NBL 2021 - 2022
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Different year, same hometown calls for the Wildcats.
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Melbourne United are an likeable club of fuckheads.
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Haha wow. I thought on your home court it was the opposition who got fucked by the ref's?
This is a genuine stitch up
Benefits of the small stadium, being able to hear Chris Goulding say "we're getting away with murder out here"
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Taipans season has come thick and fast to start off
Saturday night lost a great game to Sydney. Machado fouled out early in the 4th which ended our chance to win (last foul was total bullshit, the other 4 were dumb). Oliver played about as well as it is possible to play, worked his absolute ass off, top scored, blocked, rebounded, made ESPN's #1 play of the day by dunking brutally on 2 dudes.
Sydney have a fucking gun in Jarell Martin. Big lad with good feet and a dagger of a fadeaway jumper. Ware got hot in the 4th as he tends to do, and that was all she wrote.
Then we lost a close one to Melbourne. Machado's last second 3 rimmed out (would have been a miracle if it has gone in given the shot he took). We looked like getting blown out but hung in there right to the end. Melbourne are deep as a motherfucker. They don't even need Hopson and yet they still bought him. United have reliable shooters everywhere. fuckers.
Cairns are a bit fucked. I still rate our import duo over everyone elses. It's just that there is literally nothing behind them. Not one player is better than last year. Several are worse. We effectively replaced Newbill with Ngatai who fucking sucks. 3 of our starters can't defend. Outside of Machado there is not one shooter i trust. Our only other "big" behind Oliver is just too slow to play in this league now. I don't think the bench has scored in double figures yet this season.
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@mariner4life Martin starting to find his legs. Didn’t arrive until late and then into quarantine. He’s got excellent touch for a big guy.
He was an excellent college player but left after his sophomore year which was disappointing (IMO) because it was the season before Simmons arrived and they could’ve done some damage together.
I remember him playing games for the Grizzlies and even being a starter. Lateral quickness was an issue defensively but he’s got great feet and hands that make him a threat on offence.
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Breakers have started like a Wednesday night rec league team.
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Lamar Patterson is a liability out there.
And the way they are talking about Giddey it’s as if he’s already got 30 points and 20 assists....
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBL 2021:
Lamar Patterson is a liability out there.
And the way they are talking about Giddey it’s as if he’s already got 30 points and 20 assists....
Is Patterson meant to be any good? I thought the comms said he has played in the league before
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBL 2021:
Lamar Patterson is a liability out there.
And the way they are talking about Giddey it’s as if he’s already got 30 points and 20 assists....
Is Patterson meant to be any good? I thought the comms said he has played in the league before
He was top 3 players in the NBL last season playing for the Bullets.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBL 2021:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBL 2021:
Lamar Patterson is a liability out there.
And the way they are talking about Giddey it’s as if he’s already got 30 points and 20 assists....
Is Patterson meant to be any good? I thought the comms said he has played in the league before
He was top 3 players in the NBL last season playing for the Bullets.
He's been spending too much time at the pie cart it would appear. Does he always look that out of shape?
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@ACT-Crusader Luckily we get to hear NZ commentators from the studio. I doubt I could last listening to the Aussie guys.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBL 2021:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBL 2021:
Lamar Patterson is a liability out there.
And the way they are talking about Giddey it’s as if he’s already got 30 points and 20 assists....
Is Patterson meant to be any good? I thought the comms said he has played in the league before
He was top 3 players in the NBL last season playing for the Bullets.
He's been spending too much time at the pie cart it would appear. Does he always look that out of shape?
He started the last couple of seasons for the Bullets big and then dropped weight during the season. He’s used his size to great effect in previous seasons but he does look bigger.
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@ACT-Crusader Luckily we get to hear NZ commentators from the studio. I doubt I could last listening to the Aussie guys.
We get to hear basketball commentated like it’s an AFL game.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBL 2021:
Patterson killed the Breakers every time they played the Bullets.
I was talking with a former NBL player after our first game about Lamar and he immediately said “Lamar would’ve got that foul call at the end of the game if he had a Bullets uniform on”
Not surprised
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NZB bench is full of scrubs. I suppose the imports are out of shape after just leaving quarantine? They knew when the season started so why did the club not make sure the players were over in time? Patterson just looks fat
Patterson was playing in Puerto Rico. His team lost in the final on Dec 18 so he probably went back to the US before coming to Aust and doing his quarantine. On one hand you could say he should be in better shape as he was playing only a month ago but because this level of pro tends to play all around the world to earn a living sometimes seasons blend into each other.
Now the Breakers have 2 games in Perth, and you know they'll get nothing from the refs there. A tough start to the season with every game an away game.
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god we suck. absolutely hosed by the Hawks last night. Goorjian has them humming. They have good imports (and their next star who is already on the books of Golden State), they are fit, and they work fucking hard. Guys all over who can shoot too (their 2nd half shooting from 3 was incredible).
Machado is trying too hard because he's surrounded by dross, and you can see only really trusts Oliver. And why not, when Cam Oliver is playing at MVP level at the moment, he's doing it all, shooting, dunking, rebounding, blocks, i'm very impressed.
The rest of the squad is fucked.
well, last season was a nice interlude in the usual life of a Taipans supporter.
