SA Footy

Round 1 of the 2011/12 NBL season opens with three games this weekend on One.

Friday night Kings @ Tigers at 10:40pm

Saturday night Wildcats @ 36ers at 10:30pm

Sunday night Breakers at Hawks at 10:30pm

Here are this seasons teams:

ADELAIDE 36ers

Coach: Marty Clarke

Returning: Adam Ballinger, Daniel Johnson, Darren Ng, Nathan Herbert, Mitch Creek, Tom Daly

In: Chris Warren*, Stephen Weigh (Wildcats), Nathan Crosswell (Crocs), Wade Helliwell (Tigers)

Out: Eddie Shannon*, Jacob Holmes (Crocs), Brad Hill (Taipans), Aaron Bruce (Kings), Rhys Carter, Jeff Dowdell (Taipans), Sam Harris


CAIRNS TAIPANS

Coach: Aaron Fearne

Returning: Alex Loughton, Dusty Rychart, Ian Crosswhite, Aaron Grabau, Kerry Williams, Dean Brebner

In: Jamar Wilson*, Andrew Warren*, Brad Hill (36ers), Jeff Dowdell (36ers), Deba George

Out: Ayinde Ubaka* (Tigers), Ron Dorsey* (Tigers), Daniel Dillon (Tigers), Phill Jones, Lindsay Tait

GOLD COAST BLAZE

Coach: Joey Wright

Returning: Mark Worthington, James Harvey, Adam Gibson, Anthony Petrie, Chris Goulding, Stephen Hoare, Jason Cadee, Tom Garlepp

In: Mike English*, Will Hudson*

Out: Ira Clark*, Darryl Hudson*, Luke Kendall, Pero Vasiljevic

MELBOURNE TIGERS

Coach: Trevor Gleeson

Returning: Cameron Tragardh, Matt Burston, Lucas Walker, Tommy Greer, Bennie Lewis

In: Ayinde Ubaka* (Taipans), Ron Dorsey* (Taipans), Patrick Mills, Daniel Dillon (Taipans), Liam Rush, Josh Wilcher

Out: Corey Williams*, Daryl Corletto (Breakers), Wade Helliwell (36ers)

NEW ZEALAND BREAKERS

Coach: Andrej Lemanis

Returning: Gary Wilkinson*, CJ Bruton, Tom Abercrombie, Mika Vukona, Alex Pledger, Dillon Boucher, Leon Henry

In: Cedric Jackson*, Daryl Corletto (Tigers), BJ Anthony, Josh Bloxham

Out: Kevin Braswell*, Kirk Penney, Corey Webster, Paul Henare

PERTH WILDCATS

Coach: Rob Beveridge

Returning: Kevin Lisch*, Shawn Redhage, Damian Martin, Matthew Knight, Jesse Wagstaff, Brad Robbins, Cameron Tovey, Drew Williamson, Jeremiah Trueman, Greg Hire

In: Luke Nevill

Out: Andre Brown*, Stephen Weigh (36ers)

SYDNEY KINGS

Coach: Ian Robilliard

Returning: Julian Khazzouh, Luke Cooper, Luke Martin, Ben Madgen, Graeme Dann

In: Jerai Grant*, Kevin Ratzsch*, Aaron Bruce (36ers), Anatoly Bose, Alex Gynes, Martin Iti

Out: Trey Gilder*, Patrick Sanders*, Mark Dickel, Ben Knight, Blagoj Janev, Jarred Scoines


TOWNSVILLE CROCODILES

Coach: Paul Woolpert

Returning: Luke Schenscher, Peter Crawford, Russell Hinder, Michael Cedar, Chris Cedar, Ben Allen, Todd Blanchfield, Keegan Tudehope

In: Eddie Gill*, Elvin Mims*, Jacob Holmes (36ers), Mitch Norton, Greg Vanderjagt

Out: Will Blalock*, Rosell Ellis*, Nathan Crosswell (36ers), Brad Williamson

WOLLONGONG HAWKS

Coach: Gordie McLeod

Returning: Glen Saville, Larry Davidson, Oscar Forman, Rhys Martin, David Gruber, Tim Coenraad, Mat Campbell, Tyson Demos, Daniel Jackson, Zac Delaney
In: Joevan Catron*
Out: Gary Ervin*, Tim Behrendorff

* Imports

Andrew Bogut's presence will make Sydney strong as long as he's there. How long he's there remains to be seen, but I can't see anyone stopping him scoring on offense if NBA defenders struggle to and down the other end he'll make it very, very hard to score anywhere near the paint and will swallow rebounds galore. Whether Sydney play through him exclusively remains to be seen. It might be a fool's paradise if he leaves halfway through the season so they might play their normal sets and make him work to have an influence so when he does return to the US they don't have to change a thing.

He will average a double double no problems, but more like 30/20

Tips for this round - and if anyone is keen, I have a NBL Tipping League running through the NBL website tipping comp. League Code - 289309, so feel free to join:

MELBOURNE V Sydney
GOLD COAST v New Zealand
ADELAIDE v Perth
CAIRNS v Townsville
Wollongong v NEW ZEALAND.

Reports this morning that he wont play now because the insurance cannot be worked out

Brodlach wrote:Reports this morning that he wont play now because the insurance cannot be worked out

Correct:

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/bas ... 6160889745

his insurance was always going to be the problem obviously... cant someone just hook a brother up

Anyone keen to have a crack* at picking the final ladder?

Perth
Gold Coast
New Zealand
Melbourne

Adelaide
Wollongong
Sydney
Cairns
Townsville

Sydney
Perth
Melbourne
Gold Coast
Townsville
New Zealand
Adelaide
Cairns
Wollongong

Perth
Gold Coast
Melbourne
New Zealand

Sydney
Adelaide
Townsville
Wollongong
Cairns

Geez basketball's gone further backwards in this country, the 36ers squad looks abysmal.

Harsh Wedgie

Basketball will go forward in leaps and bounds this year. Mills will give great exposure and most games covered on free to air. Ahhh if only Bogut could play. Adelaide team has not many big names but it looks a solid unit IMO.

Full Time

Melbourne 82
Sydney 76

Gold Coast 39
New Zealand 39

About 2 mins to go before half time

NZ dominate 4th quarter to win
102-87

brod wrote:NZ dominate 4th quarter to win
102-87

Very good start for the Breakers on the road, particularly with no Kirk Penney this season. GC and NZ play very attacking as a rule, so to fire off 189 points in the first game is an ominous sign early.

1. Perth
2. New Zealand
3. Gold Coast
4. Melbourne

5. Townsville
6. Cairns
7. Sydney
8. Adelaide
9. Wollongong

Shame about Bogut but it did start to look like it was going pear shaped towards the end there.

36ers on TV tonight

Regular season schedule including TV games:

http://www.nbl.com.au/fileadmin/user_up ... ing_TV.pdf

Quarter Time:

Sixers 24
Perth 27

Half Time:

Sixers 39
Perth 53