2023-24 NBL Season + Off-season news

[mighty_tiger_79]

Melbourne got busted for 6 on the court

[Gozu]

Round 19 results:

NZ Breakers 88 (Jackson-Cartwright 31, McDowell-White 16, Rubstavicius 13, Cheatham 12) def Illawarra 85 (Harvey 22, Froling 16, Clark 15, Robinson 14)

Brisbane 102 (Sobey 37, Norton 15, Baynes 10) def Adelaide 84 (Vasiljevic 28, Galloway 13, Kell 13, Humphries 11)

Tasmania 94 (Macdonald 11, Magnay 11, McVeigh 11, Steindl 11, Crawford 10, Drmic 10, Lee 10) def SE Melbourne 67 (Nader 19, Ayre 13)

Perth 117 (Cotton 26, Pinder 18, Usher 18, Doolittle 15, Sarr 14) def Cairns 88 (Miller 25, Waardenburg 19, Klintman 11)

Melbourne 94 (Lual-Acuil 19, Clark 18, Dellavedova 12, Ili 12, Goulding 10) def NZ Breakers 81 (Jackson-Cartwright 24, McDowell-White 19, Mathiang 17, Cheatham 13)

Illawarra 106 (Clark 22, Harvey 21, Swaka Lo Buluk 16, Froling 11, Hickey 11, Robinson 10) def Sydney 95 (Valentine 21, Adams 18, Galloway 15, Hunter 13, Hogg 11)

[Gozu]

NZ Breakers veteran forward Tom Abercrombie has announced he will retire at the end of the season after a 16 year career in the NBL including being a four-time NBL champion with the Breakers.

https://nbl.com.au/news/abercrombie-cal ... nbl-career

[Gozu]

Local boy and Melbourne United veteran Brad Newley has also announced he will retire at the end of the season. Played for the Boomers at the 2008 & 2012 Olympics and played his best years in Europe after starting out in the NBL with a bang at Townsville.

https://nbl.com.au/news/newley-calls-ti ... nal-career

A real shame he never played for the 36ers both initially in 2004 when the 36ers bungled his contract with Ian Stacker then managing to lure him to the Crocs and then after being drafted in the 2007 NBA Draft the Houston Rockets told him to go and play in Europe so he exercised the Euro out-clause in his NBL contract he had just signed with the 36ers and ultimately never did play a game for us. Great career though and supposedly was a big fan favourite during his four years playing at Gran Canaria in Spain.

Also the 36ers have announced that club legend and inaugural captain Peter Ali will be inducted into the club's Hall of Fame. Ali won two NBL championships with West Adelaide in 1982 and then Adelaide in 1986 and played for the Boomers at the 1980 Olympics.

https://nbl.com.au/news/peter-ali-to-be ... ll-of-fame

[Gozu]

The Boomers squad has been announced for the FIBA Asia qualifiers against South Korea in Bendigo on Thursday February 22 and against Indonesia in Jakarta on Sunday February 25.

Full roster

Taran Armstrong (Cairns Taipans)
Dejan Vasiljevic (Adelaide 36ers)
Ben Henshall (Perth Wildcats)
Nicholas Kay (Shimane Susanoo Magic - Japan)
Isaac Humphries (Adelaide 36ers)
Mitch McCarron (Adelaide 36ers)
Jordan Hunter (Sydney Kings)
Josh Bannan (Brisbane Bullets)
Nick Marshall (Adelaide 36ers)
Rocco Zikarsky (Brisbane Bullets)
Kye Savage (Centre of Excellence)
Josh Dent (Centre of Excellence)

https://nbl.com.au/news/nine-nbl-repres ... qualifiers

[Brodlach]

Four 36ers, and we will finish close to bottom

[mighty_tiger_79]

If NZ win will they leap frog Illawarra?

[mighty_tiger_79]

The 6ers choking

[Gozu]

Round 20 results:

Illawarra 108 (Clark 26, Froling 16, Harvey 16, Robinson 11, Hickey 10) def Perth 92 (Cotton 20, H. Harris 15, Usher 12, Sarr 11, Pinder 10)

NZ Breakers 103 (Jackson-Cartwright 27, Cheatham 19, Le'afa 15, Rubstavicius 12, Delany 11) def Brisbane 87 (Bannan 29, Sobey 16, Norton 10)

Cairns 97 (McCall 23, Miller 20, Armstrong 12, Roberts 12) def Melbourne 88 (Clark 20, Dellavedova 16, Hukporti 15, Travers 10)

Sydney 122 (Hogg 25, Adams 24, Galloway 17, Valentine 17, Toohey 16, Bolden 10) def SE Melbourne 67 (Foxwell 16, Creek 13)

Tasmania 86 (Doyle 24, McVeigh 20, Magnay 13) def Perth 72 (Sarr 17, T. Webster 15, Pinder 10)

Melbourne 92 (Goulding 19, Dellavedova 17, Clark 13, Travers 13) def Illawarra 87 (Robinson 14, Harvey 13, Froling 12)

Adelaide 76 (Vasiljevic 25, Humphries 15) def NZ Breakers 70 (Jackson-Cartwright 24, McDowell-White 14)

[Gozu]

Final regular season standings:

Melbourne 20-8
Perth 17-11
Tasmania 16-12
Illawarra 14-14
Sydney 13-15
NZ Breakers 13-15

Brisbane 13-15
Cairns 12-16
Adelaide 12-16
SE Melbourne 10-18

[Gozu]

The Play-In games start on Wednesday 28 February with a double-header to determine who will play Melbourne and Perth in the Semi-Finals.

Seeding Qualifier: Wednesday, February 28
Tasmania JackJumpers v Illawarra Hawks, MyState Bank Arena, 5:30pm AEDT
ESPN via Kayo and Foxtel

Play-In Qualifier: Wednesday, February 28
Sydney Kings v New Zealand Breakers, Qudos Bank Arena, 7:30pm AEDT
ESPN via Kayo and Foxtel

Play-In Game: Monday, March 4
Teams TBC, Venue TBC, 7:30pm AEDT
ESPN via Kayo and Foxtel

https://nbl.com.au/news/nbl24-finals-begin-february-28

[Gozu]

The NBL had it's end of season awards night tonight and the winners were:

Most Valuable Player: Bryce Cotton, Perth

Coach of the Year: Dean Vickerman, Melbourne

Next Generation Award: Sam Froling, Illawarra

Best Defensive Player: Shea Ili, Melbourne

Most Improved Player: Sean Macdonald, Tasmania

Best Sixth Man: Ian Clark, Melbourne

Fans MVP: Bryce Cotton, Perth

Gametime Award: Sunday Dech, Adelaide

All-NBL First Team:

Anthony Lamb, NZ Breakers
Bryce Cotton, Perth
Gary Clark, Illawarra
Chris Goulding, Melbourne
Parker Jackson-Cartwright, NZ Breakers

All-NBL Second Team:

Jack McVeigh, Tasmania
Jo Lual-Acuil, Melbourne
Mitch Creek, SE Melbourne
Milton Doyle, Tasmania
Nathan Sobey, Brisbane

[amber_fluid]

So who coaches the 36ers?
Whilst Ninnis did a good job I’d still like us to search elsewhere for a new coach.
I know the easy and cheap option is to keep him but I think we need to move on from him.

[Brodlach]

So who coaches the 36ers?
Whilst Ninnis did a good job I’d still like us to search elsewhere for a new coach.
I know the easy and cheap option is to keep him but I think we need to move on from him.

I’d prefer Scott not to be the coach, need someone with a better record and outreach to players especially imports.

[MW]

So who coaches the 36ers?
Whilst Ninnis did a good job I’d still like us to search elsewhere for a new coach.
I know the easy and cheap option is to keep him but I think we need to move on from him.

I’d prefer Scott not to be the coach, need someone with a better record and outreach to players especially imports.

Agree, and not Goorjian either. 20 years ago yes, but not now.
Need a coach who is familiar with the modern game.

[bertiebeatle1]

There's a rumour going around that Goorjian has the job

[beef]

So who coaches the 36ers?
Whilst Ninnis did a good job I’d still like us to search elsewhere for a new coach.
I know the easy and cheap option is to keep him but I think we need to move on from him.

I’d prefer Scott not to be the coach, need someone with a better record and outreach to players especially imports.

Agree, and not Goorjian either. 20 years ago yes, but not now.
Need a coach who is familiar with the modern game.

Didnt he coach illawara to 2nd & 3rd finishes about 2 or 3 years ago. Pretty sure he's familiar with the modern game

[amber_fluid]

There's a rumour going around that Goorjian has the job

He wouldn’t be my first choice but I’d still be happy if he did get the job

[Brodlach]

Bring back Joey!

[Brodlach]

There's a rumour going around that Goorjian has the job

He wouldn’t be my first choice but I’d still be happy if he did get the job

I’d rather Gleeson.