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saintal wrote:

Gozu wrote:Game 2

Sydney 90 (Cooks 20, Martin 20, Vasiljevic 20) def Tasmania 86 (Adams 36, Weeks 11, Magette 10, McVeigh 10)

Kings lead the series 2-0

Great game to watch. The JJ's live and die by the 3 pointer to some extent, jacked up a few iffy long range shots in the final minutes that didn't fall.

36ers play book for the last 10 years

saintal wrote:Great game to watch. The JJ's live and die by the 3 pointer to some extent, jacked up a few iffy long range shots in the final minutes that didn't fall.

It was a great game to watch. I was hoping the JJ's might pinch it but as you said they fell too in love with jacking up three's late whilst the Kings kept executing down the other end with that big shot by Vasiljevic icing it and carried on a bit afterwards, reportedly he's received death threats since too.

What wasn't good was Kings coach Chase Buford kicking a hole in the electronic signage and avoiding being suspended just got another fine for his poor behaviour.

The NZ Breakers have announced that Dan Shamir has stepped down as coach and assistant coach Mody Maor has been appointed as their new head coach.

https://nbl.com.au/news/shamir-steps-do ... head-coach

Game 3

Sydney 97 (Cooks 23, Clark 22, Martin 22, Makur 10) def Tasmania 88 (Adams 27, McIntosh 14, Magette 12, Weeks 11)

Kings win the Championshp 3-0

Grand Final MVP: Xavier Cooks, Sydney

The Cairns Taipans have announced they've picked up the options on the contracts of Keanu Pinder and Bul Khol for next season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/taipans-retain- ... inning-duo

Also the NZ Breakers have signed Kiwi Dan Fotu to a 2 year deal. The 6'7" PF just finished playing his college ball at St. Mary's.

https://nbl.com.au/news/new-zealand-bre ... n-dan-fotu

I forgot to mention that former Illawarra Hawks coach Brian Goorjian has now signed on to coach a Chinese team in a new East Asia Super League.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/g ... story.html

Goorjian will be staying on as Boomers coach.

The 36ers have announced they've re-signed promising youngster Nick Marshall to a 2 year deal. The 6'5" forward will remain a Development Player next season and will then come onto the roster in 2023-24.

https://nbl.com.au/news/nick-marshall-r ... with-36ers

Also the Sydney Kings have picked up the option on Angus Glover's contract bringing him back next season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/glover-returning-to-sydney

The SE Melbourne Phoenix have announced a couple of big re-signings star forward Mitch Creek has re-signed to a 3 year deal and head coach Simon Mitchell has re-signed to a one-year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/creek-mitchell- ... th-phoenix

Also Melbourne United have re-signed veteran forward Brad Newley to a one-year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/newley-stays-united

The Free Agency period begins this Friday and here is a list of the free agents and contracted players:

https://nbl.com.au/news/star-studded-fr ... ins-friday

Special mention too former Boomers and 36ers point guard Adam Gibson has announced his retirement.

https://twitter.com/NBL/status/15268374 ... gr%5Etweet

The 35 year old Tasmanian played four years with the 36ers and won two NBL championships in 2007 (Bullets) & 2009 (Dragons). He was also the NBL Defensive player of the year in 2009 and played for the Boomers at the 2012 Olympics in London and also the 2010 World Championships & 2014 World Cup. He had a brief stint with SE Melbourne again this season as a Covid replacement player.

The Tasmania JackJumpers have announced they've re-signed NBL Coach of the Year Scott Roth for 3 years with an option for a further year.

https://nbl.com.au/news/scott-roth-to-l ... -3-seasons

Also Melbourne United have announced they've signed Makuach Maluach to a one-year deal. The Sudanese-Australian is a 6'7" forward who played in Finland last season and is currently playing for the Darwin Salties in the NBL1 North.

https://nbl.com.au/news/melbourne-sign-makuach-maluach

Also the Illawarra Hawks have signed former Sydney Kings swingman Wani Swaka Lo Buluk to a 2 year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/hawks-sign-wani-swaka-lo-buluk

The NZ Breakers have announced they've re-signed Aussie PG Will McDowell-White to a one-year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/breakers-retain ... well-white

The Sydney Kings have re-signed veteran PG Shaun Bruce to a 2 year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/shaun-bruce-re-signs-in-sydney

Also the Perth Wildcats have re-signed guard Kyle Zunic to a 2 year deal and elevated him to the roster.

https://nbl.com.au/news/wildcats-elevate-zunic

The 36ers have announced they've signed swingman Anthony Drmic to a 2 year deal, the second year a mutual option. Drmic played four years with the Sixers from 2016-2020 and returns to the club for a second stint after spending the last two seasons with the Bullets.

https://nbl.com.au/news/anthony-drmic-s ... b-adelaide

The 36ers have announced another signing Kyrin Galloway joining the team on a 2 year deal. He's a 6'8" forward that spent the past couple of seasons with the NZ Breakers.

https://nbl.com.au/news/adelaide-add-kyrin-galloway

The Perth Wildcats have announced they've re-signed Todd Blanchfield to a 3 year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/todd-blanchfiel ... g-in-perth

Also the Brisbane Bullets have signed forward Kody Stattmann to a one-year deal. The 6'7" Queenslander just finished playing his college ball at the University of Virginia.

https://nbl.com.au/news/stattmann-signs-with-brisbane

Sotto working out with Orlando , Atlanta and the Knicks.

Expected to have workouts with a further 8 teams.

The Brisbane Bullets have signed F/C Harry Froling to a one-year deal. Froling returns to the Bullets for a second stint with the team after playing with the Illawarra Hawks last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/harry-froling-r ... o-brisbane

Also the NZ Breakers have signed Kiwi PF Tom Vodanovich to a 2 year deal. He is returning to the Breakers for a second stint after spending the past couple of seasons with the Sydney Kings.

https://nbl.com.au/news/vodanovich-head ... o-breakers

A big announcement for the Cairns Taipans re-signing star import Tahjere McCall to a 2 year deal. He's currently playing for the Otago Nuggets in the NZ league during the off-season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/mccall-re-signs-in-cairns

Another star player signing with the Sydney Kings re-signing Dejan Vasiljevic to a 3 year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/vasiljevic-re-signs-in-sydney

Also ESPN has signed a deal with FIBA to be the broadcast channel of international hoops for the next four years. The deal not only includes all Boomers & Opals games but also the 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup starting in Sydney in September, the 2023 FIBA Men's World Cup along with FIBA qualifiers and Continental Cups. The Boomers play a World Cup qualifying series against China & Japan starting June 30 in Melbourne.

https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/05/espn-s ... -fiba.html

The Illawarra Hawks have signed PF Deng Deng to a one-year deal. Deng returns to the Hawks for a second stint with the team after playing for the Bullets last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/deng-deng-heads ... -illawarra

The Tasmania JackJumpers have re-signed Development Player Sean Macdonald to a one-year deal with an option for another year.

https://nbl.com.au/news/dp-sean-macdona ... h-tasmania

Also import Scott Machado has announced his departure from the Cairns Taipans after 3 seasons with the team.

https://nbl.com.au/news/machado-confirm ... -departure

Rumour Adelaide have signed Cleveland from Illawarra and Franks from Brisbane is a big chance.


Xavier Munford is anther they are interested in

Brodlach wrote:Rumour Adelaide have signed Cleveland from Illawarra and Franks from Brisbane is a big chance.


Xavier Munford is anther they are interested in

Cleveland would be a very good get if it happens.

The Sydney Kings have announced they've re-signed Grand Final MVP Xavier Cooks to a 3 year deal. Cooks is currently playing in the NZ league during the off-season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/gf-mvp-xavier-c ... ith-sydney

The Sydney Kings have also signed forward Kouat Noi to a 2 year deal. Noi spent the past three seasons with the Taipans.

https://nbl.com.au/news/kouat-noi-signs-in-sydney

Also the NZ Breakers have announced they've signed SF Cameron Gliddon to a 2 year deal. Gliddon had been at the Phoenix for the past couple of seasons.

https://nbl.com.au/news/breakers-add-cam-gliddon

Speaking of the SEM Phoenix have agreed to the release of Kiwi Izayah Le'afa who asked to be released from the final year of his contract to return home.

https://nbl.com.au/news/leafa-and-phoenix-agree-release

The Tasmania JackJumpers have re-signed import Josh Magette to a one-year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/magette-re-sign ... ackjumpers

Also the Brisbane Bullets have signed DJ Mitchell to a 2 year deal. He's a 6'8" forward and the son of former NBL import Mike Mitchell. DJ was born in Melbourne and played in the Netherlands last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/bullets-add-son ... j-mitchell

Cleveland officially announced for Adelaide

As mentioned the 36ers have officially signed import Antonius Cleveland to a 2 year deal. He won the NBL's Defensive player of the year award and made the All-NBL First Team with the Illawarra Hawks last season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/adelaide-add-an ... uster-move

The Cairns Taipans have also pulled off a big signing announcing they've signed highly touted Kiwi big Sam Waardenburg to a 2 year deal. He's a 6'10" forward who just finished playing his college ball at the University of Miami.

https://www.taipans.com/news/taipans-se ... aardenburg

The SE Melbourne Phoenix have also announced the signing of Sudanese-Australian Junior Madut to a 2 year deal. The 6'6" swingman just finished playing his college ball at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

https://nbl.com.au/news/phoenix-add-junior-madut

Also Basketball Australia has named the Boomers team for the upcoming FIBA WC Qualifiers against Japan and China:

Matthew Dellavedova - Melbourne United
Mitch McCarron - Adelaide 36ers
Will McDowell-White - New Zealand Breakers
Sam McDaniel - Tasmania JackJumpers
Wani Swaka Lo Buluk - Illawarra Hawks
Todd Blanchfield - Perth Wildcats
Clint Steindl - Tasmania JackJumpers
Jack White - Melbourne United
Jack McVeigh - Tasmania JackJumpers
Keanu Pinder - Cairns Taipans
Thon Maker - Long Island Nets (NBA G-League)
Sam Froling - Illawarra Hawks

https://nbl.com.au/news/boomers-team-na ... fiers-june