2025-26 NBL Season + Off-season news

[mighty_tiger_79]

Big win on the road Wildcats.
Did think the cotton revenge could get ugly

[amber_fluid]

Cheatham and Cameron need to do more
Need that extra import

[Jim05]

Cheatham and Cameron need to do more
Need that extra import

Yeah, we aren’t a serious contender with our current list

[Brodlach]

As I said previously, we need an inside defensive player in the paint. The number of O boards Perth got was crazy

[Gozu]

Round 8 results:

Illawarra 107 (McGee 37, Hickey 18, Harvey 17, Swaka Lo Buluk 14, Peterson 11, Peatling 10) def Melbourne 93 (Delany 21, Edwards 19, Doyle 16, Walker 14)

Adelaide 83 (Cotton 23, Cameron 13, Cheatham 13, White 12) def NZ Breakers 79 (Brockington 25, Jackson-Cartwright 21, Lopez 11)

SE Melbourne 103 (Sobey 28, Lewis 23, Foxwell 15, Iwundu 11, Brown 10) def Tasmania 102 (Hamilton 36, Deng 17, Bannan 15)

Illawarra 107 (McGee 28, Peterson 22, Hickey 19, Peatling 14, Harvey 11) def Cairns 90 (King 32, Galloway 15, McVeigh 13, Schofield 11, Andrews 10)

Brisbane 83 (Prather 28, Harrison 21) def Tasmania 81 (Bannan 18, Marshall 18, Hamilton 16, Ayre 14)

Melbourne 92 (Walker 24, Delany 18, Goulding 16, Doyle 12) def SE Melbourne 81 (Sobey 15, Iwundu 10)

Perth 94 (Windler 18, Doolittle 16, Duke 16, Lual-Acuil 13, Rillie 10) def Adelaide 87 (Cotton 23, Rakocevic 15, White 15, Humphries 13, Vasiljevic 13)

Sydney 79 (Cooks 21, Davis 21, Noi 12) def NZ Breakers 72 (Jackson-Cartwright 23, Mennenga 15)

[amber_fluid]

Good start by the 6ers.

[Brodlach]

DJV starting on the beach was odd

[amber_fluid]

DJV starting on the beach was odd

It worked given the start but was an odd decision
Maybe wanted to see how Kenyon would go and he did well

[Gozu]

H/T

Adelaide 52
Tasmania 38

[amber_fluid]

Take the win and move on

[Gozu]

Final

Adelaide 97
Tasmania 86

Not good enough tbh.

[whufc]

DJV starting on the beach was odd

I'm far from the expert and i love DJV's passion but kind of see why a coach would make the call.

At times he frustrates the daylights out of me, taking real poor shots, being a tad selfish in offence and slightly lazy in defense. He has the quality to make that all work though. But could understand a coach wanting a more steady/solid start.

Is a quality baller but would be a tad frustrating to coach at times. Albeit is the skipper so must bring some really good traits with him.

[Brodlach]

DJV starting on the beach was odd

I'm far from the expert and i love DJV's passion but kind of see why a coach would make the call.

At times he frustrates the daylights out of me, taking real poor shots, being a tad selfish in offence and slightly lazy in defense. He has the quality to make that all work though. But could understand a coach wanting a more steady/solid start.

Is a quality baller but would be a tad frustrating to coach at times. Albeit is the skipper so must bring some really good traits with him.

I agree with all of that but IMO Kenyan isn’t a starter

[amber_fluid]

DJV starting on the beach was odd

I'm far from the expert and i love DJV's passion but kind of see why a coach would make the call.

At times he frustrates the daylights out of me, taking real poor shots, being a tad selfish in offence and slightly lazy in defense. He has the quality to make that all work though. But could understand a coach wanting a more steady/solid start.

Is a quality baller but would be a tad frustrating to coach at times. Albeit is the skipper so must bring some really good traits with him.

I agree with all of that but IMO Kenyan isn’t a starter

Agree
I think Wells is just sending a wake up call to DJ
It worked as he played well when he got on court

[Gozu]

The 36ers have announced the signing of import Troy Brown Jr. to a one-year deal. He's a 6'7" swingman who previously played 6 years in the NBA with a number of teams and played in Puerto Rico last season. He is expected to make his debut on Sunday against Cairns.

https://www.adelaide36ers.com/news/sixe ... rt-signing

Also is some sad news for the Brisbane Bullets star import Casey Prather has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury.

https://www.nbl.com.au/news/bullets-sta ... l26-season

[whufc]

DJV starting on the beach was odd

I'm far from the expert and i love DJV's passion but kind of see why a coach would make the call.

At times he frustrates the daylights out of me, taking real poor shots, being a tad selfish in offence and slightly lazy in defense. He has the quality to make that all work though. But could understand a coach wanting a more steady/solid start.

Is a quality baller but would be a tad frustrating to coach at times. Albeit is the skipper so must bring some really good traits with him.

I agree with all of that but IMO Kenyan isn’t a starter

Yeah fair call.

[Brodlach]

The 36ers have announced the signing of import Troy Brown Jr. to a one-year deal. He's a 6'7" swingman who previously played 6 years in the NBA with a number of teams and played in Puerto Rico last season. He is expected to make his debut on Sunday against Cairns.

https://www.adelaide36ers.com/news/sixe ... rt-signing

Also is some sad news for the Brisbane Bullets star import Casey Prather has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury.

https://www.nbl.com.au/news/bullets-sta ... l26-season

Not sure if he is what we need but should be handy.

I’d have rathered a big inside presence

[amber_fluid]

The 36ers have announced the signing of import Troy Brown Jr. to a one-year deal. He's a 6'7" swingman who previously played 6 years in the NBA with a number of teams and played in Puerto Rico last season. He is expected to make his debut on Sunday against Cairns.

https://www.adelaide36ers.com/news/sixe ... rt-signing

Also is some sad news for the Brisbane Bullets star import Casey Prather has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury.

https://www.nbl.com.au/news/bullets-sta ... l26-season

Not sure if he is what we need but should be handy.

I’d have rathered a big inside presence

Who does the new import replace in starting lineup?
What position does he play?

[Gozu]

I would imagine Brown will probably come off the bench initially. He's a swingman which is someone who can play both SG & SF but that was in the NBA I would imagine in the NBL he would play SF with some time spent at PF. He shot 35% on 3pts in the NBA which is around the average there so should be some sort of outside threat in the NBL.

[amber_fluid]

I would imagine Brown will probably come off the bench initially. He's a swingman which is someone who can play both SG & SF but that was in the NBA I would imagine in the NBL he would play SF with some time spent at PF. He shot 35% on 3pts in the NBA which is around the average there so should be some sort of outside threat in the NBL.

Probably means less time for Cameron, Kenyon and even DJ
Hopefully he fits in pretty quickly