NBL 2021 - 2022
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went to the Bunnings shed last night for what i dearly hope is the last time ever (the only benefit was the catering company is waaaay better than at the Convention Centre). Brisbane were in town. I don't feel anything for the Bullets except for the fact that Nathan Sobey is in the conversation for the biggest flog in the competition. Didn't expect a win either
And of course the Taipans obliged by losing despite having untold chances to actually win the game.
Machado was good last night. King has a breakout type game, but as pointed out by an intelligent observer above, 3s and dunks, needs a reliable mid-range jumpshot. Nate continued his late season career revival.
Venky Jois is in the conversation for the worst Taipan ever. And that is a fucking crowded field. What a complete fucking spud that guy is. Check out his wide-open, take your time, 3-point attempt to draw the game. It is mariner4life-esque, and i fucking suck at basketball.
Kenny and Djeric are out of the rotation, which is good because they are spuds.The problem is, and it's one we face every couple of years, is that there are no building blocks moving forward. We have Scotty for another year unless he finds a way out. But nearly every other player is absolutely tradeable. Well, not sure anyone would take them. Seriously, the bench rotation last night wouldn't win the QBL.
Guys who showed promise and development 12 months ago, have not only not come on this year, have very visibly regressed. We are basically having to burn the joint down and start again
Also, the sideline reporter lady was a spunk.
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So no fans at the United v Taipans game tonight. It’s being played at Qudos Bank arena in Sydney. I guess they couldn’t organise all the other facilities / ticketing / services in time to allow fans.
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Mike Kelly, coach of the year to fired in rapid time
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well, what a great comp aye? What feels like months of play and we get Melbourne v Perth in the GF series. Odds on that were probably $1.20 at the tip-off of the first game.
booooring.
Also i hate both of these teams with a passion, so i literally do not even have one solitary single fuck to give about this series.
Andrej Lemanis on his way out of the league with some real talk, saying how the NBL should tell people how much clubs are actually spending on players. Says it will set realistic caps on fan expectations, and answer questions like "why didn't you sign Jock Landale?"
*“There’s two clubs that added NBA Australians at the back-end of the season. They’ve already been allocated their budget, spent it and they’ve been able to find more money to add those guys to the roster,’’ he said.
“That’s the environment the NBL is operating in now … I think it would be fantastic if all that was made transparent. Not individual player salaries but just total spend so that the public is actually informed, and fans have a realistic expectation on where their teams are going to finish at the end of the season and can get behind something else if it’s not built financially to compete with the big boys.
“If the fans in Cairns think that they have the same chance of winning as the fans at Melbourne United, they are being misled.
“Fans want to know why you can’t recruit Jock Landale. Finances, basically.’*
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@mariner4life said in NBL 2021:
Seriously, the bench rotation last night wouldn't win the QBL.
to back up my earlier point, the Marlins, containing three starting Taipans, lost an NBL1 game on the weekend...
oh and look, the two richest, highest spending teams are playing the final, and the one that isn't missing its best player is winning
yawn.
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Not that I watched any of the post-season games, but at least Perth didn't win. I hope Gleeson was extra grumpy.
I think he knew his fate when Bryce went down.
Two of my three hatiest teams, but the lesser of the evils won so that’s something. Happy for Shea and Wayne McDaniel’s son
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@stargazer said in NBL 2021:
Same.
Been a while since I've seen his name. He was a college star
Peyton Siva is Samoan, so he'll probably have some family here.
Good call. Still remember those Louisville games. Very heady player. Was a High School star too. He’d be about 30 now, so the extra experience will be good for us.
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@act-crusader He'll be good for the locker room. He's known for his leadership and high character.
He has a crazy backstory. I remember the story of him having to talk his dad out of killing himself when he was 13.
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No mention (yet) of Besson and Siva in this article.
Breakers depth ’21-22
PG: Tai Webster, William McDowell-White
SG: Corey Webster, Rasmus Bach, Ousmane Dieng (Next Star)
SF: Tom Abercrombie
PF: Finn Delany, Kyrin Galloway
Yanni Wetzell, Rob LoeDP: Sam Timmins, Isaac Davidson
To come: up to 3 imports -
Corey Webster is leaving the Breakers - again.
The New Zealand Breakers are parting ways with star shooting guard Corey Webster.
The departure is by mutual consent despite two years still to run on his contract.
The 32-year-old is the fifth most capped player in Breakers’ history behind Tom Abercrombie, Mika Vukona, Paul Henare, and Alex Pledger.
He finishes his career at the Breakers, having played 236 games over 11 seasons, and was part of the team that won NBL championships in 2011, 2013, and 2015.Siva wouldn't be a direct replacement though.
