2024-25 NBL Season + Off-season news

[LaughingKookaburra]

I think today's game in Melbourne will really let us know if the Sixers are legit or not. Cooks was playing ill and Adams got injured last game against Sydney. Vickerman is IMO the best coach in the business and even though he doesn't have quite the level of talent he normally has at United he always demands maximum effort and great defence. Melbourne lost their last game at home against Cairns, I would be a bit surprised if we win today.

Terrible news for Mike Kelly great guy but 0-5 start after bottom last season so to be expected.

https://nbl.com.au/news/kelly-phoenix-part-ways

Sam Mackinnon taking over as interim coach.

Some good points regarding Sydney. Adelaide still are finding their groove and still don’t have the 3rd import playing. Looking forward to seeing how they go.

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6ers started well but nothing after half time.
DJ poor, Harrell poor.
No leaders today

[Brodlach]

6ers started well but nothing after half time.
DJ poor, Harrell poor.
No leaders today

They look flat and tired

[amber_fluid]

6ers started well but nothing after half time.
DJ poor, Harrell poor.
No leaders today

They look flat and tired

2 games in 3 days will do that.
But they look disinterested too

[Gozu]

Round 4 results:

Perth 90 (Cotton 35, Doolittle 19, Windler 13) def Cairns 87 (Edwards 24, Waardenburg 14, Antonio 12, Bradshaw 12, Galloway 10)

Adelaide 89 (Vasiljevic 26, Davis 19, Harrell 18, Humphries 14) def Sydney 79 (Oliver 16, Leaupepe 10, Maluach 10, Robertson 10)

Illawarra 109 (Froling 21, Harvey 19, Days 15, Hickey 15, Kell 10, Lee 10) def Tasmania 76 (Crawford 19, Magnay 11, Deng 10)

Brisbane 87 (Harrison 21, Batemon 20, Cook 15, Prather 15) def SE Melbourne 85 (Hurt 24, Walton 19, Wieskamp 10)

Sydney 99 (Bruce 21, Cooks 18, Toohey 15, Leaupepe 10, Robertson 10) def Cairns 73 (Waardenburg 22, Bradshaw 16)

Melbourne 106 (Clark 18, Loe 16, White 15, Goulding 13, Lee 13, Dellavedova 11) def Adelaide 79 (Davis 17, Humphries 16, Harrell 12)

[whufc]

I don’t watch much basketball at all but thought I would try and jump on the 36er hype.

Forgive my ignorance but I’m the only one who doesn’t buy into the Hurrell mania. Has a hell of a highlight real each match but is lazy in transition, unless a highlight is on the end of a possession is generally lazy and his body language towards his team mates is awful.

Happy to be corrected.

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I don’t watch much basketball at all but thought I would try and jump on the 36er hype.

Forgive my ignorance but I’m the only one who doesn’t buy into the Hurrell mania. Has a hell of a highlight real each match but is lazy in transition, unless a highlight is on the end of a possession is generally lazy and his body language towards his team mates is awful.

Happy to be corrected.

He was shit yesterday but has been good every other game he’s played.
Does look laconic/lazy but gets the job done

[Brodlach]

He does look lazy at times but many NBA players are the same however he constantly gets to the right spots.

Go back and watch Fridays game if you want to see his value.

[Gozu]

Aron Baynes has officially announced his retirement after spending the past couple of seasons with the Brisbane Bullets.

https://nbl.com.au/news/australian-bask ... es-retires

[Brodlach]

Harrell looks like he has signed to seasons end with Starling cut

[Gozu]

It's official Montrezl Harrell has signed with the 36ers for the rest of the season and thus Alex Starling has been released.

https://nbl.com.au/news/harrell-commits-to-36ers

[mal]

Harrell looks like he has signed to seasons end with Starling cut

And a response by Adelaide born Bev, in regards to what Harrell is doing here


https://youtu.be/8ig9P2CDPkY?si=pOsQVfwqGht34fY8

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Good crowd in for the 6ers game.
Poor shooting early on is costing us

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Great comeback by the 6ers.
Low scoring game but bloody entertaining

[Gozu]

Round 5 results:

Brisbane 84 (Batemon 21, Bannan 15, Harrison 13, Prather 13) def NZ Breakers 73 (Jackson-Cartwright 20, Mennenga 15, Mooney 13, King 11)

Sydney 80 (Cooks 15, Noi 14, Toohey 12) def Tasmania 71 (Crawford 25, Magnay 13, Deng 11)

NZ Breakers 89 (Mooney 28, Darling 15, Jackson-Cartwright 13, King 10) def Perth 85 (Webster 20, Doolittle 15, Henshall 13)

Illawarra 87 (Harvey 20, Kell 14, Froling 10, Olbrich 10) def Cairns 75 (Bradshaw 18, Edwards 17, Waardenburg 14, Gak 12)

SE Melbourne 93 (Hunter 20, Hurt 18, Sobey 16) def Melbourne 84 (Clark 19, Goulding 16, Cameron 12, Dellavedova 11)

Adelaide 77 (Davis 23, Harrell 22, Vasiljevic 11) def Tasmania 73 (Doyle 22, Crawford 13, Magnay 11)

NBL ladder after 5 rounds:

Illawarra 5-1
NZ Breakers 3-1
Sydney 5-2
Melbourne 4-3
Adelaide 4-3
Cairns 3-4

Brisbane 2-3
Perth 2-4
Tasmania 2-5
SE Melbourne 1-5

[DOC]

Huge win by SEM.

Appears they have a new coach coming in from Europe this week so a one and done job by MacKinnon.

[Gozu]

The SE Melbourne Phoenix have announced the hiring of new head coach Josh King to a 2 year deal. He's American was coaching in Turkey earlier this season and coached in Germany last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/phoenix-appoint-new-king

[Gozu]

The Illawarra Hawks have signed guard Will Hickey to a three-year extension putting him under contract until 2028.

https://nbl.com.au/news/high-flying-haw ... y-re-signs

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36ers down by 8 at the last break.
Tidy up their shooting and they can still win this

[Brodlach]

Overtime!