creek 24, Browne 20, Williams 16, Kell 14, Te Rangi 14)

Seeding Qualifier

Tasmania 87 (Doyle 25, White 18, McVeigh 13, Kelly 11) def Cairns 79 (McCall 24, Scott 17, Hogg 13, Waardenburg 12)

[Gozu]

Game 1 of the Sydney vs Cairns SF series starts on Wednesday night and Game 2 of the NZ vs Tassie series is Thursday night.

Play-In Game

Cairns 91 (Hogg 32, Kuol 23, Waardenburg 15) def Perth 78 (Cotton 19, Thomas 14, C. Webster 14, Manek 13)

Semi-Final - Game 1

NZ Breakers 88 (Pardon 15, McDowell-White 13, Brown 11, Rupert 10) def Tasmania 68 (Kelly 12, Doyle 10)