2024-25 NBL Season + Off-season news

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Owner Grant Kelly thinks Harrell and Davis will be back but some changes to the list with a couple of defensive minded players

Wells will be coaching too

I like it!

DJ has been great but I’m not sure he’s the man to take us forward.
I’d keep him but not as captain
Humphries has to go IMO


Make the big fella Harrell the Captain
The place will be buzzing even more so

[Gozu]

Basketball Australia have announced the Boomers team that will be playing FIBA Asia Cup qualifers on Thursday February 20 against Indonesia and Sunday February 23 against Thailand in Traralgon, Victoria.

Boomers Team - FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers

Emmett Adair
Nick Marshall
Luke Fennell
Mitch McCarron
Jacob Furphy
Mitch Norton
Ben Griscti
David Okwera
Nick Kay
Elijah Pepper
Fabijan Krslovic
Isaac White

Head Coach
Jacob Chance

Assistant Coaches
Kerry Williams
Robbie McKinlay
Keegan Crawford
Luke Brennan

[Brodlach]

Amazing that some of them cannot get on the court for their teams are going to be wearing Australian colours

[Gozu]

The Brisbane Bullets have re-signed Sam McDaniel to a 2 year deal after he missed most of this season due to injury.

https://nbl.com.au/news/bullets-re-sign-key-piece

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Amazing that some of them cannot get on the court for their teams are going to be wearing Australian colours

Is that reflective of the NBL being so strong with imports or the Aussie players being very average at the moment?
Probably both to be honest.

[Brodlach]

Amazing that some of them cannot get on the court for their teams are going to be wearing Australian colours

Is that reflective of the NBL being so strong with imports or the Aussie players being very average at the moment?
Probably both to be honest.

On reflection the finals are on so those teams wouldn’t want their players playing in these games which I understand

Just thought some others like a Humphries or DJ would be selected

[Gozu]

The Boomers beat Indonesia tonight with Thailand up next on Sunday.

Australia 109 (Pepper 18, Adair 15, Okwera 15, Griscti 12) def Indonesia 58 (Prosper 18, Saputera 14)

[Gozu]

Last night the 36ers had their end of season awards night and Kendric Davis won the team MVP award.

ADELAIDE 36ERS – NBL25 AWARD WINNERS

Mark Davis Trophy (Club MVP)
Kendric Davis

HomeStart Finance Members MVP Award
Kendric Davis

Office National Most Improved Player
Lat Mayen

Leventis Lawyers Best Defensive Player
Sunday Dech

Breathe WRL & Raw Group Coaches Award
Jason Cadee

Chairman’s Award
Mike Wells

https://www.adelaide36ers.com/news/davi ... mvp-honour

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Whilst Dech is our best defensive player I don’t think he deserves it this year.
Defence isn’t Harrell’s strongest part of his game but I thought he should have won it for his blocking and rebounding this year

[Brodlach]

Quite honestly with our lack of defence I think Murray Magpie was unlucky

[Gozu]

The Boomers had a good win over Thailand this evening.

Australia 114 (Pepper 24, White 22, Kay 15, Norton 13, Okwera 11) def Thailand 64 (Lish 15, Breunig 10, Ejesu 10)

In NBL news the league has announced the sale of the Tasmania JackJumpers to Altor Capital a private equity firm based in Brisbane. The 51% purchased stake values the team at $35 million and the firm will assume full ownership in two years time.

As part of the deal, 25% of the net profit from the sale will be shared among all NBL teams, sources said; each franchise will receive approximately $900,000 as part of this transaction. These payments would be staggered for when each stage of the transaction is processed.

https://www.espn.com.au/nbl/story/_/id/ ... or-capital

[Gozu]

Another Aussie is headed to the NBA with Cairns Taipans PG Taran Armstrong signing with the Golden State Warriors on a two-way deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/report-warriors-sign-armstrong

[Gozu]

Game 1

Melbourne 105 (Goulding 41, Clark 22, White 13, Lee 10) def Perth 93 (Pinder 24, Cotton 22, Doolittle 22)

United lead the series 1-0

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Game 1

Illawarra 101 (Harvey 24, Kell 24, Blanchfield 16, Froling 10) def SE Melbourne 94 (Wieskamp 22, Sobey 17, Walton 15, Hurt 10)

Hawks lead the series 1-0

[Gozu]

Incredible comeback by the Wildcats outscoring United 33-15 in the 4th quarter to win by 7 points.

Game 2

Perth 96 (Windler 27, Cotton 18, Doolittle 17, Webster 13, Wagstaff 10) def Melbourne 89 (Goulding 15, Clark 13, Dellavedova 13, White 13, Lee 10)

Series level 1-1

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Game 2

SE Melbourne 101 (Hurt 30, Sobey 25, Glover 16, Foxwell 10) def Illawarra 94 (Hickey 19, Froling 11, Harvey 10)

Series level 1-1

[Gozu]

Melbourne advance to the Grand Final series in a thriller.

Game 3

Melbourne 113 (Clark 38, Goulding 30, White 15, Dellavedova 10) def Perth 112 (Doolittle 37, Cotton 33, Pinder 15, Windler 13)

United win the series 2-1

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[Gozu]

Not as close as last night's game but Illawarra advance to the GF series where the foundation club hopes to win just it's second championship.

Game 3

Illawarra 126 (Kell 30, Blanchfield 28, Harvey 12, Swaka Lo Buluk 12, Olbrich 10) def SE Melbourne 96 (Wieskamp 25, Sobey 19, Foxwell 13)

Hawks win the series 2-1

The schedule for the series is:

Game 1: Saturday 8 March
Illawarra v Melbourne, WIN Entertainment Centre, 8:00pm AEDT
ESPN

Game 2: Wednesday 12 March
Melbourne v Illawarra, John Cain Arena, 7:30pm AEDT
ESPN

Game 3: Sunday 16 March
Illawarra v Melbourne, WIN Entertainment Centre, 5:30pm AEDT
ESPN

Game 4 (if required): Wednesday 19 March
Melbourne v Illawarra, John Cain Arena, 7:30pm AEDT
ESPN

Game 5 (if required): Sunday 23 March
Illawarra v Melbourne, WIN Entertainment Centre, 2:30pm AEDT
ESPN

https://nbl.com.au/news/hawks-v-united- ... series-set

[wenchbarwer]

Former Southern Tigers junior Lachie Olbrich plays for Illawarra, if anyone is after a local connection