NBL: Breakers and stuff
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I heard something on the radio this morning saying that Rick Pitino was rumoured to be the next Breakers coach. Pitino had plenty of success at NCAA level but was fired from Louisville last year for allegedly being involved in "pay for play" deal with college athletes. He also earned an annual salary of US$7.8M in his last year.
Edit: Pitino has dismissed the story. I doubt he'd move to NZ for peanuts.
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haha and you Breakers fuckers are whinging because your new moneyed owners might upset the apple cart.
You could be witnessing the death of the Taipans.
By all accounts we have one signed player. And he is usually injured for most of the season.
We didn't resign our coach, which all in all is probably the right decision, it really was time for a change. If we can't win, at least make us fun to watch.
Then our captain leaves, for fucking Perth if stories are correct. Then our best player in McCarron decides to play next season in Europe.
We are rebuilding completely. From scratch. With no money. In a league that is happy to become a money league, that's a very bad thing. No decent coach is going to want the job, what players are going to want to come here?
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I hear Tana is keen bro!! Parsons has always felt stereotyped as a hooker and is ready to reinvent himself as a centre!
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@paekakboyz said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
I hear Tana is keen bro!! Parsons has always felt stereotyped as a hooker and is ready to reinvent himself as a centre!
I've seen him throw lineouts, doubt his 3-point percentage is going to be that high
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@mariner4life sorry, meant to say he comes as a package deal - he'll be sitting on the shoulders of whichever lock can't get a contract for the Blues next year!
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What is the current salary cap in the NBL? You do wonder how Melbourne Utd can have such a stacked team. The Kings weren't so successful with their "star" roster.
Henare's name was mentioned as a possible coach for the Taipans but I read recently he has no firm plans and wants to spend more time with the family.
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@bovidae the same way the Breakers through the glory years had a bench as good as most teams starting 5, accounting.
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@mariner4life said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
@bovidae the same way the Breakers through the glory years had a bench as good as most teams starting 5, accounting.
We had an awesome team then. I'm not sure we got it by opening the wallet though. Melbourne are loaded with imports, Prather is 6th man!
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@canefan said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
@mariner4life said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
@bovidae the same way the Breakers through the glory years had a bench as good as most teams starting 5, accounting.
We had an awesome team then. I'm not sure we got it by opening the wallet though. Melbourne are loaded with imports, Prather is 6th man!
pffft hahaha okay man, you keep telling yourself that.
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@mariner4life said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
@canefan said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
@mariner4life said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
@bovidae the same way the Breakers through the glory years had a bench as good as most teams starting 5, accounting.
We had an awesome team then. I'm not sure we got it by opening the wallet though. Melbourne are loaded with imports, Prather is 6th man!
pffft hahaha okay man, you keep telling yourself that.
I'm sure we were spending as much or more than anyone. But teams are spending even more now. Is there a salary cap? I recall there being a point system
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Just for you.
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MOTHERFUCKER!!!
You fucking... why would you... i can't even... SHIT!!
Fuck me dead. No one, i mean no one, loses to 1 second catch-and-shoots like the Taipans. If that's the play, you can almost fucking guarantee the other team will get it, no matter how bullshit the shot.
I mean, fucking look at that play. They do everything right, in the Taipans' view, the right player gets the ball, he has to turn and release, with 2 guys in his face, and he loops a bucket. Fucking. Bullshit.
Cap cheating fuckheads. I hope your new owners burn you to the ground now.
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Bullets spending up. They've signed Vukona from the Breakers and Gliddon from us.
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@mariner4life said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
Bullets spending up. They've signed Vukona from the Breakers and Gliddon from us.
Vukona is gone? That is not a good sign for the Breakers
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@canefan said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
Vukona is gone? That is not a good sign for the Breakers
I don't see this as a big loss on the court now. No doubt that Vukona is the heart and soul of the team, and a warrior, but he isn't productive enough to be a starter anymore - and that was where the difference of opinion was. He wanted to start, they wanted to use him off the bench.
Tai Wesley would be a great addition again to play the PF spot.
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@bovidae said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
@canefan said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
Vukona is gone? That is not a good sign for the Breakers
I don't see this as a big loss on the court now. No doubt that Vukona is the heart and soul of the team, and a warrior, but he isn't productive enough to be a starter anymore - and that was where the difference of opinion was. He wanted to start, they wanted to use him off the bench.
Tai Wesley would be a great addition again to play the PF spot.
Tai is great. Was a favourite of mine when he was a breaker. By the way, where us Cedric Jackson these days?
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@canefan said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
Tai is great. Was a favourite of mine when he was a breaker. By the way, where us Cedric Jackson these days?
He plays for the Yakima SunKings in the North American Premier Basketball league according to Wiki. He has bounced around a few leagues after leaving the Breakers.
On TV3 tonight they were saying that the Braswell connection could mean both Wesley and Webster return.
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The Breakers have signed former Cairns Taipans point guard Jarrad Weeks to a 2-year deal. The Taipans are really being gutted.
@mariner4life Thoughts on Weeks?
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Got faaaar too many minutes at the end of the season for my liking. Has great speed for late in quarters, and can hit a long three, but for a good side he's got to be your 4th guard, and getting 8-10 minutes a game. He is a pretty tenacious defender though, and his foot speed makes him hard to get around.
