2010/11 NBL season & off-season news

[Gozu]

Games on One HD this weekend:

36ers at Blaze Fri 7:30pm

Kings at Hawks Sun 8pm

Also the Blaze have agreed to release Ater Majok from his contract to allow him to begin his NBA Draft preparations early in the US. I'd be very surprised if an NBA team drafted him and suspect we might see him back in the NBL again next season with the Kings.

[CK]

Adelaide win by one point in overtime, after a three point shot with 0.9 seconds remaining by Rhys Carter, 102-101.

The last second of play, Gold Coast bringing the ball in their half court after a timeout, was very close to a play of the year contender, with Ira Clark just missing a massive dunk opportunity.

[brod]

Yeah..Sixers (great to see the, not simply roll over)

[Gozu]

Round 24 results:

Adelaide 102 (Carter 20, Hill 17, Johnson 15, Holmes 14, Shannon 13, Dowdell 11) def Gold Coast 101 (OT) (Harvey 20, Clark 19, Gibson 18, Garlepp 13, Goulding 13, Hoare 11)

Townsville 82 (M. Cedar 14, Allen 12, Blalock 12, Crosswell 12, Crawford 11) def Melbourne 72 (Williams 17, Tragardh 14, Walker 14)

Cairns 90 (Dorsey 20, Ubaka 20, Jones 13, Crosswhite 11, Rychart 11) def Perth 87 (Lisch 19, Trueman 12, Wagstaff 12, Weigh 11, Martin 10, Tovey 10)

Wollongong 86 (Ervin 20, Forman 17, Behrendorff 14) def Sydney 70 (Gilder 18, Madgen 17, Khazzouh 15)

[Gozu]

Games on One HD this week for the final round of the regular season:

36ers at Breakers Wed 5pm

Crocs at Taipans Fri 7:40pm

Also final episode of Overtime for the season on Wednesday night too.

[Gozu]

Round 25 results:

New Zealand 100 (Abercrombie 26, Penney 19, Anthony 13, Pledger 12) def Adelaide 71 (Johnson 24, Shannon 12, Dowdell 11)

Cairns 80 (Dorsey 19, Ubaka 14, Crosswhite 10, Loughton 10) def Townsville 64 (Crawford 16, Schenscher 16)

Gold Coast 96 (Harvey 29, Gibson 20, Clark 16) def Sydney 79 (Gilder 20, Khazzouh 14, Madgen 13, Martin 13)

New Zealand 87 (Pledger 16, Vukona 14, Penney 12, Abercrombie 11, Braswell 11) def Melbourne 74 (Corletto 15, Tragardh 15, Helliwell 12)

[Gozu]

Also Adam Ballinger won the 36ers team MVP award for the fourth straight season last night.

[Goat Herder]

Round 25 results:

New Zealand 100 (Abercrombie 26, Penney 19, Anthony 13, Pledger 12) def Adelaide 71 (Johnson 24, Shannon 12, Dowdell 11)

Nothing like signing off a crap year with a 29pt pantsing!

[Gozu]

Final regular season standings:

New Zealand 22-6
Townsville 17-11
Cairns 16-12
Perth 16-12
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Wollongong 15-13
Gold Coast 13-15
Melbourne 10-18
Adelaide 9-19
Sydney 8-20

[Gozu]

The NBL's MVP award ceremony tonight is being shown live on iiNet's website from 7pm.

http://freezone.iinet.net.au/channels/f ... --wnbl-mvp

[Johno6]

it would have to be between penny and ervin and u would say penny coz NZ finished top. surely.??

[Gozu]

it would have to be between penny and ervin and u would say penny coz NZ finished top. surely.??

I certainly hope it's Penney but I'm pretty sure they give out votes on a game by game basis and team placings and records are not taken into account which is why most people expect Khazzouh to win it despite the Kings finishing bottom.

IMO, it would be a travesty for Khazzouh to win it but about five or so years ago Brian Wethers won the MVP award on a Hunter Pirates team that finished with a losing record (although still made the playoffs) so I think Khazzouh being the standout player on a crap team will win it.

Personally I don't think the MVP award should ever go to a player who's team didn't even make the playoffs. Anyway we'll find out tonight.

[CK]

Sydney Kings to supply an amazing and historic double, with Rookie Of The Year (Ben Madgen) and MVP (Julian Khazzouh), the first time in history both have come from the bottom team, would be my tip.

[Gozu]

CK, Gary Ervin won the MVP award just. Congrats to Ballinger finishing equal third I had him in the top three due to the Khazzouh effect on the 36ers (no one else to take votes from him) but disappointed Kirk Penney didn't finish top four. I'm surprised Homicide finished equal third given he wasn't even in the league for around the first half of the season or so. Also well done to the SA boys Forman & Madgen.


Most Valuable Player – Andrew Gaze Trophy
Gary Ervin (Wollongong) – 119 votes
Julian Khazzouh (Sydney) – 118
Adam Ballinger (Adelaide) – 75
Corey Williams (Melbourne) – 75

Best Defensive Player
Damian Martin (Perth) – 60
Mika Vukona (New Zealand) – 40
Brad Robbins (Perth) - 17

Coach of the Year – Lindsay Gaze Trophy
Trevor Gleeson (Townsville) – 54
Andrej Lemanis (New Zealand) – 36
Gordie McLeod (Wollongong) – 32

Rookie of the Year
Ben Madgen (Sydney) – 64
Lucas Walker (Melbourne) – 32
Mitch Creek (Adelaide) - 28

Most Improved Player
Oscar Forman (Wollongong) – 59
Daniel Dillon (Cairns) – 29
Cam Tovey (Perth) – 19

All-NBL First Team
Kirk Penney (New Zealand) – 72
Gary Ervin (Wollongong) – 72
Julian Khazzouh (Sydney) – 71
Damian Martin (Perth) – 55
Gary Wilkinson (New Zealand) – 52

All-NBL Second Team
Ira Clark (Gold Coast) – 48
Adam Gibson (Gold Coast) – 48
Luke Schenscher (Townsville) – 42
Corey Williams (Melbourne) – 41
Glen Saville (Wollongong) – 35

All-NBL Third Team
Peter Crawford (Townsville) – 32
Ayinde Ubaka (Cairns) – 31
Shawn Redhage (Perth) – 26
Adam Ballinger (Adelaide) – 20
Alex Loughton (Cairns) – 20

Referee of the Year
Michael Aylen

Basketball Writer of the Year
Boti Nagy (The Advertiser)

Best Feature Article
Michael Cowley (Sydney Morning Herald)

Best Radio Presentation Package
ABC Radio Sport (Adelaide)

Best Radio News Package
SEN 1116

Best Television Feature Story
Lennon Cooper (Fox Sports)

Best Television News Story
Patrick Dybell (Network Ten)

[Johno6]

well done to ervin, he wanted to win it pretty bad also!
cant believe kirk not in top 4!!

1 point in it tho.. crazy

[CK]

CK, Gary Ervin won the MVP award just. Congrats to Ballinger finishing equal third I had him in the top three due to the Khazzouh effect on the 36ers (no one else to take votes from him) but disappointed Kirk Penney didn't finish top four. I'm surprised Homicide finished equal third given he wasn't even in the league for around the first half of the season or so. Also well done to the SA boys Forman & Madgen.


Most Valuable Player – Andrew Gaze Trophy
Gary Ervin (Wollongong) – 119 votes
Julian Khazzouh (Sydney) – 118
Adam Ballinger (Adelaide) – 75
Corey Williams (Melbourne) – 75


Rookie of the Year
Ben Madgen (Sydney) – 64
Lucas Walker (Melbourne) – 32
Mitch Creek (Adelaide) - 28

All-NBL First Team
Kirk Penney (New Zealand) – 72
Gary Ervin (Wollongong) – 72
Julian Khazzouh (Sydney) – 71
Damian Martin (Perth) – 55
Gary Wilkinson (New Zealand) – 52

All-NBL Second Team
Ira Clark (Gold Coast) – 48
Adam Gibson (Gold Coast) – 48
Luke Schenscher (Townsville) – 42
Corey Williams (Melbourne) – 41
Glen Saville (Wollongong) – 35

All-NBL Third Team
Peter Crawford (Townsville) – 32
Ayinde Ubaka (Cairns) – 31
Shawn Redhage (Perth) – 26
Adam Ballinger (Adelaide) – 20
Alex Loughton (Cairns) – 20

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Bear in mind that Penney did miss some games early also. Williams also surprised me too, that's a fair effort. Most of us had the All Star Five nutted apart from Martin also.

[Johno6]

Yeah I thought Penney missing games at the start might cost him but I thought Ervin missed games also? Not sure now

[Gozu]

Yeah I thought Penney missing games at the start might cost him but I thought Ervin missed games also? Not sure now

I'm pretty sure Ervin missed 2 or 3 games plus there was that nine game losing streak the Hawks had and I don't think he was playing that well during the streak either.

Also I missed:

Best 6th Man - Kevin Braswell (New Zealand)

[Gozu]

NBL Semi-Final playoffs schedule:

iiNet NBL Semi-Finals Series One – New Zealand Breakers (1st) vs. Perth Wildcats (4th)

Game 1 - Thursday 7 April - 7:00PM local - North Shore Events Centre (Auckland)
Game 2 - Sunday 10 April - 1:00PM local - Challenge Stadium (Perth)
Game 3 (if required) - Wednesday 13 April - 7:00PM local – North Shore Events Centre (Auckland)


iiNet NBL Semi-Finals Series Two – Townsville Crocodiles (2nd) vs. Cairns Taipans (3rd)

Game 1 - Friday 8 April - 8:00PM local - Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre
Game 2 - Saturday 9 April - 7:30PM local - Cairns Convention Centre
Game 3 (if required) - Sunday 17 April - 2:00PM local - Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre

[Brucetiki]

Are any of the finals matches being televised?