2023-24 NBL Season + Off-season news

[Gozu]

Not a good day for NBL teams in the US today.

Portland 106 (Simons 14, Camara 13, Reath 12) def NZ Breakers 66 (Jackson-Cartwright 19, Cheatham 11, McDowell-White 11)

Washington 145 (Kuzma 22, Poole 18, Omoruyi 16, Gafford 15, Gallinari 15, Davis 13, Jones 11, Kispert 11) def Cairns 82 (Gak 17, Miller 15, Kuol 13, McCall 11, Roberts 10)

[Gozu]

The NBL Tribunal have given Brisbane Bullets centre Aron Baynes a five game suspension for numerous incidents during last Saturday's game against the Cairns Taipans.

https://nbl.com.au/news/baynes-suspended-for-five-games

[mal]

Are the Tasmania Jumping Jackies the real deal ?
Jordan Crawford is brilliant to watch

[Gozu]

Are the Tasmania Jumping Jackies the real deal ?

Absolutely they are, they made the GF in their first season and then the semi's last season and I think this season's team is likely their best one yet.

Jordan Crawford is brilliant to watch

I must admit I thought it was a mistake signing an import that is only 5'6" even though he did lead the Turkish league in scoring last season but so far he's been pretty good.

[Wedgie]

Finally a win, we should wear pink every week!

[Gozu]

The 36ers get their first win of the season beating the Hawks 89-80.

[Brodlach]

Big last quarter

[mal]

Going back to a game played between Sydney Kings and Adelaide 36s on 8/10/2023
SK 109
AD 100

QUESTION
SK 109 AD 98
With 2.9 seconds to go in the match
Using footy analogy this happened
SK player in back pocket had the throw in
He hurled it out of bounds on the full near the wing
AD get possession and score a 2 pointer just before the buzzer

Why did SK use that tactic to concede possession when so far in front ?

[Gozu]

Why did SK use that tactic to concede possession when so far in front ?

Sydney had their kids on at the end of the game as the result was safely in hand and one in particular Rentoy I think his name is had about three turnovers in no time. It wasn't intentional they get a bit excited getting some court time and try and impress not just the coaches but their friends and family sitting in the stands and try and do too much and often make mistakes.

[mal]

Thanks for the explanation Guru , I mean Gozu !

QUESTION
Why does Pinder wear that Batman looking mask ?

[Gozu]

Pinder got a really bad stray elbow to the face last season resulting in an orbital fracture and other complications so he wears that protective face mask thing.

[Gozu]

Round 3 results:

Tasmania 103 (Doyle 19, Crawford 17, McVeigh 15, Deng 14, Lee 10) def Illawarra 73 (Clark 16, Robinson 13)

Sydney 113 (Adams 26, Toohey 18, Galloway 16, Valentine 15, Noi 14, Bolden 12) def Brisbane 102 (Sobey 26, Smith 21, Mitchell 16, Harrison 12, White 12)

Melbourne 88 (Clark 18, Goulding 18, Dellavedova 11, Hukporti 11, Travers 11) def Perth 81 (Pinder 25, Usher 20, C. Webster 12, Cotton 11, Sarr 11)

Adelaide 89 (Kell 25, Flowers 23, Humphries 13, Wiley 13) def Illawarra 80 (Froling 21, Clark 14, Harvey 14, Swaka Lo Buluk 11)

SE Melbourne 86 (Browne 20, Creek 16, Cummings 15, Moller 11, Kenyon 10) def Tasmania 85 (Crawford 27, McVeigh 19, Doyle 14)

Melbourne 89 (Goulding 18, Ili 14, Hukporti 11, Clark 10, Travers 10) def Brisbane 78 (Scott 19, Sobey 16, Smith 15)

Sydney 99 (Hunter 20, Adams 18, Bolden 13, Valentine 13, Toohey 12) def Perth 86 (Cotton 22, Usher 11)

[Gozu]

The Cairns Taipans went down in their final NBLxNBA game today.

Toronto 134 (Freeman-Liberty 15, Barnes 14, Boucher 12, Siakam 12, Anunoby 10, Flynn 10) def Cairns 93 (Miller 22, Payton 21, Waardenburg 15, Mayen 13, Roberts 11)

[Brodlach]

Handy pick up


Adelaide 36ers are thrilled to announce the signing of Dejan Vasiljevic for the remainder of the NBL24 season ⭐

Believe An import will be signed next week

[Gozu]

Dejan Vasiljevic is certainly a handy pick up for the 36ers, signed a one-year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/vasiljevic-comp ... nbl-return

In the final NBLxNBA game today the Breakers went down to the Jazz.

Utah 114 (Markannen 15, Agbaji 12, Clarkson 12) def NZ Breakers 94 (Lamb 23, Jackson-Cartwright 19, Le'afa 12, Cheatham 11)

[mal]

Flowers scored 18 points in the last qtr in the last game win for A36
Awesome shooting
Can anyone put in context how good 18 points is in a a NBL quarter ?
What is the record for a player in a qtr of NBL points ?

[mighty_tiger_79]

Flowers scored 18 points in the last qtr in the last game win for A36
Awesome shooting
Can anyone put in context how good 18 points is in a a NBL quarter ?
What is the record for a player in a qtr of NBL points ?

18pts would be like when you booted 6 goals in a quarter

[mighty_tiger_79]

28 each at QT

[Gozu]

SEM beat the Sixers 102-85

[Gozu]

36ers beat Perth 89-78