2023-24 NBL Season + Off-season news

[Gozu]

Round 8 results:

NZ Breakers 97 (Lamb 24, Jackson-Cartwright 22, Delany 11, Le'afa 11) def Tasmania 92 (Magnay 20, Doyle 17, Crawford 13, McVeigh 12)

Perth 88 (Cotton 25, Sarr 12, T. Webster 12, Doolittle 10, Usher 10) def Cairns 80 (McCall 19, Mayen 15, Miller 12, Kuol 10)

Adelaide 96 (Vasiljevic 29, Wiley 17, Flowers 13, McCarron 12, Humphries 10) def SE Melbourne 93 (Williams 23, Creek 20, Cummings 16, Te Rangi 11)

Tasmania 90 (McVeigh 24, Crawford 20, Macdonald 10) def Cairns 87 (OT) (Miller 26, McCall 21, Kuol 17)

Perth 79 (Cotton 25, Doolittle 21, H. Harris 14) def Brisbane 76 (Smith 23, Bannan 17, Sobey 13)

Illawarra 69 (Froling 16, Harvey 16, Clark 13) def NZ Breakers 65 (Jackson-Cartwright 20, Lamb 20, Gliddon 10)

Melbourne 105 (Goulding 35, Travers 18, Lual-Acuil 17, Ili 12, Cameron 10) def Sydney 93 (Hogg 20, Valentine 19, Noi 12, Bolden 10, Toohey 10)

[DOC]

Illawarra winning with 69 points would be around the mark for lowest winning total for some time.

[Gozu]

Good question, all I know is it's not the Hawks lowest ever winning score. They had a 68 point win in October 2012 which was their record at the time.

On top of that, Wollongong's 68 points in Cairns was the lowest winning score in the club's history - and the Hawks were an inaugural NBL club in 1979.

https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/nb ... 2ea8a3fc78

[Gozu]

Breakers beat the 36ers 96-81

[Gozu]

Round 9 results:

NZ Breakers 96 (Lamb 24, Jackson-Cartwright 21, Le'afa 21, Delany 10) def Adelaide 83 (Vasiljevic 14, McCarron 11, Dech 10, Humphries 10, Wiley 10)

Brisbane 84 (Smith 17, Sobey 14, White 10) def Cairns 79 (McCall 29, Miller 12, Waardenburg 11)

Perth 114 (Cotton 41, Pinder 18, Sarr 15, Wagstaff 14) def Sydney 105 (Bolden 28, Adams 21, Hogg 20, Valentine 13)

SE Melbourne 90 (Creek 26, Cummings 15, Browne 12, Ayre 11, Kenyon 11, Williams 10) def NZ Breakers 79 (Le'afa 17, Jackson-Cartwright 14, Lamb 14, Rubstavicius 11)

Tasmania 94 (Doyle 20, Macdonald 15, McVeigh 14, Drmic 13, Crawford 10) def Adelaide 59 (Vasiljevic 15, Wiley 14)

Cairns 115 (Miller 32, McCall 23, Roberts 22, Armstrong 10) def Melbourne 103 (Goulding 23, Dellavedova 21, Travers 14, Hukporti 13, Ili 12)

Brisbane 78 (Smith 16, McDaniel 11, Baynes 10, Harrison 10) def Illawarra 77 (Clark 13, Robinson 13, Froling 11, Lee 10)

[Jim05]

Bruton given the lemonade and sars with Ninnis to take over for remainder of season

[Brodlach]

Not before time.

[Booney]

The Adelaide 36ers have decided to part ways with Head Coach CJ Bruton by mutual agreement.


Bruton has led the 36ers since the start of the NBL22 season, with a career win-loss record of 27-40 over 67 games.


“We thank CJ for his tireless efforts, both on an off the court, but we believe it’s time to go in a new direction,” Adelaide 36ers CEO Nic Barbato said.


“The 36ers organisation would like to thank CJ for his time at the Club and wish him and his family all the best for their future endeavours.”


Current assistant coach, club Hall of Fame legend Scott Ninnis will fill the role as interim head coach for the remainder of the NBL24 season

[wenchbarwer]

Sixers are in danger of reaching Gold Coast Suns-like irrelevance, if they haven't already.

To hear they've been spending the most money the last couple of seasons as well to get these kind of results is just shameful.

[Spargo]

Bruton gone, Ninnis to fill interim role.

[RB]

It's been reported that Bruton has been sacked, with Scott Ninnis to take over for the remainder of the season.

[king neptune]

Heard a rumor CJ Bruton is gone, with Scott Ninnis taking over

[Gozu]

Probably should've been fired after his first season. CJ should never have been allowed to coach that loaded roster last season, beat the Phoenix Suns and then come back here and finish 8th on the ladder.

So Ninnis gets a second go as Sixers coach hopefully not a wooden spoon like last time.

[Dinglinga75]

CJ Bruton and Gillespie to swap roles

[Gozu]

Erin Philips wants to get back into basketball coaching I've seen her at games this season sitting next to Ken Cole taking notes, give it to her.

The positive PR of the first ever female head coach of an NBL team would be good too.

[amber_fluid]

Erin Philips wants to get back into basketball coaching I've seen her at games this season sitting next to Ken Cole taking notes, give it to her.

The positive PR of the first ever female head coach of an NBL team would be good too.

Female or not she would be great for the role.
Anyone would be better than Ninnis

[Gozu]

The SE Melbourne Phoenix have released import Will Cummings.

https://nbl.com.au/news/phoenix-release-import-guard

Also SEM have released Daniel Johnson after Gorjok Gak the player he was filling in for has returned from injury.

[MW]

Erin Philips wants to get back into basketball coaching I've seen her at games this season sitting next to Ken Cole taking notes, give it to her.

The positive PR of the first ever female head coach of an NBL team would be good too.

Female or not she would be great for the role.
Anyone would be better than Ninnis

If you think Erin could go into head NBL coach straight away you're kidding...
no doubt could do it but would need a few years in the system first.

[Gozu]

Even though it would be a big call Erin spent a few years as an assistant coach in the WNBA before the whole AFLW thing started.

So she does have some basketball coaching experience but admittedly not with men.

[Gozu]

Round 10 results:

Sydney 86 (Adams 24, Galloway 13, Hogg 12, Toohey 12, Hunter 11) def Cairns 83 (Miller 22, Klintman 13, McCall 12, Kuol 11)

Illawarra 100 (Froling 21, Clark 17, Harvey 16, Robinson 11) def Perth 82 (Usher 17, Sarr 13, Wagstaff 13, Doolittle 11)

Tasmania 97 (Crawford 30, McVeigh 20, Deng 14, Magnay 12) def NZ Breakers 80 (Jackson-Cartwright 25, Lamb 15, Mathiang 11, Le'afa 10, Rubstavicius 10)

Cairns 116 (Miller 26, Klintman 22, McCall 19, Kuol 14, Antonio 12, Waardenburg 12) def Adelaide 101 (Vasiljevic 30, Humphries 22, Kell 21, Wiley 16)

Melbourne 103 (Goulding 21, Travers 16, Clark 14, Dellavedova 14, Lual-Acuil 10) def Brisbane 68 (McDaniel 12, Sobey 12, Harrison 10)

SE Melbourne 104 (Creek 33, Williams 21, Ayre 13, Vague 12, Kenyon 10) def Sydney 94 (Adams 19, Valentine 18, Bolden 15, Galloway 12)