NBL: Breakers and stuff
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@act-crusader All good points. Abercrombie was so poor you wonder if he's a spent force. After strong starts to the season Sosa and to a lesser extent Newbill were found to be not good enough. With new owners coming in it will be interesting to see where we go from here when other teams are spending big to outgun us
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@canefan I thought DJ was our best player in the last quarter of the season and again showed his class during the semis. He bailed us out when our offence got stagnant.
Was good to se Christmas have a good offensive game.
As a team we give away so many fouls. Teams are shooting FTs far too early each quarter.
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@act-crusader that's why I said a lesser extent. He went through a cold patch after the international break and only showed signs of breaking out recently. He does like to take the big shot though. If I was choosing I'd keen DJ and try to upgrade on Sosa
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Sosa got rattled by Casper. Casper is an NBA quality guard, but just lacks that extra bit of speed at his size that will get him a good look in. He’s the best guard in the NBL IMO.
I’d offload Sosa too.
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@act-crusader Sosa's no Cedric Jackson. That would be a battle, Cedric in his prime vs Ware
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@act-crusader said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
Sosa got rattled by Casper. Casper is an NBA quality guard, but just lacks that extra bit of speed at his size that will get him a good look in. He’s the best guard in the NBL IMO.
I’d offload Sosa too.
I'd still take Randle
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@bovidae said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
Maybe these new owners will have some contacts to bring former or NBA-quality players to the Breakers. For example, like Childress at the 36ers.
Do you know who they are? I was watching ESPN The Jump the other night, a big issue at the moment in the NBA is college "one and dones" and how to develop young talent that isn't NBA ready. Apparently the NBL have a new programme next season that will encourage the NBA to use it as a D league, attracting more NBA calibre players to Oz. I don't know how things work as far as how these players will be distributed
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@bovidae said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
In the article I saw on the TV news the Blackwells were really happy with their choice of the new owners as they shared their vision for the team.
I hope they're right. I'll reserve judgement for now
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@canefan said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
@bovidae said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
In the article I saw on the TV news the Blackwells were really happy with their choice of the new owners as they shared their vision for the team.
I hope they're right. I'll reserve judgement for now
They’re not the Warriors.....
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@mariner4life said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
@act-crusader said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
Sosa got rattled by Casper. Casper is an NBA quality guard, but just lacks that extra bit of speed at his size that will get him a good look in. He’s the best guard in the NBL IMO.
I’d offload Sosa too.
I'd still take Randle
Casper has better 3pt range but Randle’s midrange game is the best in the NBL. Both are good at getting to the basket. I’d have Casper as a slightly better passer. Randle is a chip on his shoulder type player and has that edge that you want from your star player.
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If you’re keen to watch a good young Kiwi baller turn over to ESPN. Jack Salt from Auckland is playing in the ACC semi for Virginia. Got good game time and played well.
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@act-crusader said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
If you’re keen to watch a good young Kiwi baller turn over to ESPN. Jack Salt from Auckland is playing in the ACC semi for Virginia. Got good game time and played well.
What position does he play? Virginia are tipped for a strong NCAA tourney this year
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@canefan he’s a good size unit. Plays the 4 and 5.
