2021-22 NBL Season + Off-season news

[Gozu]

Nick Kay just keeps sticking on. Watched the highlights this morning and he really played well.

He's a very good player I realised I shouldn't have really called this a 'young' Boomers team about five of the guys are vets but the rest of the team is made up by young guys. Three of the players are from the Hawks didn't seem to hurt them being undermanned against the Sixers last night

It doesn't appear the Jerome Randle to Sixers rumour is happening but unfortunately for him he's now stranded in Ukraine.

https://sports.yahoo.com/you-need-to-ge ... 40957.html?

[Gozu]

Tonight the Boomers defeated host nation Japan 80-64 in the FIBA WC qualifiers. Top scorers for the Boomers were Nick Kay with 15, Angus Brandt with 14 and Alex Mudronja and Kyle Zunic each scored 11 points.

In the NBL today despite a brave effort and leading most of the game the 36ers lost to the Sydney Kings 93-90 at home.

Also Jerome Randle made it out of Ukraine safely and is now back home in the US.

https://www.si.com/college/cal/basketba ... to-be-home

[Gozu]

The Boomers won their third and final FIBA WC qualifying game tonight beating Chinese Taipei 90-71 in Japan. Nick Kay had a triple-double with 14p, 11r, 10a and Angus Brandt and Jaylin Galloway each scored 13 points.

[Gozu]

Round 13 results:

Cairns 73 (Machado 17, Kuol 14, McCall 12) def Brisbane 69 (Cadee 15, Patterson 12, Sobey 11, Franks 10)

Illawarra 87 (Reath 18, Jessup 17, White 14, Harvey 12) def Adelaide 71 (Dech 18, Johnson 13, Withers 13)

Brisbane 94 (Franks 23, Patterson 16, Deng 14, Sobey 14, Cadee 13) def Tasmania 86 (McIntosh 21, McVeigh 21, Magette 15, Adams 11)

SE Melbourne 86 (Adnam 24, Creek 22, Le'afa 12) def Perth 80 (Law 22, Cotton 15, Frazier 10, Hodgson 10)

Sydney 93 (Adams 26, Cooks 25, Martin 10) def Adelaide 90 (Hannahs 24, Bairstow 18, Johnson 15, Dech 13, Withers 11)

Melbourne 89 (Goulding 21, White 13, Agada 12, Hukporti 12, Ili 11, Dellavedova 10) def Cairns 73 (McCall 16, Deng 14, Pinder 14, Zimmerman 11)

Perth 89 (Cotton 20, Law 19, Travers 16, Hodgson 15) def Tasmania 78 (McVeigh 16, Adams 15, McIntosh 15, Steindl 10)

Illawarra 102 (Jessup 23, Harvey 19, S. Froling 13, H. Froling 12, Reath 12, Cleveland 10) def NZ Breakers 87 (Besson 20, Galloway 16, Randle 15, Delany 12, Siva 12)

[Gozu]

36ers head coach CJ Bruton will miss both of the Sixers games this weekend due to Covid and instead assistant coach Jamie Pearlman will coach the team.

https://nbl.com.au/news/in-the-post-bru ... -two-games

[Gozu]

Round 14 results:

SE Melbourne 83 (Creek 29, Broekhoff 12, Le'afa 11) def Adelaide 76 (Johnson 31)

Tasmania 66 (McIntosh 21) def NZ Breakers 62 (Randle 18, Dieng 17, Loe 12)

Melbourne 95 (Lual-Acuil 20, Agada 15, Hukporti 14, Ili 13, White 13, Dellavedova 12) def Brisbane 83 (Franks 20, Cadee 17, Digbeu 11, Patterson 10)

Perth 92 (Cotton 27, Blanchfield 22, Law 22) def Adelaide 73 (Johnson 19, Dufelmeier 12, Dech 10, Hannahs 10)

Sydney 98 (Cooks 23, Adams 21, Martin 18, Clark 15, Vasiljevic 11) def Cairns 88 (Machado 26, Zimmerman 16, Deng 14, Kuol 10)

Illawarra 83 (Rathan-Mayes 19, Cleveland 16, Jessup 15, Reath 12) def SE Melbourne 77 (Creek 18, Broekhoff 15, Le'afa 14, Munford 13)

Brisbane 92 (Franks 23, Cadee 22, Moss 10) def NZ Breakers 74 (Randle 20, Dieng 17, Delany 12, Siva 12)

[Brodlach]

Reports Adelaide have signed Casper Ware

[DOC]

Not sure about this unless he signs for next year as well. This year is goneski.

[Gozu]

I don't think Casper Ware has actually signed yet just that they're in talks but agree it wouldn't make much sense unless it's for next season too.

https://www.espn.com.au/nbl/story/_/id/ ... nbl-return

[Gozu]

The Tasmania JackJumpers have announced they've released Nikita Mikhailovskii from his Next Star contract so he can return home to Russia.

https://nbl.com.au/news/mikhailovskii-a ... to-release

The NBL have also announced the remaining schedule for season 2021-22.

https://nbl.com.au/news/remaining-schedule-released

The 36ers play an 'away' game against the NZ Breakers at Adelaide 36ers Arena (aka the Powerhouse) tomorrow night.

[Gozu]

Round 15 results:

Perth 97 (Norton 26, Law 20, Cotton 19, Majok 13, Travers 10) def Melbourne 87 (Lual-Acuil 16, Dellavedova 15, Hukporti 14)

Tasmania 85 (Adams 20, Krslovic 13, McVeigh 13, Magette 10, Steindl 10) def Cairns 69 (Zimmerman 19)

Perth 95 (Law 24, Cotton 22, Blanchfield 13, Norton 12) def Brisbane 83 (Franks 21, Patterson 16, Deng 12, Cadee 11)

NZ Breakers 84 (Besson 17, Siva 16, Dieng 13, Wetzell 11) def Adelaide 75 (Sotto 14, Dech 12, Johnson 12, Bairstow 11, Hannahs 11)

Tasmania 81 (Steindl 20, McVeigh 19, Magette 11) def Illawarra 77 (Harvey 16, Jessup 15, Cleveland 13, Reath 12)

Melbourne 98 (Dellavedova 22, Ili 19, Goulding 16, Agada 13, Lual-Acuil 12) def SE Melbourne 90 (Creek 27, Munford 24, Zhou 16, Le'afa 13)

Sydney 86 (Adams 24, Martin 15, Vasiljevic 13, Clark 12) def Cairns 77 (McCall 21, Deng 20, Kuol 15)

Perth 104 (Law 39, Cotton 32, Wagstaff 11, Norton 10) def NZ Breakers 102 (OT) (Besson 23, Siva 19, Wetzell 17, Abercrombie 12, Delany 12)

[Gozu]

NBL ladder after 15 rounds:

Melbourne 14-5
Perth 13-6
Sydney 12-7
SE Melbourne 11-7

Illawarra 11-8
Tasmania 10-9
Brisbane 7-12
Adelaide 5-12
NZ Breakers 5-14
Cairns 4-12

[Gozu]

The NBL have confirmed at least two pre-season games against NBA teams will happen later this year.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/basketb ... 5a51u.html

Also the Illawarra Hawks have announced they've re-signed injured swingman Daniel Grida to a 2 year deal.

https://nbl.com.au/news/hawks-re-sign-grida

[Gozu]

Round 16 results:

Illawarra 103 (Harvey 22, Reath 22, Cleveland 16, Rathan-Mayes 15, S. Froling 14) def SE Melbourne 97 (Zhou 25, Creek 15, Munford 13, Le'afa 12, Ashley 11, Adnam 10)

Adelaide 83 (McCarron 21, Bairstow 12, Dufelmeier 10) def Cairns 57 (Pinder 15, McCall 14, Kuol 12, Jawai 10)

Illawarra 91 (Cleveland 22, Jessup 17, Reath 16) def Tasmania 65 (Adams 21, Steindl 17, McVeigh 10)

Sydney 91 (Martin 24, Adams 15, Vasiljevic 15, Clark 13, Makur 11) def SE Melbourne 89 (Munford 26, Creek 17, Ashley 13, Zhou 12, Le'afa 10)

Melbourne 101 (Lual-Acuil 15, Newley 15, White 12, Hukporti 11, Goulding 10, Ili 10) def Adelaide 74 (Johnson 18, Sotto 12, Dufelmeier 11)

Cairns 98 (McCall 21, Kuol 17, Machado 14, Deng 12, Pinder 10) def Brisbane 88 (Franks 22, Drmic 14, Deng 13, Cadee 12, Patterson 12)

Perth 95 (Law 26, Cotton 25, Blanchfield 14) def NZ Breakers 85 (Wetzell 15, Delany 14, Siva 13, Abercrombie 12, McDowell-White 11)

[Gozu]

Melbourne United have announced they've signed Yudai Baba again as an injury replacement for Callum Dalton who is out for the rest of the season. After playing on United's championship winning team last season Baba then played for Japan at the Tokyo Olympics and played this season in the G-League.

https://nbl.com.au/news/melbourne-sign- ... r-of-nbl22

Also SE Melbourne Phoenix have signed veteran forward Reuben Te Rangi to a 2 year contract extension.

https://nbl.com.au/news/phoenix-sign-te ... -extension

[Gozu]

Round 17 results:

Brisbane 101 (Franks 31,Patterson 17,Deng 16,Drmic 15,Cadee 11) def NZ Breakers 100 (OT) (Wetzell 23,Abercrombie 21,Randle 12,Dieng 11,Siva 11)

Tasmania 85 (McVeigh 19, Steindl 15, Adams 14, Krslovic 11, Magette 11) def Perth 83 (Cotton 23, Blanchfield 19, Law 16)

SE Melbourne 86 (Ashley 25, Munford 23, Creek 14, Le'afa 10) def Cairns 74 (McCall 14, Machado 12, Noi 12, Pinder 12, Deng 11)

Tasmania 84 (Magette 15, McVeigh 15, Adams 14, McIntosh 12) def Brisbane 82 (Franks 21, Drmic 20, Patterson 17)

Sydney 102 (Adams 20, Clark 19, Martin 16, Vasiljevic 16, Makur 15) def Perth 80 (Cotton 20, Travers 20, Law 16)

Adelaide 100 (Johnson 22, Dech 21, Harris 11, McCarron 11, Hannahs 10) def SE Melbourne 92 (Creek 27, Munford 24, Le'afa 11)

Illawarra 92 (Cleveland 20, Harvey 19, Reath 15, Coenraad 11, Jessup 10) def Melbourne 77 (Lual-Acuil 18, Goulding 13, Agada 12)

Cairns 93 (Noi 19, Kuol 17, Jawai 16, Machado 15, Deng 11) def NZ Breakers 90 (Wetzell 21, Dieng 20, Besson 16, Siva 13)

[Gozu]

Round 18 results:

Illawarra 87 (Jessup 29, Cleveland 14, Rathan-Mayes 14, S. Froling 10) def Brisbane 70 (Digbeu 13, Franks 13, Wigness 11, Patterson 10)

Tasmania 80 (Adams 31, McVeigh 14) def Adelaide 72 (Johnson 16, Dech 15)

Illawarra 96 (Rathan-Mayes 25, Cleveland 22, Reath 18) def Melbourne 90 (White 17, Goulding 16, Lual-Acuil 15)

Cairns 90 (Pinder 21, Deng 16, Machado 16, Kuol 13, Noi 12) def SE Melbourne 85 (Creek 21, Munford 20, Adnam 11, Zhou 10)

Sydney 103 (Adams 20, Cooks 14, Martin 13, Glover 11, Vasiljevic 10) def Tasmania 83 (Adams 18, McIntosh 17, Steindl 12, McDaniel 11, Magette 10, McVeigh 10)

Brisbane 92 (Cadee 26, Franks 17, Patterson 14, Digbeu 13) def Adelaide 91 (Johnson 28, Dech 14, Harris 12, Withers 12)

Cairns 87 (Pinder 21, Deng 19, Machado 15, Kuol 11) def NZ Breakers 77 (Wetzell 24, Dieng 18, Besson 16, Siva 10)

Melbourne 84 (Goulding 18, Dellavedova 17, Lual-Acuil 14, Ili 12, White 11) def Perth 75 (Cotton 18, Blanchfield 15, Law 13, Travers 11)

[Gozu]

Round 19 results:

Melbourne 90 (Goulding 20, White 14, Lual-Acuil 13, Dellavedova 11) def SE Melbourne 88 (Creek 20, Zhou 17, Munford 14, Adnam 12, Te Rangi 10)

Perth 89 (Law 18, Cotton 16, Blanchfield 13, Travers 11, Hodgson 10) def NZ Breakers 80 (Wetzell 22, Besson 15, Siva 12, Dieng 11)

Tasmania 87 (McVeigh 16, Magette 13, McIntosh 11, Adams 10) def Cairns 80 (Jawai 17, McCall 14, Deng 13, Pinder 13, Kuol 11)

Illawarra 108 (Reath 28, Cleveland 18, Harvey 18) def Brisbane 77 (Franks 19, Digbeu 14, Drmic 11, Liu 10)

Sydney 84 (Cooks 22, Vasiljevic 15, Martin 13, Adams 12) def Adelaide 77 (Johnson 28, Harris 10, Withers 10)

SE Melbourne 99 (Munford 25, Zhou 22, Le'afa 18, Creek 16) def NZ Breakers 89 (Dieng 22, Abercrombie 17, Wetzell 14, Delany 12)

Melbourne 92 (Lual-Acuil 23, Goulding 20, White 10) def Cairns 63 (Pinder 15, McCall 13)

Brisbane 93 (Cadee 15, Digbeu 15, Patterson 15, Deng 14) def Adelaide 85 (Sotto 21, McCarron 17, Johnson 12)

Sydney 76 (Adams 19, Vasiljevic 16, Cooks 12, Makur 10) def NZ Breakers 70 (Wetzell 22, Delany 18, Besson 16)

[Gozu]

FIBA have announced Australia will host a World Cup Qualification 'bubble' featuring games between the Boomers, China, Japan and Chinese Taipei at John Cain Arena in Melbourne from June 30.

June 30 - Australia vs China

July 1 - China vs Taipei, Japan vs Australia

July 2 - Japan vs Taipei, China vs Australia

July 3 - Taipei vs China

https://nbl.com.au/news/boomers-to-play ... -melbourne

[Gozu]

The 36ers had a big win in Perth last night 82-70.

Also the NZ Breakers have agreed to release F/C Yanni Wetzell from his contract for the remainder of the season so he can sign with Spanish based EuroLeague team Baskonia. As his replacement Development Player Sam Timmins has been elevated to the roster for the rest of the season.

https://nbl.com.au/news/breakers-and-we ... gue-outfit