2024-25 NBL Season + Off-season news

[Gozu]

Bryce Cotton with a big 59 points!

[Gozu]

Round 10 results:

Illawarra 109 (Olbrich 21, Kell 17, Harvey 15, Swaka Lo Buluk 13, Days 11, Froling 10) def NZ Breakers 71 (Jackson-Cartwright 19, King 11)

Sydney 81 (Oliver 26, Adams 22, Cooks 11) def Cairns 75 (Armstrong 28, Waardenburg 15, Edwards 10)

Perth 117 (Doolittle 17, Windler 15, Pepper 14, Cotton 13, Henshall 12, Okwera 12, Almansa 11, Pinder 11) def Brisbane 89 (Prather 31, Zikarsky 13, Cook 12, Batemon 10, White 10)

SE Melbourne 103 (Hunter 23, Foxwell 22, Glover 13, Hurt 13, Wieskamp 13, Sobey 12) def Illawarra 100 (Harvey 19, Days 18, Froling 14, Kell 14)

Tasmania 77 (Macdonald 15, Magnay 15, Drmic 14) def Adelaide 73 (Humphries 19, Vasiljevic 16)

Melbourne 101 (Goulding 28, Ili 18, Loe 15, White 13) def Sydney 98 (Oliver 21, Toohey 16, Bruce 12, Noi 12, Leaupepe 11, Adams 10, Cooks 10)

Perth 123 (Cotton 59, Almansa 17, Windler 15, Doolittle 13, Henshall 10) def NZ Breakers 112 (Jackson-Cartwright 34, Mennenga 25, Anticevich 10)

[Booney]

Went along Saturday night to my first 6ers game at the Ent Cent.

Good product on display, lots of hype for the kids, lots of plastic clappers to piss off the Dads, food and drink not too rude ( CC and Dry $15 the stand out rudeness ) and other than the display from the under manned 6ers a good night out. Would go again.

[amber_fluid]

Went along Saturday night to my first 6ers game at the Ent Cent.

Good product on display, lots of hype for the kids, lots of plastic clappers to piss off the Dads, food and drink not too rude ( CC and Dry $15 the stand out rudeness ) and other than the display from the under manned 6ers a good night out. Would go again.

I went Saturday night too.
Been to every home game so far this year(haven’t done that in 15 years).

Getting beer and food is so easy and reasonably priced as you mentioned(compared to AO anyway).

Atmosphere wasn’t as good Saturday night without the big fella Harrell but still a good crowd once again.
A tick under 10,000.

Get along if you haven’t already as it’s a good night out.

[mighty_tiger_79]

Former colleague of mine had season tickets.
Used them once a while back.
They do a good job of creating a party like atmosphere.
The cheerleaders are very talented.

[amber_fluid]

6ers with some work to do in the last quarter if we are to win this
Cotton is easily in the best 3 players to have ever played in this league
He’s unstoppable!

[mighty_tiger_79]

Disappointing loss by the 36ers
Perth off a loss at home Friday.

[amber_fluid]

Disappointing loss by the 36ers
Perth off a loss at home Friday.

With DJ not playing we were always going to struggle.
Get DJ and Harrell back next game and season is back on track

[Brodlach]

Dech out of the game allowed Cotton to do what he pleased

[amber_fluid]

Dech out of the game allowed Cotton to do what he pleased

That was definitely a turning point.
Watching Cotton live he is so good.
As good as anyone in this league, ever!
Works hard all game and some of his passing is next level

He is a protected species by the refs though.

[Gozu]

Round 11 results:

Melbourne 97 (Loe 25, White 16, Dellavedova 10, Ili 10) def NZ Breakers 70 (Mennenga 17, Mooney 17, Jackson-Cartwright 14, Darling 12)

Tasmania 99 (Doyle 21, Magnay 18, Deng 17, Macdonald 14, Drmic 10) def Cairns 90 (Armstrong 29, Groves 19, Waardenburg 19)

Brisbane 102 (Prather 33, Harrison 19, Norton 17, Smith-Milner 11, Batemon 10) def Adelaide 83 (Humphries 16, Cadee 13, Dech 13, Marshall 13, Martin 12, Rasmussen 10)

Illawarra 121 (Kell 26, Froling 17, Swaka Lo Buluk 17, Days 15, Peatling 14, Olbrich 12) def Perth 111 (Cotton 40, Almansa 15, Pepper 14, Henshall 12, Webster 10)

Sydney 98 (Adams 20, Cooks 20, Noi 19, Oliver 12) def NZ Breakers 83 (Jackson-Cartwright 21, Mooney 19, Mennenga 12)

SE Melbourne 99 (Sobey 26, Hurt 19, Glover 16, Weiskamp 14, Lewis 10) def Cairns 94 (Edwards 24, Armstrong 18, Waardenburg 14, Groves 11, Bradshaw 10)

Brisbane 122 (Cook 27, Prather 27, Batemon 25, Harrison 25, Norton 11) def Melbourne 114 (Clark 24, White 21, Loe 19, Dellavedova 18, Ili 18)

Perth 115 (Cotton 49, Henshall 15, Windler 13) def Adelaide 105 (Davis 37, Humphries 25, Dech 13)

Also the NZ Breakers have signed Kiwi Tai Wynyard as an injury replacement player. He's a 6'9" forward who has previously played in the NBL with the Breakers and Cairns Taipans and briefly played in China last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/breakers-sign-injury-cover

[amber_fluid]

Big Harrell is back baby!
Sixers great win.
99 for the breakers is a monster. Bloody useless though!

[LaughingKookaburra]

Dech out of the game allowed Cotton to do what he pleased

That was definitely a turning point.
Watching Cotton live he is so good.
As good as anyone in this league, ever!
Works hard all game and some of his passing is next level

He is a protected species by the refs though.

The league now is the best it’s ever been. We literally send over teams to the USA that on their day can knock off NBA franchises that make the play offs. It’s not saying they are as good, it’s more saying that 20-30 years ago our best side on their best day were getting rolled by 15-20+.

[DOC]

Cotton with another 44.

The best the league has seen.

[mighty_tiger_79]

Cotton with another 44.

The best the league has seen.

He will single-handedly win the trophy

[mal]

Gozu
Would Cotton be the best 3 point converter in the NBL ?

I still can't go past Andrew Gaze. Played 22 seasons and NBL's all-time leader in 3 pointers made with 1,826. Cotton's great but this is only his 9th season.

Comparing anyone with Andrew Gaze is unfair.
Cotton would have to be up there with Shane Heal and Brett Maher.

The Bryce
Injured this season
Now back and absolutely dominating
The Bryce is in fine form

[Gozu]

Round 12 results:

Tasmania 100 (Crawford 24, Macdonald 17, Sword 13, Doyle 10) def NZ Breakers 76 (Fall 16, Mooney 13, Jackson-Cartwright 11)

Brisbane 116 (Cook 33, Harrison 23, Batemon 16, Prather 16, White 13) def SE Melbourne 108 (Hurt 27, Sobey 25, Foxwell 20, Glover 20)

Illawarra 106 (Harvey 31, Froling 20, Kell 12, Days 10) def Melbourne 93 (Loe 19, Clark 16, White 13, Aliir 10, Ili 10)

Adelaide 111 (Davis 36, Harrell 21, Martin 16, Humphries 10) def NZ Breakers 94 (Jackson-Cartwright 25, Mooney 19, Lopez 12)

Perth 128 (Cotton 44, Windler 18, Pinder 13, Pepper 10) def Cairns 92 (Armstrong 24, Groves 23, Edwards 20, Bradshaw 13, Galloway 12)

SE Melbourne 109 (Hurt 28, Hunter 23, Sobey 22, Walton 14, Lewis 11) def Melbourne 97 (Clark 20, Ili 17, Cameron 15, Dellavedova 11, Loe 10)

Sydney 93 (Adams 32, Cooks 25, Noi 13, Toohey 10) def Brisbane 81 (Prather 28, Batemon 19, Harrison 14)

Melbourne United have announced they've signed young Aussie Dash Daniels as a Next Star for the 2025-26 season. The younger brother of NBA player Dyson he turns 17 later this month and is a 6'6" PG who has been at the NBA Global Academy in Canberra.

https://nbl.com.au/news/daniels-dashes- ... next-stars

Also the Tasmania JackJumpers have announced the signing of import Ian Hummer as a replacement for the released Craig Sword. He's a 6'7" PF who plays for the Azerbaijan national team and played in Japan last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/jackjumpers-announce-new-import

[Gozu]

Basketball Australia have announced the Boomers will be playing two FIBA Asia Cup Qualifier games in Gippsland against Indonesia on Thursday, February 20 and Thailand on Sunday, February 23.

https://nbl.com.au/news/australian-boom ... land-bound

Also I thought it worth mentioning that former 36ers coach Scott Ninnis has been named coach of the Adelaide Lightning in the WNBL for the rest of the season.

https://wnbl.basketball/adelaide/news/a ... ead-coach/

[amber_fluid]

Sixers were in it in the 1st quarter but after that couldn’t buy a basket.
Harrell’s shooting was very ordinary and Humphries looked disinterested

Without Davis we would have lost by more.

Really need DJ back to steady the ship and get big Harrell firing again after a poor game today.

[Gozu]

Round 13 results:

Sydney 92 (Noi 26, Toohey 21, Adams 17, Cooks 12) def NZ Breakers 84 (Jackson-Cartwright 25, Lopez 18, Fall 15)

Brisbane 107 (Prather 35, Cook 30, Harrison 12) def Cairns 104 (Edwards 27, Bradshaw 22, Armstrong 16, Groves 12, Higgins-Titsha 12)

SE Melbourne 106 (Walton 28, Hurt 23, Glover 15, Hunter 12, Sobey 10) def Adelaide 86 (Davis 24, Humphries 17, Harrell 15, Mayen 10)

Illawarra 120 (Kell 31, Froling 18, Harvey 15, Days 13, Lee 10) def Perth 88 (Pinder 16, Cotton 13, M. Harris 11, Pepper 11, Windler 10)

Tasmania 97 (Crawford 16, Te Rangi 15, Steindl 12, Deng 11, Doyle 11) def Melbourne 91 (Goulding 18, Dellavedova 16, Lee 14, Ili 13, White 12, Loe 10)

Brisbane 111 (Prather 36, Cook 24, White 22, Harrison 14) def Adelaide 90 (Davis 32, Harrell 16, Martin 14)

Tasmania 97 (Crawford 26, Deng 20, Te Rangi 12) def NZ Breakers 82 (Jackson-Cartwright 23, King 12, Fall 11, Mennenga 11)

Illawarra 111 (Kell 26, Harvey 22, Froling 14, Hickey 12, Days 10) def Sydney 108 (Toohey 25, Noi 24, Adams 18, Leaupepe 14, Cooks 11)