2024-25 NBL Season + Off-season news

[DOC]

First half atrocious.

Third quarter great

Fourth quarter determines everything.

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Close but not good enough

Gaze is a favourite of mine but geez he’s a biased prick in commentary

[Gozu]

Round 19 results:

Illawarra 102 (Froling 18, Harvey 15, Blanchfield 12, Hickey 12, Peatling 12, Kell 10) def Tasmania 78 (Doyle 17, Crawford 16, Steindl 13)

Brisbane 92 (Prather 26, Cook 17, Smith-Milner 14, White 13, Adams 10, Norton 10) def Adelaide 89 (Davis 24, Harrell 20, Vasiljevic 20, Humphries 14)

Perth 100 (Cotton 29, Pinder 22, Doolittle 17, Henshall 12) def SE Melbourne 99 (Hurt 19, Ayre 14, Foxwell 13, Hunter 13, Glover 10, Lewis 10, Wieskamp 10)

NZ Breakers 99 (Mooney 24, King 16, Fall 14, Lopez 11, Mennenga 10) def Cairns 92 (Bradshaw 16, Waardenburg 16, Edwards 14, Galloway 11, Groves 11, Armstrong 10)

Melbourne 94 (Ili 18, Bowen 15, Clark 12, Loe 12, Dellavedova 10, Goulding 10) def Tasmania 92 (Crawford 20, Doyle 19, Deng 15, Drmic 10)

Perth 104 (Cotton 30, Doolittle 16, Windler 14, Pinder 12, Webster 12, Henshall 11) def Sydney 97 (Noi 24, Toohey 23, Oliver 22, Bruce 13)

SE Melbourne 105 (Sobey 26, Foxwell 22, Hurt 18, Hunter 12) def Adelaide 99 (Harrell 25, Davis 23, Cadee 15, Dech 11, Vasiljevic 11)

NBL ladder after 19 rounds with one round to go:

Illawarra 18-9
Melbourne 18-10
Perth 17-11
SE Melbourne 16-12
Sydney 16-12
Adelaide 13-15

Tasmania 12-16
Brisbane 12-16
NZ Breakers 10-18
Cairns 7-20

[Gozu]

Basketball Australia have announced the Trans-Tasman Throwdown series the Boomers and Opals will be playing a double-header against the New Zealand national teams, the Tall Blacks and Tall Ferns, on Wednesday May 7 at Adelaide Entertainment Centre. Two more games each will take place on the Sunshine Coast and in Hamilton, NZ.

https://www.australia.basketball/news/4 ... lry-begins

[Gozu]

It's finally happening an NBA team will be coming to Australia to play multiple exhibition games in Melbourne against an NBL team in October 2025.

https://www.espn.com.au/nba/story/_/id/ ... -melbourne

Also veteran NZ Breakers big Dane Pineau has announced his retirement after 8 seasons with the Sydney Kings, SE Melbourne Phoenix and the Breakers and played his college ball at St. Mary's where he left as the school's all-time leader in field goal percentage.

https://nbl.com.au/news/pineaus-ultimat ... -to-retire

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C’mon Sixers!
You got this

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Cotton is a freak
Unbelievable

[Eagles2014]

Cotton is a freak
Unbelievable

100%, he destroys the Sixers every time

[Gozu]

Round 20 results:

Illawarra 96 (Harvey 29, Blanchfield 17, Froling 14, Hickey 10) def NZ Breakers 82 (Fall 16, Lopez 12, Darling 10)

Cairns 100 (Armstrong 28, Waardenburg 23, Groves 15, Bradshaw 14) def Brisbane 88 (Cook 28, Prather 19, Dalton 10)

Illawarra 95 (Harvey 15, Lee 15, Froling 12, Hickey 12, Olbrich 12) def Sydney 75 (Adams 14, Noi 14, Maluach 12, Toohey 12, Oliver 11)

Perth 112 (Cotton 49, Pinder 18, Windler 15, Doolittle 14) def Adelaide 104 (Davis 34, Harrell 24, Vasiljevic 16, Mayen 13)

Tasmania 90 (Deng 21, Crawford 19, Doyle 12, Drmic 12) def Cairns 83 (Groves 17, Armstrong 16, Higgins-Titsha 15, Waardenburg 12)

Melbourne 103 (Ili 18, Krebs 16, Bowen 15, Dellavedova 14, Goulding 12) SE Melbourne 93 (Ayre 15, Hurt 14, Glover 11, Sobey 11, Lewis 10, Wieskamp 10)

Final regular season standings:

Illawarra 20-9
Melbourne 19-10
Perth 18-11
SE Melbourne 16-13
Sydney 16-13
Adelaide 13-16

Tasmania 13-16
Brisbane 12-17
NZ Breakers 10-19
Cairns 8-21

[Gozu]

The NBL Finals start on Tuesday night with the 36ers game in Sydney on Thursday night.

Seeding Qualifier: Tuesday, February 11
Perth Wildcats v South East Melbourne Phoenix, Perth High Performance Centre, 9:30pm AEDT
ESPN

Play-In Qualifier: Thursday, February 13
Sydney Kings v Adelaide 36ers, Qudos Bank Arena, 7:30pm AEDT
ESPN

Play-In Game: Sunday, February 16
Teams TBC, Venue TBC, Time TBC
ESPN

https://nbl.com.au/news/finals-begin-february-11

Also the Brisbane Bullets have announced they've re-signed import Casey Prather to a one-year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/prather-re-signs-with-bullets

[DOC]

It’s ours to lose

[Gozu]

The NBL had it's end of season awards night tonight which saw Bryce Cotton win his 5th MVP award second all-time to Andrew Gaze's 7 x MVP's.

Most Valuable Player: Bryce Cotton, Perth Wildcats

Coach of the Year: Justin Tatum, Illawarra Hawks

Most Improved Player: Tyrell Harrison, Brisbane Bullets

Best Sixth Man: Kouat Noi, Sydney Kings

Best Defensive Player: Shea Ili, Melbourne United

Next Generation Award: Alex Toohey, Sydney Kings

Fan's MVP: Bryce Cotton, Perth Wildcats

All-NBL First Team:

Bryce Cotton, Perth Wildcats
Kendric Davis, Adelaide 36ers
Matt Hurt, SE Melbourne Phoenix
Trey Kell, Illawarra Hawks
Tyler Harvey, Illawarra Hawks

All-NBL Second Team:

Casey Prather, Brisbane Bullets
Chris Goulding, Melbourne United
Montrezl Harrell, Adelaide 36ers
Sam Froling, Illawarra Hawks
Xavier Cooks, Sydney Kings

https://nbl.com.au/news/cotton-wins-5th-mvp

[PatowalongaPirate]

The Wildcats have been booted from their home stadium tonight due to an upcoming Kylie Minogue concert. They will instead host SEM at the 4,500 capacity Perth High Performance Centre. A lot of Perth fans missing out on going tonight.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/basketball ... 67575d81a4

[Gozu]

The Wildcats have been booted from their home stadium tonight due to an upcoming Kylie Minogue concert. They will instead host SEM at the 4,500 capacity Perth High Performance Centre. A lot of Perth fans missing out on going tonight.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/basketball ... 67575d81a4

aka Challenge Stadium aka The Jungle.

[Gozu]

In a bit of a surprise 36ers veteran PG Jason Cadee has announced he will retire at the end of the season. He had a 15 year career with Gold Coast Blaze, the 36ers, Sydney Kings, Brisbane Bullets where he won the NBL's Best Sixth Man award in 2020 and then a second stint with the 36ers these past two seasons.

https://nbl.com.au/news/cadee-announces-retirement

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In a bit of a surprise 36ers veteran PG Jason Cadee has announced he will retire at the end of the season. He had a 15 year career with Gold Coast Blaze, the 36ers, Sydney Kings, Brisbane Bullets where he won the NBL's Best Sixth Man award in 2020 and then a second stint with the 36ers these past two seasons.

https://nbl.com.au/news/cadee-announces-retirement

Hasn’t been getting much court time this year so may have got flicked anyway.
Good career and good team man.

[Brodlach]

Had no defence to his game, been a great servant to the NBL

[Gozu]

Xavier Cooks in hot water.

A mandatory provisional suspension (effective immediately) has been imposed on Sydney Kings player Xavier Cooks following notification to him by Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) of an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) and a potential violation of the Australian National Anti-Doping Policy (ANADP).

The matter is now progressing in accordance with the ANADP. No further comment will be made by the athlete, NBL, Sydney or BA and we request the privacy of all parties involved be respected.

https://nbl.com.au/news/statement-on-xavier-cooks

Great news for the 36ers!

[mighty_tiger_79]

He's cooked

[Eagles2014]

Geez, Perth can score quickly when get on a roll

They were three points down two minutes left in 3rd quarter and halfway thru last quarter are 23 points up, great to watch.

Pinder had a blinder and Cotton shows why he is MVP.