2012/13 NBL Season/Offseason news

[Gozu]

The Cairns Taipans today announced the signing of 6'9" PF Mitchell Young to a 2 year deal. He's in the current Boomers squad and is yet another product of St Mary's University in the US. Unfortunately the Taipans have confirmed they won't be re-signing veteran and former 36ers star Dusty Rychart.

Also Taipans assistant coach Mick Downer has been named as a Boomers assistant coach along with aussie basketball legend and 3 time NBA championship winner Luc Longley under new coach Andrej Lemanis.

[Johno6]

Kevin brooks is Adelaide assistant coach

[Gozu]

KB's signed a 3 year deal and I think that is a great decision by the club.

[Johno6]

I'm assuming he won't be umpiring at gawker anymore??

[Brodlach]

What the 36er's need to find are two good imports, our selections over the past few years have been horendous

[Gozu]

Bit of talk around about the possibility of the 36ers landing Gary Ervin! That would be huge but we look set to lose Weigh to Cairns.

Another rumour that the Wildcats are considering signing former Charlotte coach and former 36ers coach Mike Dunlap.

[Brodlach]

If we get two good imports, not fussed if Stephen Weigh goes.

I thought the Wildcats re-signed their coach?

[Gozu]

If we get two good imports, not fussed if Stephen Weigh goes.

I thought the Wildcats re-signed their coach?

Nah they're the only team without a coach.

It doesn't look like Bevo will be re-signing due to the rift between he and management at the club.

[Brodlach]

Oh ok, thought that was why he turned down the Sixers job

[Gozu]

I don't think he was really that interested in the 36ers job and the 36ers screwed him over in the past when he got the job to replace Smyth but then the 36ers lowballed him asking him to take a pay cut so he knocked it back, went back to West Sydney and the 36ers then gave the job to Ninnis.

From what I know last season he had his contract with the Wildcats restructured so instead of coming out of contract at the end of next season it would be the end of this past season because he wanted to make a run at the Boomers coaching job which combined with the Centre of Excellence would become full-time.

But there was talk during the season if he missed out on getting the Boomers job (which he did to Lemanis) then he would consider a big money offer from China. Whether he takes the job in China or not or if that was a bit of brinkmanship I don't know but it does look like things with management at the Wildcats have deteriorated to the point he won't be back.

Not long after the GF series finished Bevo said he was taking four weeks leave or something the Wildcats owed him and then the Wildcats responded by announcing they were throwing open the job for applications but that they were in no rush and that Nick Marvin would be going to the US to look at other candidates. I think Marvin has only just left the US so will be interesting to see what transpires over the next week or so with the Mike Dunlap talk starting a few days ago.

[Gozu]

Basketball Australia and the National Basketball Competition – representing National Basketball League Clubs – have today signed a Heads of Agreement formally agreeing to a de-merger ahead of the 2013/14 season.

The Heads of Agreement commits Basketball Australia and the National Basketball Competition to a de-merger completion date of 1 July 2013.

The National Basketball Competition will assume effective commercial and operational control of the NBL, while also entering into an Affiliation Agreement with Basketball Australia to ensure compliance under FIBA rules and associated agreements.

http://www.nbl.com.au/article/id/1qc1ht ... r352rhpr4k

[Gozu]

Basketball Australia have announced the FIBA Oceania Championship series against New Zealand will be a two-game series, Game 1 in Auckland on Wednesday 14th August and Game 2 in Canberra on Sunday 18th August.

[Gozu]

The Perth Wildcats today officially announced that Rob Beveridge won't be back as coach next season and that they hope to have a new coach signed by mid-June.

[Gozu]

In a bad day for the Wildcats the club have also confirmed that star import Kevin Lisch won't be back next season either most likely to play in Italy.

[Johno6]

Kevin Lisch also wont be at perth next season.

will be playing in Europe.

spewin.

[Gozu]

The Townsville Crocs today announced two signings former Boomer and West Sydney PG Steven Markovic who has been playing in Serbia for a number of years and also Mirko Djeric potentially a future Boomer who spent some time with Wollongong last season as an injury replacement and is also of Serbian descent.

[Gozu]

The Boomers series against China will se all four games televised on Fox Sports and nbl.tv plus each game can be brought individually through livesport.tv for $5 each.

Sino-Australia Challenge broadcast schedule (All broadcast times AEST – all tip-off times local):

Game 1
Friday 7 June @ Perth Arena
Tip-off: 6:30pm (local time)
Online: 8:30pm (AEST) LIVE on LiveSport.TV
TV: 8:30am (AEST) Saturday 8 June on Fox Sports 3 (delayed)

Game 2
Sunday 9 June @ WA Basketball Centre
Tip-off: 2:00pm
Online: 4:00pm LIVE on LiveSport.TV
TV: 4:00pm LIVE on Fox Sports 2

Game 3
Wednesday 12 June @ Tianjin City
Tip-off: 7:30pm
Online: 9:30pm LIVE on LiveSport.TV
TV: 9:30pm LIVE on Fox Sports 2

Game 4
Friday 14 June @ Yongcheng City
Tip-off: 7:30pm
Online: 9:30pm LIVE on LiveSport.TV
TV: 9:30pm LIVE on Fox Sports 1

[Gozu]

China have arrived and announced their squad:

Chinese National Team Squad

Name / Height / Position / DOB / Current Club


Zhizhi Wang / 214cm / Centre / 8 July 1979 / Bayi (China)

Zhaoxu Zhang / 221cm / Centre / 18 November 1987 / Shanghai Sharks (China)

Peng Zhou / 206cm / Forward / 11 October 1989 / Guangdong (China)

Jinhui Ding / 204cm / Centre / 27 October 1989 / Zhejiang (China)

Fangyu Zhu / 205cm / Forward / 5 January 1983 / Guangdong (China)

Li Yi / 206cm / Forward / 7 November 1985 / Jiangsu (China)

Yue Sun / 206cm / Guard / 6 November 1985 / Beijing Aoshen Olympian (China)

Wei Liu / 189cm / Guard / 15 January 1980 / Shanghai Sharks (China)

Shipeng Wang / 198cm / Guard / 6 April 1983 / Guangdong (China)

Shuo Han / 196cm / Guard / 1 February 1986 / Bayi (China)

Jianghua Chen / 188cm / Guard / 12 March 1989 / Guangdong (China)

Xiaoyu Liu / 191cm / Guard / 14 March 1989 / Guangdong (China)

Bo Zhang / 198cm / Guard / 30 September 1990 / Bayi (China)

Zhe Ji / 208cm / Forward / 4 October 1986 / Beijing Ducks (China)

Mugedaer Xierlijiang / 191cm / Guard / 4 January 1991 / Xinjiang (China)

Xiaoxu Li / 207cm / Centre / 5 June 1990 / Liaoning (China)

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I was going to say I can't believe Wang Zhi-Zhi is still playing he's been in their national team forever and first played in the NBA back in '99 but he's not even yet 34. He's pretty much been a corpse for a few years now. Former Laker Sun Yue is playing along with former NBL All-Star game participant Liu Wei.

Very disappointed Yi Jianlian won't be playing, he's a star and would've torn this Boomers team a new one.

[Gozu]

The NZ Breakers announced a number of signings today in their quest for a record fourth consecutive championship starting with import Darnell Lazare (1 year with option for a 2nd year) who was with the Kings last season, former Breaker Jeremiah Trueman (2 years) who was with the Wildcats and development player Reuben Te Rangi has been elevated to the 10 man roster on a 3 year deal.

[Gozu]

Also the Boomers have named their team for the four-game series against China starting tomorrow night.

The 36ers have four players in the team!

Australian Boomers team for Sino-Australia Challenge

Name / Height / Position / Club

Adam Gibson / 188cm / Guard / Adelaide 36ers (NBL)

Jason Cadee / 186cm / Guard / Adelaide 36ers (NBL)

Ben Madgen / 193cm / Guard / Sydney Kings (NBL)

Chris Goulding / 192cm / Guard / Melbourne Tigers (NBL)

Clint Steindl / 201cm / Guard-Forward / Cairns Taipans (NBL)

Jesse Wagstaff / 203cm / Forward / Perth Wildcats (NBL)

Anthony Petrie / 203cm/ Forward / Adelaide 36ers (NBL)

Daniel Johnson / 212cm / Forward-Centre / Adelaide 36ers (NBL)

Luke Nevill / 218cm / Centre / Townsville Crocodiles (NBL)

Cameron Bairstow / 206cm / Forward / University of New Mexico (US)

Cameron Gliddon / 195cm / Guard / Cairns Taipans (NBL)

Igor Hadziomerovic / 193cm / Guard / Boise State University (US)