NBL 2022-23
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@mariner4life said in NBL 2022-23:
Taipans go to last year's grand finalists and flog them. Significantly better start than we have had recently.
They looked good. They have size and shooting. I know it’s only game 1 but from what I saw late last year and then for the Boomers this year and then last night, Pinder is Mr Reliable. He makes good decisions and he has developed excellent touch around the basket.
Jackjumpers looked a little lost without Josh Adams. Went through patches of no flow.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBL 2022-23:
@mariner4life said in NBL 2022-23:
Taipans go to last year's grand finalists and flog them. Significantly better start than we have had recently.
They looked good. They have size and shooting. I know it’s only game 1 but from what I saw late last year and then for the Boomers this year and then last night, Pinder is Mr Reliable. He makes good decisions and he has developed excellent touch around the basket.
Jackjumpers looked a little lost without Josh Adams. Went through patches of no flow.
Pinder limping off definitely a scare though!
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@mariner4life said in NBL 2022-23:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBL 2022-23:
@mariner4life said in NBL 2022-23:
Taipans go to last year's grand finalists and flog them. Significantly better start than we have had recently.
They looked good. They have size and shooting. I know it’s only game 1 but from what I saw late last year and then for the Boomers this year and then last night, Pinder is Mr Reliable. He makes good decisions and he has developed excellent touch around the basket.
Jackjumpers looked a little lost without Josh Adams. Went through patches of no flow.
Pinder limping off definitely a scare though!
Hopefully it was just a stinger as he did come back on the court.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBL 2022-23:
@canefan said in NBL 2022-23:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBL 2022-23:
@voodoo and some of those 3s that Randall and Franks hit were from the logo.
36ers play OKC and old teammate Josh Giddey next. Should be more fun.
Are they on tour and not playing NBL regular season games?
The NBAxNBL initiative that had been going on for a couple of years prior to COVID. Usually one or two NBL teams play 2-3 tour games (NBA preseason). 36ers will come back and go straight into the season.
This was the first ever NBL win against an NBA side. It was 0-18 dating back to quite a few years ago. I remember watching the World Club championship when I was a teenager and the winners from various leagues came together. Watched the Perth Wildcats get towelled up by the Houston Rockets. A couple of years ago Melb United almost snagged a win.
Wasn't that in 95? You must have been mid-30's around then...
😎
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@voodoo as you’ve posted when you played in the high school championship so I know how old you are old man….
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBL 2022-23:
@voodoo as you’ve posted when you played in the high school championship so I know how old you are old man….
Ah, shit
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Man we made hard work of that. But great to get a win after a long drought.
Thought some of our subbing was a bit strange. A poor stretch when we didn’t have enough scoring on the court.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBL 2022-23:
Man we made hard work of that. But great to get a win after a long drought.
Thought some of our subbing was a bit strange. A poor stretch when we didn’t have enough scoring on the court.
Didn't have fluidity on offence this game and fell in kive with the 3 again. Lost concentration on the D glass and shot fouls poorly. Nice close out in the end and a hard fought win for the home fans
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If there’s been a more scrappier, turnover laden, lots of missed gimmes, NBL game, then I haven’t watched it.
Happy for the Taipans to get the win, but there was some tough moments to watch. McCall, I’m a huge fan because he is a pass first guard, but he is rocks and diamonds.
On the other hand Shannon Scott is a baller.
Creek did everything he could to try and carry his team, but most of them were TO city or couldn’t hit the side of a barn.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBL 2022-23:
If there’s been a more scrappier, turnover laden, lots of missed gimmes, NBL game, then I haven’t watched it.
Happy for the Taipans to get the win, but there was some tough moments to watch. McCall, I’m a huge fan because he is a pass first guard, but he is rocks and diamonds.
On the other hand Shannon Scott is a baller.
Creek did everything he could to try and carry his team, but most of them were TO city or couldn’t hit the side of a barn.
Your opinion means nothing to me because we started with 2 on the road
And we're 2-0
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@mariner4life Wildcats putting on a show in the 1st half against your mob. 60 points in 20 minutes!
Hopefully Cairns can play a bit more D and rebound in the 2nd.
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Smoked!
Perth were so good. Their defence was stifling.
But shit they shot the lights out. 55% from 3 to 3/4 time.
And Cairns missed even the open ones to finish around 20%Perth are still great. I fucking hate them
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couple of points:
What really helps the money teams like perth is, they can get the top Australian players, and keep them for ages. You can't buy those players off them, they have too much coin. That Perth team last night had Cotton (naturalised, or very close too), Norton, Blanchfield, and even old man Wagstaff. That's a fucking solid core of high quality veterans that you move pieces around every year. And they have been in that Perth system for years.
Teams like the Taipans just cannot attract or keep those players. We got Worthington because he's from here and wanted to move here when he was basically done. If we stumble on a good young one he gets bought. Buol Kuol will not be with us for long. Small budget teams are constantly rebuilding rosters, and taking punts on undeveloped players hoping they come good.
And on shot selection. The NBL app has the shot maps for each game. Last nights for each team looked almost exactly like that NBA one i put up in the other thread. It was all 3-pointers or shots at the rim. Basically zero midrange stuff (the closest was cottons running floaters he only puts up to draw a foul off sympathetic refs working under the "cotton rule").
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@mariner4life Cotton was certainly getting some superstar reffing last night when he drove to the basket.
But those step back 3s (4 point plays) are so tough to guard because defenders naturally move forward and then get in his landing space.
Perth have been doing the Aussie thing for so long, so there’s a great culture of lifting local talent and even having imports come off the bench. And it’s not just one or two, it’s 4 or 5
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBL 2022-23:
Perth have been doing the Aussie thing for so long, so there’s a great culture of lifting local talent and even having imports come off the bench. And it’s not just one or two, it’s 4 or 5
i fucking hate them, but they are such a well run organisation.
but we just cannot deny that having an enormous budget definitely helps. It allows them to make tough decisions easy. Don't fit in? well we'll cut you and get someone else. but the key is they make good decisions, there are other money teams without the success.
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Up the Taipans!
Road team
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United really are Perth’s bogey team. Another win for United in Perth, meaning they’ve won their last 7 against the Wildcats.
I thought Cotton forced it a bit in the 2nd half. He was on fire in the 1st but there’s tough shots and then there’s forcing it. Corey Webster did have a chance to tie right at the end too.
Big test for the Breakers tonight.
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Wooohooooo. Love beating the Phoenix. What a game. Rob Lowe was awesome. Leafa and McDowell-White were excellent with the ball on the pick n roll.
Loved it.
