2013/14 NBL Season + Off-season news/Boomers

[wristwatcher]

Went to my first game in 10 years last night with the kids, thoroughly enjoyed, some miraculous shots going in when fouled.
Weird experience as I was used to us having a strong outside game and being hopeless inside where now its the opposite.
Also weird that our two best players were white!
Gibson and Creek were fantastic to watch.
Also weird that I knew more Townsville players than 36ers! (Hinder, Holmes and Crawford).
You could add Mike Kelly their assistant coach to that)
Paid extra for great 4th row seats right behind the Townsville coach
Will be back again soon for sure, a great night!
Only disappointment was they dont sell Coopers anymore!

No mention of the Muzz Buzz horn bags, one of them had an underwear malfunction last night it was fantastic. But a great night and one of the better games I have seen live. Probably my only low light was Gazza having an off night and not getting heaps of minutes but everyone who got minutes contributed, even Schensh eventually after a horror start and putting up some schoolboy shots. Great atmosphere and the crowd exploded on some of those fast breaks that turned into 3 point plays.

[Wedgie]

I preferred the days when the dancers wore the red, yellow and blur but yeah I did have a perve.
Was funny as when we used to go, my daughter used to go out and dance with them when she was about 4 and she was with me and is 17 now but she still remembered the fun she used to have.

[Gozu]

Round 14 results:

Sydney 92 (Young 31, Ogilvy 19, Carmouche 11) def Cairns 88 (Wilson 20, Gliddon 18, Burston 13, Loughton 12)

Perth 97 (Redhage 24, Beal 19, Ennis 15, Wagstaff 13, Martin 12) def New Zealand 72 (Wilkinson 21, Johnson 12, Vukona 10)

Adelaide 92 (Gibson 28, Johnson 16, Creek 15, Petrie 12) def Townsville 79 (Crawford 15, Conklin 14, Pace 14)

Sydney 97 (Harvey 21, Garlepp 16, Hill 13, Madgen 12, Ogilvy 12) def Melbourne 84 (Morrison 25, Worthington 19, Tomlinson 11, Goulding 10)

Cairns 79 (McCamey 20, Weigh 18, Wilson 16, Loughton 11) def Wollongong 77 (Tiggs 27, Clarke 15, Coenraad 10, Forman 10, Gruber 10)

[Gozu]

James Ennis with the huge dunk over Casey Frank on Friday night:

[Gozu]

Interesting move with the Perth Wildcats signing former Breaker and last season former Wildcat big man Jeremiah Trueman as a temporary injury replacement for Matt Knight.

[Johno6]

Is Sam Young heading to china or something to play?

[Gozu]

Is Sam Young heading to china or something to play?

Nah Puerto Rico once the NBL season has finished. A few other NBL players go over there to play during the off-season.

[Brodlach]

Daniel Johnson looking at going too

[Gozu]

NBL games coming up on TV this weekend:

Friday night: Melbourne @ Perth at 9:30pm (One)

Sunday afternoon: Adelaide @ Sydney at 2pm (Ten)

[Johno6]

Word is Townsville are so broke that they wont even see out the season?
and that there wont be a team in Tasmania any time soon

[Gozu]

That was a massive win by the Tigers tonight in Perth, Wortho was huge all game and hit the game winning 3 on the buzzer, 83-80.

From start to finish probably the best game I've seen this season.

Word is Townsville are so broke that they wont even see out the season?
and that there wont be a team in Tasmania any time soon

The Crocs have come out and said they will look at things after the season but supposedly the NBL are pretty keen to keep them around next season.

[Gozu]

Round 15 results:

New Zealand 106 (Johnson 21, Abercrombie 20, Wilkinson 20, Webster 13, Vukona 11) def Wollongong 101 (Tiggs 24, Clarke 23, Gruber 21, Martin 15, Forman 11)

Cairns 90 (Wilson 23, Gliddon 18, McCamey 17, Weigh 17) def Townsville 79 (Conklin 26, Markovic 21)

Melbourne 83 (Worthington 24, Goulding 23, Tomlinson 13, Morrison 12) def Perth 80 (Jervis 21, Ennis 19, Redhage 15, Martin 12)

Sydney 105 (Madgen 25, Garlepp 21, Young 21) def Adelaide 93 (Johnson 28, Ervin 24, Frye 13)

Melbourne 86 (Goulding 31, Greer 21, Tomlinson 13, Morrison 12) def Wollongong 78 (Forman 21, Tiggs 16, Clarke 13)

[Gozu]

Mark Worthington's game winner on Friday night:

[Gozu]

NBL games coming up on TV this weekend:

Friday night: Sydney @ NZ Breakers at 10pm (One)

Sunday afternoon: Perth @ Melbourne at 2pm (Ten)

[Gozu]

Sam Young this time with the massive dunk on Casey Frank:

[Gozu]

Round 16 results:

New Zealand 105 (Abercrombie 20, Johnson 17, Wilkinson 17, Vukona 15, Te Rangi 14, Frank 11) def Sydney 87 (Young 29, Madgen 20, Carmouche 16, Ogilvy 12)

Cairns 99 (Weigh 21, Gliddon 16, McCamey 14, Loughton 13, Steindl 13, Wilson 12) def Perth 94 (OT) (Ennis 32, Redhage 27, Wagstaff 13, Beal 11)

Townsville 80 (Markovic 20, Pace 14, Conklin 12, Crawford 12, Norton 10) def Wollongong 67 (Tiggs 17, Coenraad 15, Clarke 12, Forman 10)

Adelaide 89 (Johnson 33, Ervin 17, Creek 13, Gibson 10) def Cairns 87 (Loughton 18, Wilson 17, Steindl 15, Weigh 13, Gliddon 11)

Perth 81 (Beal 21, Wagstaff 18, Ennis 16, Jervis 12) def Melbourne 57 (Worthington 14, Farrakhan 12)

[Johno6]

Sam Young this time with the massive dunk on Casey Frank:

he would be pretty happy he came back to the nbl, hes on (the wrong end) of a few highlight plays

[Gozu]

That's what I've always liked about Casey Frank he's never been afraid of getting dunked on. Too many guys especially in the NBA are to proud to challenge dunks, it's also why I always liked Alonzo Mourning he never shied away from trying to block a dunk.

Problem is everyone always remembers the ones you don't block



Also Sydney Kings double for January with Sam Young named player of the month and Shane Heal coach of the month.

[Gozu]

NBL games coming up on TV this weekend:

Friday night: Perth @ Townsville at 9:30pm (One)

Sunday afternoon: Adelaide @ Wollongong at 2pm (Ten)

[Johno6]

TV Guide is saying the game is on at 8pm tonight?