2017/18 NBL Season/Boomers/Off-Season news

[Gozu]

Round 3 games & times:

Thu 5pm Sydney at NZ Breakers

Fri 7pm Cairns at Brisbane
Fri 9pm Melbourne at Perth (11pm ABC)

Sat 5pm Sydney at Adelaide (SBS Viceland)

Sun 2:30pm NZ Breakers at Melbourne (SBS)
Sun 4:30pm Brisbane at Illawarra
Sun 6:30pm Perth at Cairns

The Cairns Taipans have also announced the signing on an injury replacement in local 6'10" big Chris Patton in for Nathan Jawai out for the next 12 weeks with a torn ligament in his foot. Patton the older brother of AFL GWS player Jonathon Patton last played in the NBL with Melbourne United in 2015/16 and has been playing for Kilsyth in the SEABL.

http://www.taipans.com/news/article/352 ... ms-taipans

[Gozu]

Suffice to say the Sixers should be licking their lips at the thought of playing the Kings here on Saturday, they're an absolute rabble.

[amber_fluid]

Looking at taking the family to the game tonight.
What sort of crowds did they get last season as the ticket prices aren’t that cheap.

$86.50 for a family of 4 for the NBL is too expensive I’d say, but I am a tight ar$e as well.

[Brodlach]

Reckon they will be expecting about 6000 tonight, has a 8000 capacity

[Gozu]

Crowds tend to start off slow early in the season until people realise the NBL is back on I think the season opener against Melbourne got 5,000 which isn't great not sure about the second game against Melbourne.

Might even get to 6,500 tonight with Brad Newley's homecoming.

[amber_fluid]

Not filling the stadium each week would be a corncern surely?
Like most sports ticket prices must have something to do with it?

Prices being more than an AFL game for a family is wrong I reckon.

[Brodlach]

Full last year with Randle? I agree prices are too high for what it is

[Gozu]

I'm not sure there were too many full houses last season I didn't really keep track of the crowd numbers as they're usually so hard to find. The season before that I remember they're being a few sell outs.

Ticket prices & merchandise prices have always been too high. I guess they see it as there are only going to be a certain amount of people that are interested in going and then gouge them a bit. I know jerseys and shirts and stuff are pretty high.

Different situation as I know the Wildcats are a hot ticket but last night in Perth they got more than 13,000 to their game, they charge outrageous ticket prices and buying a player jerseys is $120. In fact they were running a promotion last night trade in your old Casey Prather singlet and get $30 off a current player one.

[Gozu]

Josh Childress new 36ers import

[Gozu]

Qtr time

Sixers 38
Kings 24

[Brodlach]

Josh Childress new 36ers import

I just got home from my sons basketball so didn’t see the first quarter , is this for real?

[Gozu]

Supposedly it is!

Casey just confirmed it, I missed the initial announcement, pumped!

[Brodlach]

Just read the 36ers press release

Good get

[Gozu]

Huge get surprised they could afford him honestly. IMO he was the best player in the league his two years with the Kings.

Loving how we're playing Sobey is pumped that was a huge block on Cadee.

[Gozu]

Could we put up 70 by half-time?

[Gozu]

H/T

Sixers 69
Kings 50

Insane.

[Gozu]

3QT

Sixers 96
Kings 61

[MW]

Run and gun. Exciting to watch. Now with Chlidress coming in too

[Wedgie]

Go 6ers!

[Gozu]

Crowd 5,970

I expect that will increase sharply with Childress