2011/12 NBL Season/off-season news/Boomers

[Keefy]

how did australia go in the end.
i fell asleep after abut 10 mins of the first term.

Lost by 19

[Gozu]

Well done to that young Australian select team to win the silver at the Stankovic Cup, losing to a full-strength China by 19 in the final is a great effort. The Mavs Yi Jianlian led all scorers with 14 points.

In NBL news the Wollongong Hawks have announced they will be playing two exhibition games against US colleges in the same weekend at the Snakepit. They will be playing Washington State on Friday 10th August and then Northern Colorado on Sunday 12th August.

[Gozu]

The NZ Breakers have announced they've signed a new import in former Blaze PF/C Will Hudson.

[Gozu]

Gold Coast Blaze have withdrawn from the NBL!

[beef]

Gold Coast Blaze have withdrawn from the NBL!

Maybe the NBL should limit teams to one per state.

[saintal]

Teams that have folded/disappeared over my time following the sport (may have forgotten a few):

VIC- Eastside Spectres, Sth Melb Saints, SE Melb Magic, North Melb Giants, Victoria Titans, Victoria Giants, South Dragons, Geelong Supercats
NSW- Canberra Cannons, Newcastle Falcons, WS Razorbacks, Sydney Spirit, Sydney Kings (version 1), Hunter Pirates
QLD- Brisbane Bullets, GC Rollers, GC Blaze
TAS- Hobart Devils
Other- Singapore Slingers

Bloody ridiculous and depressing really, athough at least in recent times the league has been more stable. Until now..

[beef]

Then u got teams like West Adelaide, St. Kilda, Nunawading ? that all "merged" to make some other teams that have since gone also. Wont be long until the whole comp goes i think. Any good Australian goes to college then Europe if cant crack the NBA anyway. 10 min qtrs, 5 fouls stupid rules anyway. NO record will ever be broken if games are 8 minutes shorter than previously. Gaze would average 30 nearly every year, this years leading scorer averaged 17. The league is a joke and no one cares. We will struggle to finish top ten at the olympics, australian basketball is dead

[Gozu]

Then u got teams like West Adelaide, St. Kilda, Nunawading ? that all "merged" to make some other teams that have since gone also. Wont be long until the whole comp goes i think. Any good Australian goes to college then Europe if cant crack the NBA anyway. 10 min qtrs, 5 fouls stupid rules anyway. NO record will ever be broken if games are 8 minutes shorter than previously. Gaze would average 30 nearly every year, this years leading scorer averaged 17. The league is a joke and no one cares. We will struggle to finish top ten at the olympics, australian basketball is dead

I'm a realist but this post is pretty over the top for mine. I'm not going to pretend teams are raking in the cash and everything is going smoothly but the league as a whole is on the up and can't be held responsible for the poor management of the Blaze by their owners.

Now you can question the NBL giving a licence to a family of multi-millionaires (the Tomlinson's) back in 2007 without a sustainble business plan (all Gold Coast sporting teams struggle and/or fold, the Suns would be too if not bankrolled by the AFL), unable to atract serious sponsorship, the team supposedly having a lot of hanger on types on the payroll, signing guys like Mark Worthington to AFL type money, high rental costs for the GC Convention Centre, poor crowds and until this very season a lack of success (five years in the league and only won their first playoff game this past season).

Supposedly the Tomlinson's sunk around $12 million into the Blaze in their 5 years of existence which is obviously ridiculous and once they lost the Brendan Joyce court case (found to have owed their fomer coach around $350k) combined with their large payroll (Wortho on $200k+ a season) decided to pull the pin. I don't think the NBL can really be blamed for that.

[Gozu]

Now sure this is Basketball Australia trying to put a positive spin on things today whilst announcing the NBL will be an 8 team league this season but still this from the media release today:

· Attendance has grown by 20% since governance reform in 2009/10;
· This year’s finals series attendance grew from 26,000 to 52,500;
· The NBL secured a five-year, free to air broadcast contract with Network Ten (and recently released a significantly enhanced broadcast position for the remaining 3 years of the contract);
· This season’s total audiences in Australia and New Zealand shot up by 457,000;
· Licensing program sales have grown by 298% this season;
· Website visitation is achieving 50 % growth year on year; and
· The league has invested in the development of the four year NBL Business Plan “Transition 2015” and committed to achieving its outcomes

In other news the Boomers started their pre-Olympic warm up games in Europe last night with the first of a two game series against gold medal contender Spain in Spain:

Game 1

Spain 75 (P. Gasol 22, Reyes 12) def Australia 69 (Newley 16, Mills 14, Andersen 12, Ingles 10)

[brod]

Now sure this is Basketball Australia trying to put a positive spin on things today whilst announcing the NBL will be an 8 team league this season but still this from the media release today:

· Attendance has grown by 20% since governance reform in 2009/10;
· This year’s finals series attendance grew from 26,000 to 52,500;
· The NBL secured a five-year, free to air broadcast contract with Network Ten (and recently released a significantly enhanced broadcast position for the remaining 3 years of the contract);
· This season’s total audiences in Australia and New Zealand shot up by 457,000;
· Licensing program sales have grown by 298% this season;
· Website visitation is achieving 50 % growth year on year; and
· The league has invested in the development of the four year NBL Business Plan “Transition 2015” and committed to achieving its outcomes

In other news the Boomers started their pre-Olympic warm up games in Europe last night with the first of a two game series against gold medal contender Spain in Spain:

Game 1

Spain 75 (P. Gasol 22, Reyes 12) def Australia 69 (Newley 16, Mills 14, Andersen 12, Ingles 10)

I really wonder if you took NZ out of the stats how it would fare in Australia.
I was in NZ when the Breakers won in May 2011 and the nation was all over it...Street Parade, keys to the city etc...

[brod]

Nathan Jawai has signed to play along side Joe Ingles at FC Barcelona

[Gozu]

I really wonder if you took NZ out of the stats how it would fare in Australia.
I was in NZ when the Breakers won in May 2011 and the nation was all over it...Street Parade, keys to the city etc...

Yeah thats right Brod, they're juiced up figures because like you said the Breakers are going gangbusters in NZ these past couple of years but they only make up 1/9 now 1/8 of the league. Other than the Wildcats in Perth who are also doing really well the rest of the teams are struggling a bit here.

Really the Gold Coast is a blackhole for sports teams and the NBL should've thought harder about giving the Blaze a licence back in '07, some Brisbane people are still trying to get the Bullets back up again and if anything that should be the NBL's focus given the size of Brisbane's population but from all reports basketball in general is really struggling in South-East Queensland at the moment in all aspects.

[Johno6]

36ers possible lookin to sign Gibson and Petrie from Gold Coast

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/bas ... 6429377065


couple nice picks ups.

[Gozu]

Gibson & Petrie would be some very nice additions for the 36ers and I dare say would mean we would go with an all-aussie lineup this season.

The Boomers two game series against Spain concluded this morning with yet another excellent result for us.

Game 2

Spain 81 (Calderon 16, P. Gasol 16, Llull 14, Ibaka 10, Reyes 10) def Australia 75 (Mills 15, Andersen 12, Barlow 11, Ingles 11)

[Gozu]

The Boomers went down to Brazil in a pre-Olympic warm up game in France earlier this morning:

Brazil 87 (Splitter 17, Nene 12, Viera De Sousa 12, Garcia 11) def Australia 71 (Andersen 16, Mills 14, Baynes 11)

[Gozu]

The 36ers have announced they've signed former Blaze big man Anthony Petrie to a two-year deal with an option for a third year.

In other news the Boomers completed their Olympic warm up games with an excellent win over France in France this morning:

Australia 69 (Ingles 16, Mills 13, Baynes 11, Andersen 10) def France 67 (De Colo 17, Batum 14)

[Gozu]

Sydney Kings today announcing they've completed their roster for this season with the signing of Kevin Smith an American born naturalised Kiwi who has been playing in the NZ league and has previously played in Australia in the Big V & SEABL competitions.

[Gozu]

It's official the 36ers have now signed current Boomer/ex-Blaze guard Adam Gibson to a one-year deal with an option for a second year.

http://www.nbl.com.au/news/article/2012 ... lympian-1/

Good to see after three years down around the bottom of the ladder the 36ers will be a championship contender this season.

[Keefy]

It's official the 36ers have now signed current Boomer/ex-Blaze guard Adam Gibson to a one-year deal with an option for a second year.

http://www.nbl.com.au/news/article/2012 ... lympian-1/

Good to see after three years down around the bottom of the ladder the 36ers will be a championship contender this season.

So just the import spots vacant now?

[Gozu]

So just the import spots vacant now?

Pretty sure we signed Gibson & Petrie instead of imports, supposedly an all-aussie team this season.