NBL: Breakers and stuff
-
@mariner4life hope you beat Perth just to see Gleeson lose his shit
-
Jarrad Weeks has re-signed for the Breakers for the 2020-21 National Basketball League season. He joins Tom Abercrombie, Corey Webster, Finn Delany and Rob Loe as the fifth confirmed rostered player for NBL21.
In other Breakers news:
-
Sydney beat Melbourne. Everything i have read, and i mean everything, is that the refs absolutely dudded them.
And the Taipans season ends with a 9-point loss. Perth were the better side from about the 3rd minute i reckon. White finally turned up, Kay was huge, Steindl hit his shots, and they just found enough guys to keep us at arms length.
We were shot, repeatedly in that 2nd half, but kept coming back, and when we had it back to a 5-pointer, we couldn't land the bucket to blow the game open, but Perth could.
DJ Newbill picked last night to have his worst game in a Taipans shirt. Oliver and Machado were both big, but not at the same time.
Great season, one i have really enjoyed. If we could keep this group together, we would be close to favourites next year. Unfortunately, that never happens up here, we'll get raided. And my heart will break.
-
@mariner4life very disappointed by DJ’s game. He wasn’t playing well and then decided it was “his time” and the close. And he hit nothing. Should’ve kept going to Oliver who Perth had no answer to.
-
-
-
-
@canefan said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
@canefan said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
@Bovidae he's managed by Jermaine Jackson?
I wonder how much an NBL franchise costs?
40 bucks
-
@mariner4life said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
@canefan said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
@canefan said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
@Bovidae he's managed by Jermaine Jackson?
I wonder how much an NBL franchise costs?
40 bucks
and a ham sandwhich. I see his manager is former NBA player Jermain Jackson, not the former Jackson 5 member
-
I don't think we have a NZNBL thread do we?
Anyway, I am quite impressed with the quick thinking and action by NZBB here. Will they be proven right that product will be a big enough driver when quality may be down?
By setting up new teams and a new comp punters get a chance to join in to something fresh without previous.
I like the ambition. -
*However, the new league has not found favour with everyone, with all five Breakers bypassing it, and long-serving Tall Black Corey Webster expressing his criticism on social media on Tuesday.
"Awesome for NZ basketball, taking the talent worldwide ... but none of the talent is playing," Webster said via Twitter.
Webster's former club, the Wellington Saints, along with the Southland Sharks and Hawke's Bay Hawks declined to take part in the competition.
He followed that up by saying: "There’s a reason the three best teams in the league aren’t playing, the same reason all the best players aren’t playing. And the person running the league should probably take that in to consideration."*
So what is that reason?
-
The NZ NBL draft is live on SS3 and streamed on Stuff from 5 pm. The Otago Nuggets have the first pick.
-
I watched the 1 h draft for rounds 1-5 yesterday. Of course it doesn't compared to the NBA draft but it was interesting to see how teams prioritised different positions with their picks.
Players could be pre-selected if they fulfilled one of the following criteria (schooled in the city for four years; lived there for a stretch of 10 years or more; played their most NBL minutes there; or previously signed for 2020 there). No team was allowed more than two of the top 14-ranked players though, decided upon by an independent panel.
Round One
Otago Nuggets - Jordan Ngatai
Taranaki Mountainairs - Derone Raukawa
Manawatu Jets - Tom Vodanovich
Nelson Giants - Mika Vukona
Canterbury Rams - Jack Salt
Franklin Bulls - Dominique Kelman-Poto
Auckland Huskies - Izayah Mauriahoohoo LeafaRound Two
Auckland Huskies - Tohi Smith Milner
Franklin Bulls - Sam Timmins
Canterbury Rams - Taylor Britt
Nelson Giants - Mike Karena
Manawatu Jets - Hyrum Harris
Taranaki Mountainairs - Marcel Jones
Otago Nuggets - Jarrod KennyRound Three
Otago Nuggets - Jordan Hunt
Taranaki Mountainairs - Shane Temara
Manawatu Jets - Jayden Bezzant
Nelson Giants - Dane Brooks
Canterbury Rams - Joe Cook-Green
Franklin Bulls - Everard Bartlett
Auckland Huskies - Leon HenryRound Four
Auckland Huskies - Taine Murray
Franklin Bulls - Jackson Stubbins
Canterbury Rams - Alex Talma
Nelson Giants - Tom Ingham
Manawatu Jets - Taane Samuel
Taranaki Mountainairs - Tai Wynyard
Otago Nuggets - Kane KeilRound Five
Otago Nuggets - Josh Aitcheson
Taranaki Mountainairs - Mitch Dance
Manawatu Jets - Nick Fee
Nelson Giants - Josh Bloxham
Canterbury Rams - Sam Smith
Franklin Bulls - Isaac Davidson
Auckland Huskies - Rasheed Al Kaleem -
@Bovidae cool to see a couple of real young fellas go in the first round.
-
@ACT-Crusader I hear Vukona has a good future ahead of him.
Salt had already signed with the Rams so was pre-selected. I'm interested to see how he goes as he was more of a defensive player for Virginia so has the opportunity to expand his offensive game, looking ahead to the Tall Blacks.
There are a number of other young players who spent time in the college system in the US but aren't well-known locally.
-
@Bovidae yeah was more referring to Kelman-Poto and Mauriahoohoo Leafa. Both been playing college and at small schools.
The Otago squad looks pretty good.
-
@ACT-Crusader said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
Mauriahoohoo Leafa
Mauriahoohoo Leafa Was having an outstanding senior year at Sac State until COVID hit. He can shoot the lights out if he gets going.
-
@ACT-Crusader said in NBL: Breakers and stuff:
@Bovidae yeah was more referring to Kelman-Poto and Mauriahoohoo Leafa. Both been playing college and at small schools.
I knew who you were referring to, although neither is that young. Kelman-Poto is 25 and Mauriahoohoo Leafa will be 24 later this year. Salt is 24.
